Saturday we celebrated my 29th birthday by driving over to Aachen, Germany to my favorite kebap place. You might guess from the number of times I've wrote about this that this place is amazing. For me, it is right up there with Cafe Rio which really says something. We made a stop at Toys 'R Us to let the kids play on toys and get some wiggles out and picked up some blueberries and sour gummies at Metro before heading to the restaurant. After eating, we walked down the street to an ice cream shop. We're always so full after the kebap place we don't normally eat anything else, but we decided we'd give it a go. The ice cream was a good price (70 cents a scoop), but Kherington had a meltdown which sucked the fun out of it. Then once we finally sat down on a bench, a bee kept attacking us so we decided to start walking back to the car and it just kept coming with us. Sad way to end that trip. On the bright side, I got to have leftover kebap for dinner and again for lunch the next day (Kevin and Kherington's leftovers).
Monday Ryan stayed home a little later than he normally does during his busy time so I could get up and go for a run. The rest of the day was pretty normal, with the exception that me and both kids took a good afternoon nap. They even slept longer than I did! We did presents and cake when Ryan got home. We decided for both Ryan and my birthday's we'd have the kids each choose a candy for us then we'd go on our UK trip. Kherington got me some snickers and Kevin got me some caramel waffles. Plus they picked out some birthday plates/cups and a singing candle and Ryan got me some Ben and Jerry's Half Baked ice cream. Sugar overload. The kids had a fun time getting everything ready. Kherington made my cake (funfetti with frosting and sprinkles) with a little help from her daddy. She was really proud of it.
To top off the evening, we talked to some family and a friend came over with some more treats and conversation for me. A pretty nice 29th Birthday. We'll see how the rest of the year treats me.
