It's My Birthday...

...And I'll cry if I want to...but I'm not going to. Hehe.

Okay so yeah...today's my birthday. I was dreading today more than anyone could imagine; don't ask me why. I've never been a fan of my birthday, LOL. Anyway, it went a lot better than I thought it would.

When I got to work, my co-workers and director all remembered (since all of our birthdays are posted on the wall in the teacher's room) and so they brought in snacks and stuff like that. It was really nice of them. One of my co-teachers, Gina had given me a scented candle, a journal, and what looks like a flower pot...I think. It was so sweet of her; she didn't have to do that and yet she did. :-) So that made me smile.

Then one of my kids, Zane came in. Now I know teachers aren't supposed to play favorites, but he is up there as one of them. He always has been. Anyway, when he came in he ran over to me and handed me a flower and yelled "Happy Birthday Miss Lisa!" It was beyond cute. His mom had to kind of cue him, but it was still adorable. We were also celebrating Israel's birthday today (Yom Ha'atzmaot) and one of the little girl's in my class: Naomi's birthday. Her birthday was last week but we didn't get a chance to celebrate it then so we did it today.

After lunch, Zane (who is almost 3 ... birthday is on Friday as a matter of fact), who is not yet potty-trained decided...*on his own* to go into the bathroom. We basically thought that he wanted to sit down and just try...we were wrong! He went to the bathroom! I know, this may sound gross to some of you but it was such a HUGE leap for this little boy who was once completely freaked out about going into the bathroom. We are *SO* proud of him! (Even if he did miss the toilet...which he did...but who cares! He went!) I made sure to make a HUGE deal of it to him (who was rather mad at himself for missing the toilet) and to his dad when he came to pick him up. You should have seen the smile on his dad's face...and Zane's. PRICELESS!

Ah...and then I came home and got my mail; I got a card from my parents and my aunt and uncle (along with $25...hey I'm not complaining!). Nice timing, huh? I'm going to call my parents as soon as I finish writing this and thank them. I also noticed outside my door was a little bag with a card attached. I looked at the envelope and saw my name was written on it and immediately recognized that it was my mom's handwriting (she and my dad have a key to my apartment for obvious reasons). I opened the bag and inside were gummy worms (my favorite candy, hehe) and these other gummy things...they're black licorice flavour I think...blech! I think that's more for my mom, LOL. I'll have to bring them over to her this weekend when I see them.

Well I guess that's all for now!

-Lisa