Kicking off birthday week!

"Treats, treats, treats, treats! I'm being good, now give them to me." 

My birthday always seems to land right in the middle of other big events.

In high school, prom was ALWAYS the same weekend as my birthday.

In college, my birthday ALWAYS fell just before or during finals week.
And, of course, Cinco de Mayo is the day before my birthday so I always like to pretend
Mexican restaurants are throwing a celebration just for me, because I love their food so much.

This year, Ryan has an enormous project due at work in mid-May, 

which means he's going to have a lot of late nights leading up to and following my birthday.

Stinks, right? I'm not good at sharing.
But this week is "Birthday week"
and though, once again, I'm sharing it with other things, I'm pumped to start the celebration!

Our freshman year of college Ryan and I
lived in dorm buildings just across the street from each other.
The last morning in April, he showed up at my dorm
with my favorite Starbucks drink and walked me to class.
Each day that week, all the way up until my birthday, he surprised me with a little gift.

Best week ever? I think yes.

And thus, our "Birthday week" tradition was born.

Some years are more elaborate than others, but it's always a ton of fun. 

Who doesn't want to spread out the birthday fun over an entire week? 

(Only lame people, that's who.)

Birthday week kicked off a bit early on Friday when I got a package in 

the mail from my parents. Nosy Yoshi mistakenly thought it was addressed to him

and proceeded to sniff it all over. And, of course, my mom sent some treats for him

because how could you deny that cute doggy face?

See all that yummy candy? My stash has been replenished!
(My cute face must be hard to deny as well.)

The rest of this week is all about anticipatory energy...

we have friends flying in on Thursday and they'll be here for just over a week,

so we have loads of fun activities planned. 

It's going to be like Birthday week on steroids over here!

Let the fun begin!