Happy Birthday Sydney

I'm about 2 weeks late posting about Sydney's birthday but better late than never. We decided to do a hawaiian theme "beach" party. This is because a couple months earlier they learned about Hawaii at preschool. Sydney was apparently under the impression that they would be GOING to Hawaii that day. She cried the whole way home and insisted that her teacher had told her they were going to Hawaii and I was totally wrong. I had to call her teacher and have her explain that they were only pretending about Hawaii. So we thought it would be a good idea to bring a little of Hawaii to our home on her birthday. It turned out really fun despite the fact that it poured outside all day and we could not do the "beach" part of the party. I had to think up some extra games to entertain the kids at the last minute. Sydney is super excited about being 5 now especially because it means kindergarten in a few months. Where did the time go?? We also went to the Mayan for dinner that night. Tanner granted Sydney a special birthday miracle by falling asleep on the way there and sleeping for almost the entire meal. It's way easier to eat out with only one 2-year-old to entertain instead of two! It was a very fun day.