More Birthday Fun!

For some reason, of all my kids it seems hardest to have my little girl grow up, but alas, she has had another birthday and is now another year older. With three older brothers I really expected Sydney to be a little tomboy, but that is definitely not the case, she loves all things pink and purple and girly, as you will see. It was fun to have a pink banner this year...

Sydney got to fill out a poster all about her favorite things for preschool. The little shoulder shrug is her latest pose for picture taking (she adopted this same pose for her class picture at school too).

For Sydney's birthday, we (Sydney, Carter and I) went to a local Children's Museum. The kids LOVED it! Carter was busy, busy chasing after all of the various balls all over the place. It was like heaven for him. And Sydney had a great time exploring so many new ways to play. We had a great day playing and getting away from the usual.
For her family celebration that night, Sydney wanted a pink cake with jelly beans. She decorated it all by herself...

Just this last weekend we had a Princess Birthday party with Sydney's friends. It was very pink and purple and frilly and girly, so therefore it was a success. We started out by decorating crowns...

Here are some of the girls in their Princess finery...

We did a little "Pin the Crown on the Princess"...

And a little Princess Karaoke...

The boys were super helpful! And, as you can tell, loving all of the girlyness surrounding them...

Most of the boys retreated out to the back yard with their friends for a little rough and tough football to shake off all of that estrogen. Carter enjoyed having his little buddy Logan here to chase around with. At one point we found the two boys throwing green tomatoes off of our vine over the fence and into the neighbor's yard. Hmmm... Wonder who came up with a game like that...

The girls also enjoyed making some bracelets...


And then came time for cake and ice cream...



All in all a great time!
And so, there is one more child in the Gordon family who is a year older, and only three more birthdays left in our Birthday Season.
We love you Sydney! So grateful to have your sweet and very fun presence in our family! Happy Birthday!