Am I really 33?

Yes, I turned 33 today. Amazing how time flies. I always thought that "those people" in their 3o's were older, more mature, experienced in life. Yeah, right! I feel like I have no idea what I am doing half the time, still love to act like a kid from time to time and look like I am 25. Ok, that last part may not be true but the other things are.

But, turning 33 is not so bad. We had a great day. In our family, when your day comes around, you get to choose what you eat for all three meals and what kind of cake mom will make. I decided that I would make homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast, chicken strips, fries, honey mustard dipping sauce (cant' buy the stuff so had to make it) and strawberry pretzel salad. We topped everything off with marble cheesecake with caramel and chocolate topping. Just talking about it all makes me sick. It was good though and the fam enjoyed it.

The best part is how my family spoiled me. We went to the store after church to get my birthday present from my mother-in-law, grandma, and Michael...a food processor. In the store, Michael actually wanted to buy me the most expensive one they had. No joke...if I had said yes, it would have been mine. But I kept control of myself and got the lesser expensive one which is still incredible. Strange to say, but I really love it.

My eldest son, Piotrek, soon to be called Ben, bought me flowers and had them for me when I got home from grocery shopping. He actually walked to the flower shop, used his own money and bought me beautiful tulips. Paulina had already given me my birthday/mother's day chocolates a few weeks ago and the other half of my present was an hour massage in her very own "spa". She put about 30 candles around her room, made a nice place to lay down on the floor and massaged my back for an hour! A whole hour! She was so excited to do it and of course, I loved it. I actually fell asleep. And for Maciek. Well, he is 4. When we were at the store today, everything with some kind of flower on it, whether it was chocolates or toilet paper, he was going to buy me for my birthday. I kept telling him that he was helping daddy buy my food processor. After we got home with the machine, he asked me if I liked the food processor he bought me! I told him of course! What an awesome family!

As the day comes to an end, I sit here looking around my living room with my two precious kids, one in bed and my adorable husband and know that I am truly blessed. God is good to me. In the big things and in the little things, He is good.