Here's looking at 34

Since it's my birthday I will follow suit with all suburban mom blogs and take a look at what 34 looks like from my point of view.

34 is...

• watching episodes of Goldbergs and remembering the "good old times" when you had to call when you got to a friends house, laser light shows at the planetarium, and roller rinks on Saturday mornings.
• getting together with friends and talking about Elmo and other sesame street characters before we all realize what we are doing and change the subject.
• Sleeping in means waking at 7:30am in a panic because no one has woken you up so there must be a carbon monoxide leak in the house.
• "Bedroom time" means the kids play in their room while I take a shower.
• Dinner is cold leftover shells and cheese my toddler took 2 bites out of and then said "All done."
• Napping means passing out for 10 minutes while Frozen is on.
• showing your kids how you can "own" the monkey bars at the playground which ends with you on the ground coughing because the wind was knocked out of you.
• Dining out is bouncing a baby on your knee while shoveling spoonfuls of pasta into your toddlers mouth, all the while staring at your, now cold, $15 meal.
• choosing to be punched in the face rather than going to a club.
• getting pissed off if I'm not asleep by 11pm.
• trying to write a blog post while my toddler is singing "Let it go!" at the top of her lungs while her little brother is trying to sleep.
• A moment of peace comes during the 10 seconds after I put both kids down for a nap before I remember I have work, cleaning and blogging to do before the kids are back up.
• asking for 1 birthday present: Botox
• not having time to look in the mirror, which is a good thing because you aren't impressed with what you see.
• having a house filled with all the inventory from babies R us.
• promising your husband you will wait for him to help move the furniture. Then doing it yourself anyway.
• feeling incredibly sore immediately following lifting anything that isn't a small child or baby.
• having your toddler tell you Ha-Bee Birf-dee and thinking it will never get better than this.