My "Surprise" Birthday Party

We've put off school for a bit this morning so I can finish my lesson for Achievement Days this afternoon. My mom and Alyssa (especially Alyssa) think I should take the day off, because it's my birthday, but I've got a week or two marked as vacation for our upcoming move, and I don't want to get too behind. We'll start school in a few minutes, and we'll just take it easy today. It's History and Science day anyway, so it should be pretty fun.

So while I was working on my lesson, the kids kept hollering, "Don't look!" as they brought up play houses and pillows and blankets from the basement. Then Alyssa yelled, "Look when I say three! One, two three!" and they all yelled, "Surprise!" when I turned from the computer.


They had set up a birthday party for me, complete with stuffed animal guests and presents wrapped in blankets. All the presents came from around the house. I got Whack-a-Mole with one hammer, an embroidery hoop, my favorite pair of shoes, a flash light, a toy dirt devil vacuum, and a piece of wood Alyssa once painted.


The kids had me sit on all of the pillows in the play house to open my presents. It was so fun to see how happy they were to give me my presents!