pre-birthday celebration

I received a coupon for a free meal with purchase at one of our favorite restaurants--Tucano's, a Brazilian meat place (I know there's a better name for it, but I can't think of it). We decided to drop little man off at grandma Susan's and head to dinner to celebrate both my 27th birthday AND the last day of school. Little man wasn't too excited that he couldn't go with us...
Of course, when we got there, Ben asked the lady if I would get a free dessert for my birthday. She explained that I would get an ice cream sundae. When she left I said, "Now they're going to come out here and sing to me! You shouldn't have said anything!" And I was right. Next thing I know, a whole Brazilian band comes out and sings Happy Birthday in Portuguese...and I had to accompany them with a tambourine!
But I did get a free ice cream sundae out of the deal and it was sure tasty!
Today is a big double celebration day: We are blessing Erich at our house with just our parents and grandparents at 5 and then having a big BBQ at my mom's house with the rest of the family. Truly the best birthday present ever, though, is being done with my 3rd year of teaching!!!