It's here.

I'm 30. Officially, I've entered middle age. Bye bye twenties, hello to declining health and beauty.

Maybe I'm being a touch cynical. Today was actually a terrific day, and I don't feel any different than I did yesterday when I was 29. This morning, Hubby gave me a gift certificate for a facial, massage, and hand & feet treatment. Yessssss.... Hubby took the boys all morning and afternoon- I went to the one place I've been avoiding, simply because the boys hate it.

The mall. Yup, I spent my 30th birthday surrounded by Old Navy, the Gap, NY&Co, and VS.

It really was what I needed. I feel like I've been "on" for the past, oh, three years. It's been hard for me to just relax and do something frivolous, which is exactly what I did today. I'm always thinking about the boys, or what's for dinner, or errands I need to run, or what needs to be cleaned. I stopped by Cold Stone, and the nice guy behind the counter gave me a complimentary scoop of Cake Batter (I was lamenting about my birthday). I also treated myself to a few goodies: some clothes from Old Navy & the Gap, and a new bra.

Sidenote: Bra shopping should not be done with little boys. They hate the stores and it's just kinda weird to be topless in front of them. So it was a priority for me on this rare, kid-free day.

Anyway, it felt good. After I came home, we pack the boys into the car then went to IHOP. Not exactly the classiest place for such a big birthday, but you get to eat for free on your bday, and kids eat free all this month, so.... we only paid for Hubby's meal. Well, we only should have, but the waitress wasn't the brightest crayon in the box and couldn't figure out how to take the kid's meal off our bill. Whatever.

So now we're just chilling out at home. We're both pretty stuffed from IHOP. The kiddos are already in bed. BIG NEWS: JC is now sleeping in LB's room. We tried it last night and it worked well, so this may be a permanent move. Which is terrific- I want the den back! :)

Anyway, so there's my day. Girly and stupid and frivolous and fun. Happy bday to me.