Sunday/Sundae

So, we have finally wrapped up "birthday month" as it is known in our house. Devin was very elusive about what he wanted to DO for his birthday, being twelve and all, and I have been picking his brain, ever so subtly for about a month. I mean, I understood that he didn't want a "party party" and all, but it still seemed we needed to do something special, something that signified his entering into his 13th year on Earth! (Yep, on top of me turning 40 next March, Devin will become a teenager, and Gwynn, my baby, will go double digits...SEE why I am losing it?) Well, "Diary of A Wimpy Kid" saved the day! The movie opened this weekend, and I mentioned to Devin that it could be fun to go see it, and perhaps he'd like to bring a friend? Bait taken, hook, line and sinker! His friend Wyatt came along, we ate popcorn and candy and LAUGHED OUR BUTTS OFF! (had to use the term butt as it is SO Jr. High and SO fit the tone of the movie!) It was great! We came home, had some spaghetti and meatballs, ate some homemade chocolate chips, did not sing the God awful "Happy Birthday," and I can now rest easy that I did something for my son to commemorate his birth. Such is the life of an "on the brink of the teen years" mom.

And the Sunday Grumpies you may ask? They are far, far from me this weekend! I could list about a million ways I evaded them but will condense to a top 5...had to do more than my usual 3 it was such a great day...

1. My post grocery DD coffee, this weekend, ICED BLUEBERRY with cream and sugar! It just seemed springy so I went with it!
2. Kelly Corrigan's book Lift...read it last night, in bed, from 11-midnight, and it is so wonderful! READ IT!
3. My new LLBean fleece...which went so nicely with this necklace I haven't worn in AGES!
4. "Diary of A Wimpy Kid" - Greg was great, but Rowley rules! (And Rodrick was hot...ahhh...guyliner!)
3. A new radio station 95.1 "The Fox." Now, realistically , it is just a new classic rock station out of Rochester, but they were playing great stuff! I replaced 93Q with it on my presets since, really, do I fit 93Q's demographic at ALL? Do I even WANT to? 95.1 played some obscure Tom Petty and Police too, intermixed with what you'd expect to hear on a classic rock station, not to mention I love that it is called "The Fox!" Makes me feel like a hottie mom while I am cruisin' in my mini van! HA!

3rd Sunday of my 40th year - BIG VICTORY CHERYL