Sydney's Journal - May 2010

Birthday Weekend

I just got back from a wonderful weekend visiting family and celebrating my 6th birthday. Most of my family was there and we had such a good time.

Saturday morning Mommy, Daddy, Nana, Lily and I all went to the beach! I love the beach! We played for a few hours and I had a great time running around in the water, collecting shells and building sand mountains. I even made a new friend and she let me float around on her boogie board.

Later that afternoon, the rest of my family came over to Nana's to celebrate both Mommy's and my birthday. Mommy and I opened presents, while everybody else turned the used wrapping paper into a "snowball" fight (it's a tradition). Then afterwards everybody sang Happy Birthday and I blew out the candles on my chocolate chip cookie cake. I'm not much of a fan of regular cake, so this year we tried something different and I loved it. I also got to enjoy some of my favorite gelatos: orange, strawberry, and my favorite, coconut! Boy, was I stuffed.

On Sunday, we went to church with Nana and then afterwards went out to eat with my Uncle Dan and Aunt Celestina and then went back to Nana's to relax for a few hours. It was a long busy weekend so the quiet time was nice, but then we had to pack everything up and head home. I was sad to go, but I had such a great time. Thank you to all my family for making it a very Happy Birthday weekend.