Birthday Eve

Today Lydia and Mary insisted that they stay up until after I went to bed so they could set things up for my birthday. I did not want them staying up until 11:00 and I did not want to go to bed at 9:00, so I went to my bed and pretended to sleep, complete with snores.

I could hear those sweet little girls running all around my room and the house setting up love-notes for my treasure hunt in the morning. After Lily put them to bed, I encountered them and was so incredibly touched. I didn’t actually read all the notes until my birthday, but here are some of the notes they left for me: