I can't quite explain it, but we weren't on our game for Sydney's birthday. We remembered to do breakfast in bed, she got a cake and presents and her favorite meal for dinner. We just kind of couldn't keep the rest of the traditions in our brains somehow. Since Covid we can't join our kids for lunch at the school anymore but food can be dropped off. Sydney was keen to have Brent drop off some Chick-fil-a and he completely forgot. She not only had to eat a school lunch, but she was there waiting for her special meal and it just... never arrived.
Normally we go around the table and say one "I Like Sydney Because..." and one " I Remember When..." We forgot to do that too. She kept asking to do it and we just... forgot... every. time.
We were scheduled to do Feed My Starving Children the morning of her birthday with the new dance studio we were joining. Already big fans of doing service there, we checked with Sydney who was all in. They even had everyone stop packing for a moment to cheer for her and she got to pick out a free t-shirt from the gift shop. She loved all the attention and we were pretty darn proud of her for being willing to spend some of her birthday helping out other children.
Sydney was also recognized during a school assembly for Veteran's Day. She was wearing her white dress with the rainbow ric rac trim and her teacher commented on how she looked like a birthday cake! So it wasn't a total loss!
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