Birthday Get In The Picture

It was my birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday to me! I've always liked the sound of the date of my birthday. March 9. I don't know why it sounds so appealing to me. You know when you have those words and phrases that sound so delicious when you say them? Like......delicious.......and juicy.......and love.......Well, that's what March 9 feels like for me....

Anyway, I had a deliciously lovely day. Here in Victoria it was a Public Holiday so we all had a day off to enjoy it! Hooray! The only thing that marred it was that our daughter Georgia had classes scheduled at Uni and wasn't able to join us for a picnic in the local Botanic Gardens, but she and I were able to get Mama and daughter time when we went out for afternoon tea on Saturday.

It was a beautiful day, not too hot, not too cold. We found a lovely place to sit under a tree in the gardens to have our picnic and even got to see a few wallabies who seemed quite fascinated by a game of cricket that several other park visitors had started. Curious creatures those wallabies!

You know, I really should get a selfie stick. Selfie sticks are vital for a person with dwarfism. We tried to get a good picture of all of us (sans Georgia) but this is what we managed. Pretty good when you consider my arms are only 40cm long!

March 9, 2015

The lovely Bron from Maxabella Loves is encouraging we Mammas to get #inthepicture. I have to confess that I too, am often the one behind the camera (aren't all Mamma's the photographers?) rather than in photos with the family. I know there are hardly any photos at all of my mother with me and my siblings and I do wish there were more - especially from when we were really little. She was a bit of a stunner, my mother.

So, on the occasion of my I'm-not-50-yet Birthday (won't be next year either, ha!) I made sure we got at least something to remember it - even though we missed Georgia terribly - and for the kids to have one more photo to have in their collection where they will be able to say, "And that's Mum."