birthday time

today is my birthday! 

last night i was out with suji, a good friend of mine.  i love spending time with her and only wish life didn't get too busy for us to spend more time together.  however, we always manage to celebrate our birthdays.  not only is suji smart, lovely, and stylish but she is also ridiculously creative (think martha stewart protege).  isn't the birthday card she made me absolutely adorable?  and i always love her prezzies for me.  this year i received the perfectly simple stud earrings that i have been coveting and the perfect mascara to give me some lashes! thank you suji!

this evening the celebration will involve my boys plus a cake!  and some yoga too (while kai is at circus class).  the cake we will indulge in tonight is a thomas cake, of course!  and i am told that there will be a prezzie too - all i know is that it is fragile and smaller than a breadbox.

image from here, stefan wanted me to make clear that this is not the thomas haas cake.

tomorrow evening, stefan is taking me out for a candlelight dinner.  over 100 restaurants across b.c., participating in the bc hydro candlelight conservation dinner, will be "dimming the lights, dialing up the ambience and demonstrating how simple actions can add up to make a big difference when it comes to saving energy."  we have lots of lovely memories of diva at the met, our restaurant of choice for the evening. it was the first 'fine dining' restaurant we frequented over and over to celebrate special occasions when we first moved to vancouver.  through the years the restaurant has changed chefs and each and every one has never disappointed. i love that we have 'our' restaurant.  should be fun... and romantic!