Sycely celebrated her 6th birthday with a triple dose of fun this year. she got to go to Birthday Breakfast with Uncle Ian and Aunti Kathryn. Aunti Kathryn made her a special birthday girl crown that she wore all day throughout all our celebrating. We spent the morning bouncing ourselves silly at Bouncin' Bears-the family activity she chose for her special day. Her BFF, Scarlett, came along with us. Despite Scarlett's many self-inflicted inflatable slide injuries both the big girls, and Ella had a super fun time. 
All that bouncing made us all pretty hungry so we followed it up with a tasty lunch as Sycely's fave locale, Red Robin. They of course did the usual birthday fanfare and sang to her as they delivered her ice cream sundae. After lunch we dropped Scarlett off and headed home for a little rest and prepping for her party later that evening.
Sycely requested a jungle animal party this year, which she then denoted to her guests should also be a costume party. We kicked off the party fun with a few jungle animal themed games. First, we played an ostrich egg relay game where the kids played the role of mama ostrich carrying an egg (white balloon.) They had the balloon between their legs and had to do a length across the room and back and pass the balloon off to the next ostrich in line. 
Next, we played animal charades. Before the party the girls helped me choose animals and selected computer graphics to represent the animals. We printed them out, and glued them on cards. The kids selected a card and then acted out the animal on their card for the other kids to guess what animal they were being. Ella got her favorite animal, and elephant.
We also did a few jungle animal crafts. First we colored some wooden jungle animal art pieces. They had little display stands attached and the kids loved lining them all up on display when they finished them up. We also used jungle animal stickers and other glittery stickers to decorate foam picture frames. Then, each of the kids posed for a photo with the birthday girl to go in their frames.
Next, we did cake and presents. Sycely and I looked at some cake ideas a few weeks before her party and she chose a monkey cake. So, mommy set to work on making her monkey cake. Sycely loved the final product, which we adorned with six jungle animal candles.
Sycely opened gifts surrounded by family and friends. She was thrilled at every single thing she received, even the clothes-go figure! She was especially excited to receive a "same-same" matching outfit from Scarlett. She couldn't resist putting it on right away and posing with her BFF.
It's hard to believe six whole years have passed since our first daughter came into the world. She is such a delight and brings such joy to our lives every single day. She is curious and loves learning, and has a real knack for the arts of all kinds. We couldn't be prouder of the little girl she's become over the last six years and we look forward to watching and helping her grow into a beautiful young lady.
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