We celebrated Sydney's 4th birthday on October 9th. It occurred to me that Sydney has celebrated all of her birthdays so far in a different city, state (Ann Arbor, MI; Charlotte, NC; Seattle, WA; and Meridian, ID). Hopefully, we won't be living in a different state next year!
Our day started off with a preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch and then lunch at Red Robin with a birthday party in the afternoon/evening and family presents to top off the night. Sydney's one lucky and loved little lady!
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| The only way I could get Sydney to smile early in the morning was to tell her to say, "Today is my birthday!" |
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| Pretty exciting for preschoolers to ride those cows around! |
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| Sydney really liked the corn box. (Just noticed that little boy's underwear is poking out.) |
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| We took a hay ride out to pick a pumpkin. |
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| Out of all of the pumpkins - big and small - Sydney chose this cute, little one and was very happy with it. |
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| Sydney, her teacher, Mrs. Rowles, and her friend, Bianca, were jumping on the "bouncing pillow". |
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| Sydney getting some serious air. She loved this thing and could have played on it most of the day. |
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| I'd never seen anything like this...it's filled with air and stuck to the ground. Cool for the kiddos! |
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| Before telling us a little about farms, one of the workers directed Sydney's preschool class in singing "Happy Birthday" to Sydney. |
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| Sydney and her dad at Red Robin. Bonus about this outing was they messed up my order three times so I got it for free! (It's a good thing I always ask them to bring me fries and onion ring sauce first thing.) |
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| Sydney really wanted them to sing to her, but when they came, she wasn't so sure about it. (As an aside, I think she looks like Michelle Tanner from Full House in this picture.) |
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| This is the look she gave me while they were singing. I think she embarrasses easily. Brian and I couldn't stop laughing at her reaction to the whole thing. |
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| After the servers left, she thoroughly enjoyed her birthday sundae. |
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| Ready for friends to arrive at the party! |
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| The theme Sydney chose was "Princess Kitty", so this is the cake I came up with (I bought the cake and added the topper). |
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| I actually found 3 different Princess Kitty shirts, amazingly enough. However, this was Sydney's favorite. You can also see she had a bruised right eye from getting bumped the previous weekend. It sort of looks like makeup. |
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| The friends have arrived and are coloring and eating cookies! |
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| The girls then made Princess Kitty necklaces. |
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| And then dinner of Sydney's choosing: mac and cheese, hot dogs, bananas, strawberries, and water. |
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| Each of the girls had a crown to wear instead of a party hat. |
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| Bianca, Courtney, Sydney, Lydia, Lola, and Hannah all getting ready for the birthday song! |
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| Singing the birthday song. (Not sure why these turned out blurry.) |
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| Make a wish! |
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| Present time! The best thing about presents at this age is the kids are just as excited to give the birthday girl her gift as if they had been receiving a gift themselves. |
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| Cake time. I think they were a little full and distracted by this time... |
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| I wanted to take a picture of Sydney's finished Princess Kitty necklace and here it is! |
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| Family present time! Sydney got four presents from Brian and me since she turned four (one of which is always a book) and one from Wes. The rest were from the grandparents and great grandparents! |
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| Hugs for Wes. His gift he picked out (from the dollar store) was candy jewelry and bubble gum "lipstick" (chapstick). Sydney was super excited! |
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| When Sydney was done opening her presents, we noticed a theme: PINK! |
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| And a final sibling picture of the kids with two of their beloved stuffed animals: Sydney's new kitty and Wes' dog, Truffles. |
