joyeux anniversaire
So, my baby turned six yesterday; which officially makes me monumentally old. Geriatrics aside, the day was filled with festivities, beginning with an in-class party, during which Benj danced the traditional kindergarten birthday cha-cha with his teacher:
(During the party I was informed that Bebo is definitely making it to first grade; at which point I stood in the middle of his classroom and wept.) (Just momentarily.)
Later at the house there were new action figures, a new fish tank; and Transformers birthday cake:
(Tell me that's not some of the cutest sh*t you've ever seen. I mean really.)
After the excitement died down, we parked them all in front of the Playstation and adjourned to the kitchen, where McD sat on the counter with a glass of wine and I sat barefoot on the tile floor (with a glass of wine) and we discussed things like how old we are and he continually belted out "Roxanne! You don't have to put on the red light!" while I attempted to converse with him.
A certain blogger has had me drafting French emails the last few days, and I tried to discuss with The Boyfriend the proper conjugation of avoir; at which time he decided he'd like to learn Italian. Anyway, wrangling four blue frosting saturated sugar-weary children into bed was less than fun; and though they were quite tired, their exhaustion did not prevent them all from being awake at 6:45 this morning:
God Bless America.
Today has been spent working on a summary judgment issue, having lunch with my male BFF, and soaking up the silence. And? I just got beautiful flowers from my boyfriend. (Early Mother's Day treat.) Le sigh.
Have a great weekend!
Yeah Bebo!
You go kick first grade's Ass!
Posted by: Each | 09 May 2008 at 03:17 PM
so effin cute! Have a great weekend!
Posted by: DG | 09 May 2008 at 03:18 PM
Utterly adorable. And you, my dear, don't look (or act?) a day past 25. So, worry not about geriatric crap. You look mahvahlous!
Posted by: Nilsa S. | 09 May 2008 at 03:25 PM
aw your kids are so dang cute, i love it! have a fabulous mother's day! :)
Posted by: katelin | 09 May 2008 at 03:46 PM
i was thinking the cha cha slide... but you might have been talking about something else?
happy early mother's day to you dear!
Posted by: brookem | 09 May 2008 at 04:00 PM
my god taht is a a disgustign amount of 'cute kidness'! good times
Posted by: inc | 09 May 2008 at 04:13 PM
j'ai, tu as, il/elle a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles ont. or is it sont? shit.
oh hell. 6 years of french and i can't remember how to say "they have"
Happy Birthday to Benji AND happy mothers day to you lady ;)
Posted by: Ashley | 09 May 2008 at 05:15 PM
Yay for the little buddy moving on! That is awesome. I hope your weekend is superly fantabulous.
Posted by: B2G | 09 May 2008 at 05:23 PM
Oh, I'm so happy he's making it to first grade! What a huge accomplishment :) I know you're super proud.
And happy mother's day! You deserve it, because you're quite obviously a wonderful mother :)
Um, je suis stupide. . . after 5 years of french, that's all i got. How sad.
Posted by: poodlegoose | 09 May 2008 at 09:55 PM
You're killing me with cute! Yay for first grade!!
Posted by: Kate | 10 May 2008 at 01:59 AM
Happy Birthday to the little guy!
Posted by: Essentially Me | 10 May 2008 at 11:24 AM
Adorable.com, and happy mother's day, pretty!
Posted by: Tina Vaziri | 10 May 2008 at 09:29 PM
Ca va? J'aime beaucoup que tu parles bien. Je vais revenir plus tard.
Posted by: egan | 10 May 2008 at 10:15 PM
Happy Mother's Day! And I too want to learn Italian. I've been saying that for YEARS and need to just sack up.
Posted by: nicoleantoinette | 11 May 2008 at 04:59 PM
Awww your little boy is adorable! Happy birthday to him and happy Mother's Day to you :) :)
Posted by: Susie | 12 May 2008 at 12:07 AM
howdy! hope you had a great mothers day! we cooked mom dinner and I think i made up for missing her birthday...
Posted by: inc | 12 May 2008 at 10:08 AM
I know EVERYONE says this all the time, but your family is so freakin cute. Happy Momma's Day to you!
Posted by: Larissa | 12 May 2008 at 11:11 AM
Such cute pictures and amazing boyfriend...He sent you flowers early! You can't beat that!
Posted by: Rachel | 12 May 2008 at 11:32 AM
I missed it, so Happy Belated Mother's Day!
Posted by: Passionista | 12 May 2008 at 03:04 PM
Oh My CDP, I hope you are okay!
(Referring to post above this)
Posted by: Abbie | 12 May 2008 at 06:33 PM
Ah, tu as reçu un cadeau des fleurs. Quelle mignonne! J'espere que tu as eu un bon Jour de Maman. Ciao!
Posted by: egan | 13 May 2008 at 02:22 PM
Ashley got it right the first time. She shouldn't doubt those six years of French.
Posted by: egan | 13 May 2008 at 02:24 PM
you ok?
Posted by: onebigholiday | 13 May 2008 at 09:59 PM