"Queen for a Day" -- Reflections

I enjoyed Mary's recent post about her big 30th birthday surprise. We have been so busy this week that I had to read her post to find out whether or not she really liked her "queen for a day" experience. It sounds like she did, and that is a good thing. In reality, she actually deserves to be "queen for a day" everyday (or at least once or twice a year), but I have kind of slacked off in that department. I did want to make her 30th birthday something special to repay her for throwing me the best birthday I ever had on my 30th (almost 3 years ago). The surprise party she conjured up for me was probably better than what I pulled off for her, but that is pretty consistent with most things in our marriage.

I'm pretty happy with how the whole day turned out for Mary. The thing I am actually most proud of is the cake and frosting that I made (with Livy's help ???) from scratch. I'm also pleased with the video clip I put together, which I showed to her to start the whole day off. I attached the clip to this post. I think the kids are pretty hilarious in the clip; they all tend to say the most random things, yet each one manages to retain their own sense of unique randomness at the same time. That is quite a feat if you ask me.