37

Today I am 37. To be honest I am not that fussed on turning 37 but what can you do? I have had a lovely day with phone calls from family and friends, lunch with Jenny & Prue and afternoon tea with my boys. We will have Thai for dinner tomorrow night when Bert is home. All in all a good day. It made me reflect today on birthdays past. Here are some memories.... *the birthday I got my pink bike and mum & dad were both so sick with a tummy bug that they got up, gave it to me and went back to bed - Nana looked after us that day *the birthday where we went to Elcaballo Blanco for the day and then came home to the castle cake that mum had made - the cake was fine but the icing was just awful - so, so, so sweet - no fault of mum's the recipe was yuck * every year mum let us choose the cake that we wanted from the Family Circle birthday cake book - I never heard her complain about our choices - ever *When I was in Year 1 and I had a party at home. I invited lots of girls and 2 boys - Hayden and Heath cause they were my friends. Mum made me the clown cake that year. (Not the ugly one - the one that wears the party hat) *I remember the year that Steph and Jen came and spent the day here. Jen gave me a gorgeous purple coat. *Last year I met Liz at the Square and we had a yummy pumpkin and ricotta pastry for breakfast and then had a shop - all with Xavier - it was very nice. *The year that Berty kidnapped me and took me to a secret location which ended up being Bec's house where she had cooked a gorgeous surprise dinner for me with friends. *The year Bert & I turned 30 and we had a joint party with Seth cause he turned 2 - I wore a purple knitted jumper * My 16th that I shared with my Dad - I think it was his 50th?? - or was I 17?? Anyway it was a nice party!! * Many yummy dinners and easy nights with good friends - many of whom now live a long way away * My 21st - what a big party - it was fun - the thought of a big party now makes my stomach churn!! How times change. * Lots of shared birthdays with my Dad who has his birthday the week after mine - I've never really minded that. * The year that Bec got to school early and covered my classroom with huge number 28's (I think it was 28??) - the kids thought it was fabulous and spent most of the day colouring them in - that was the year Bec and I taught Kindy *Mum makes me a lemon meringue pie each year now instead of a cake - I love that pie - I even eat it for breakfast the next day - an annual treat! I am sure that many more will come back to me but they are the ones I can remember right now. Can't complain - I have always had wonderful people in my life who have made birthdays a special day - regardless of the mundane things that needed to happen on it. I am very blessed and although 37 is not a number I love it will grow on me and really - it is what it is!! Bring on another 37 :) Now to go and drink tea and read my book. Happy Birthday to me!