I had to work, and Sydney spent the morning as usual with Gilby and the boys. Midday, Grandma picked up Sydney for a surprise birthday lunch at Sonic (hamburgers - Sydney's favorite) and an outing to Target to pick out any toy she wanted. Much to no one's surprise, she chose Shopkins and lip gloss!
I came home early from work, we packed up the car and the kids, and took them for a surprise overnight stay at a Sheraton Hotel about 10 minutes from our house. One of Sydney's most favorite things is to stay in hotels, so a family birthday celebration at a hotel was just perfect. They graciously upgraded our room to a club level suite, which meant that we had a room on the top floor with a view of the mountains and downtown, as well as access to free appetizers in the afternoon and continental breakfast in the morning.
Immediately after entering the room, Sydney started commenting on the nice view, and Ryker declares, "I could live here forever." (He's always cracking us up!) Sydney opened her presents (a Ty Big Eyes stuffed animal, a mermaid swim outfit, and a book on hair braiding - she let the boys help her open her gifts, just like she does every year), we snacked on the appetizers, went swimming, ate more appetizers, Skyped with Grandma Gilbert, and wound down for bed. We intended to eat dinner at the hotel restaurant, but the appetizers filled us up and the night got away from us, so we didn't even get to it. Of course, the boys were up before 6AM, so I took them out to breakfast early to let Gilby and Sydney sleep a little longer. We had an easy morning at breakfast and letting the kids watch cartoons, went swimming again and at noon wrapped up our 20 hour visit to the Sheraton.
A fun birthday celebration for a special 6-year-old girl!
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