What the....?

Let me take you back a few months. The date: June 28, 2011. This is the day of my birth.

For some reason, I woke up super early. 5 am.  Zeb was up then too, however, he was up because he hadn't yet gone to bed. He's crazy like that.

Anyway, I made some coffee. Zeb went to the front door to let Peanut out (or so I thought) and then shut the door, with Peanut still on the inside, which raised some suspicion in my mind. Mostly, I thought there was an opossum in the front yard and he didn't want Peanut to encounter it.

Opossums are gross.

So I opened the front door to what I thought I saw were 15 opossums in the front yard. ew.

Then my eyes started to adjust and I began to realize the front yard was decorated with little bears and little pigs. I was a little weirded out at first, trying to connect the pieces of  this very odd puzzle.

Luckily, there was a sign in the yard, and the side facing me said, "From Kate and Brian".

The sign facing the street said, "Someone squealed, it's a little bear's birthday!".

EEEEP! A birthday present for me!

We spent a lot of time in the front yard that morning and I tried to spend as much time as I could enjoying my yard friends the rest of the day. They were so cute when the sun came up, and I actually felt quite special to receive such an amazing surprise on my birthday.

Was this the best birthday surprise I've ever received?
Yes.
Capital Y-E-S!!