40

Hip, hip, hooray to me!!

I always hope that my loved ones feel special on their birthdays, I do try to do everything I can to make them feel so. This morning started with my wonderful 1+2 giving me the most generous and thoughtful of gifts. G bought me a new camera, something I've been thinking about for the longest time. Let me tell you, I've only had time for a quick play, but this baby is sooooo nice! I hope you will see a marked improvement in my shots from here on in.

The girls bought me this gorgeous Elk necklace, Ella chose it for them. Not only that but I received a voucher to have a professional portrait taken with the girls as well - something else I've always wanted.

Then my parents gifted me another almost lifelong gift wish! Can you believe such riches. So, so generous and so wonderfully appreciated.

Two dear friends from school dropped in after drop off, me with the gastro little one did the kiss and drop option this morning, both came to wish me well with such thoughtful gifts. When people go to such an effort, and you're surprised, well I feel well loved today and it's nice.

The headless photo of me, in case you're wondering, is because Ella wanted to show me what 40 looked like. You know what, it's looking pretty good to me!

PS Jo, Geoff thanks you for the camera tips in your recent post - you can see he used some of them!