Happy Birthday, Mairyn!

Mairyn turned 7 today! She said it was the best birthday of her life. After dinner, I pulled out a gift from Grandma and she said,

"Oh, it's still my birthday? I thought it was already another day!"

Mairyn's plan for the b-day went as follows: go swimming, go to the Build-a-Bear Workshop, play at the playground and go out for dinner and get sung Happy Birthday by the waiters.

Well, we followed it pretty well. The kids got up and went swimming this morning. Then we got dressed and found a Build-a-Bear Store. She has had her stuffed animal picked out since she spotted it in April. She got a pink Unicorn with a little "unicorn sound" in it. I really don't know how to describe it. Anyway, we were running a bit late (I had a little college get together that day) and so we decided to eat at the mall. The birthday girl picked and we had Burger King. Then we dashed to the Lake Fairfax park for a great afternoon of (me) catching up with old friends while Mairyn & co. played on the playground, blew bubbles, threw the frisbee and tossed the baseball around. After everyone being thoroughly worn out, we headed back to the hotel for a few hours then went to dinner with another great friend, Pam. We knew her from when we used to live here in VA. Mairyn picked Red Robin (burgers again?) for her restaurant and then proceeded to order the spaghetti. Ooo-kay, it's your birthday. She loved it and then the waiter all came and sang their own version of Happy Birthday. It was actually not that annoying. I find most restaurant versions of Happy Birthday irritating. This one they yelled a big announcement that, "Someone has a special day today! It's Mairyn's birthday!" Then they clapped and did this great chant. (And the most of the tables around us joined in. I was surprised.) Mairyn had her dream birthday. It was loud, sparkly, and extravagent (in her words.) Happy 7th Birthday, my Mairyn-berry!



p.s.
it wore Grant out, so the day must have been a success!