Happy Birthday to Me

I bought myself a present today. I have never bought a Little Black Box before, but the October boxes were on sale for $15 today and I couldn't resist. I can't wait to see what fantastic surprises are in it! I am going to be participating in March's Little Black Box.

I created a Birthday treasury today, too. Please click on the picture and give it some love.

Birthday Fun

Today started out a bit rocky. My son got sick last night. I will spare you all of the details, but I was doing laundry at 10pm. Not fun. He seemed fine this morning. A bit tired, but fine. I decided that if he still felt ok we should go to the zoo this afternoon. So after my daughter's nap we ventured to the Buffalo Zoo.

This is a picture of the Elephant House which was built in 1912.

Today...In 1912...
Enough of history...

Here is our trip in pictures.

This is how the outing started...happy.

Lily wanted to hold Ian's hand, but he was upset he couldn't see some of the things he wanted to in the new Rainforest.

Checking out the lions and tigers...

He finally gave in and held her hand.

Lily having a meltdown because I would not let her pick up a pencil she found on the ground. What you can't see is the pencil is on the ground to the left. She kept trying to inch toward it.
Ian was upset and his sister gave him a hug.

It's hard being a sick 7 year old with a 2 year old sister

Today is a Special Day

Happy Birthday to me! Today is my 35th birthday!

Nothing really special planned...

due to election day the kids have off from school today and my husband works late on Tuesdays. Still a pretty exciting day...don't forget to vote!

Paper Cakes

I was reading a blog I love, itty bitty bird , and stumbled upon a new etsy shop called paper cakes that opened today. Here cards and tags are adorable! Also any and every purchase gets free shipping until the 7th of November! When I saw this awesome cupcake birthday card, I had to scoop it up for my sissy's birthday which is later this month. Love the cupcake!When I checked out her blog I also found out she is doing a giveaway, too. So go check out paper cakes shop and blog.