My Birthday

Well, today I'm 38, yes I said it--38. Wow, where does time go? Seems like yesterday that I was 21, enjoying many a drink at the Fells Point Festival with Eric and Lisa. Today was most definitely not like my 21st birthday. Instead of getting crazy and drinking I don't know how many beers today was a little more relaxed. We all went out to lunch a my new favorite Mexican restaurant Mi Casita, they have great shrimp quesadillas. After lunch we went to Kinderfest at Watkins Park. I had no idea that Kinderfest was such a big deal. There were hundreds of people there. We all had a good time. The boys were able to play on moon bounces and then try their hand at carnival games where everyone won a prized (and the game only cost 50 cents!). Michael especially liked the pig races. I can't believe how hot it was at Kinderfest, there was not a lot of shade.
After Kinderfest, Eric was able to move our new playground to the backyard. Sounds easy right? Well it took 4 guys to carry the one main piece to the backyard. Its still not assembled, hopefully sometime this week.
The boys were able to play on the dune buggy that Alyssa gave them. Its pretty cool. They had to show great patience seeing how we got the dune buggy yesterday but the battery had to charge for 18 hours. They had so much fun riding on that so it doesn't seem to bother them that the playground is not set up yet.
Taras came over this morning and gave me a birthday card with a gift certificate to Benny Hanas. Wow! We talked about the house and the state we are in now. If we move forward with the addition, its going to be a rough couple of months. In order for the electrical, hvac, and plumbing to be done, we have to break through to the new house. It seems like such a mess, but I think we should just keep plugging along.
I don't know if Michael was joking when today he said that he and David were my birthday presents. I laughed at him and said of course you are, but reflecting on my life I know that even though times can be rough and the boys can be trying, they truly are gifts.