Happy birthday to my darling oldest child, and happy anniversary-of-becoming-a-mom to me.

In a happy coincidence, Madalyn's field trip to the local kids' ranch (a reward for meeting reading goals) is today. She is going to be one busy bee. She arrived at school only to immediately jump on the bus to her gifted & talented class. She'll get back to her campus and go straight to lunch and, from lunch, onto another bus for the field trip. She will return to school an hour before the end of the day, during which time she and her classmates will eat the cupcakes I'm taking down there when I go to drop off her special birthday lunch. When she gets home she'll have her presents and after that we'll go to dinner. It's going to be a fun birthday, and that's not even counting her party on Friday evening!

Personally, I will be glad when it's all over and I can relax, because this crap doesn't get done by itself, people. Phew.