For my birthday today, the day started out amazing. My husband and the boys each got me sweet, thoughtful cards, and they snuggled and smotched me a lot. Then, I took the boys to a beach at a local lake. M was a little rough, and L was a whiny. The rest of the day kind of went like that. I had less patience then I should have, but then when I dropped M off at camp, he ran up to me, gave me a huge hug and kiss and then said "happy birthday Mommy!" Of course, I, then, felt guilty.
I had dinner with my family including an emotional toast which was very sweet. The night ended with lots of snuggles from M, so all was good.
It was a day full of ups and downs (I had to fish toys out of the toilet), but the highs were very high so they made up for the lows.