It started with me waking up after 9am and realizing that I actually got to sleep in! It was an amazing feeling, which quickly vanished when I realized that Sam was going to be very late for work. When he told me that he had taken the day off, the amazing feeling came back. I was going to have a day off from taking care of the kids!!! That's really all I wanted. My wonderful husband gave me the option of him taking care of the kids while I went and did whatever I wanted to, or to pack up and go to the zoo. At first I thought it would be great to go do whatever I wanted to do, but knowing myself, I knew that I would go out for an hour or so, and then come back home, try to relax, only to hear the kids crying and screaming, and me racing down to help Sam take care of them. So, in the end, I chose to go to the zoo with the family. It was great. The weather was beautiful, and the kids had so much fun. Logan loved the penguins and Olivia fell in love with the Meerkats.
After the zoo, the kids took very long naps, which I can only assume was their present to me. (And I loved it!) During that time, Sam and I planned a trip to go to Maui in January. That is something that we have been looking forward to for quite some time and now only have to wait a few more months. Soon dinner time was approaching and Sam had one more birthday surprise for me. He took me out to dinner to El Gaucho. It was fabulous! The whole day was fabulous! I'm so glad that Sam stayed home to help with the kids and that we were able to do so much in one day. I may be biased here, but I think I've got the world's best husband.
