At the end of a very busy week, Sylvia decided to have a birthday. No, I guess it was 9 years ago that was decided. It actually worked out very well, because my parents were in town for all the graduation events, so they could celebrate with Sylvia before they caught their plane home.
That meant that Sylvia got to hear Grandma's special "CHA CHA CHA"s during the Happy Birthday song.
How lucky was that?!
Since it was a brunch birthday party, we had a birthday Kringle (a Norweigen pastry from a bakery down around the corner).
It was a fun way to end a great visit with my parents. We were glad to have Noel over as well.
Sylvia loved Noel's gift of "DJ Pony" and Reeses's Peanut Butter Cups.
Sylvia had been begging for roller skates. She got a set of pink ones from Sean and I. She spent the rest of the day roller skating around the main floor. She improved quickly, but found it wasn't as easy as she had expected.
After an exciting drive to the airport to drop my parents off (during which our car started smoking and died, stranding us until Noel came to our rescue) we got ready for Sylvias evening swimming pool party with her freinds.
We had cupcakes and ice-cream sandwiches in a room next to the pool. The theme was My Little Pony (what else?!), and her freinds were awesome and festive.
Sylvia couldn't have smiled any bigger without hurting her face. :) After present opening and much laughter, they swam for an hour and had a blast. It was a great way to end a party filled week.
As parents, we wanted each of our children to know they were important as individuals and had our support (as well as their friends') as they reached important milestones. Whew. What a week. I think we succeeded in each one feeling loved. Whew. We came, we partied... we survived.
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