February 05th, 2020

"It's like a baby turtle." - Sylvie

Sylvie brought her mommy, daddy, and Bubby to school today for her birthday celebration. 

Sylvie's Bubby is from the Czech Republic and speaks czech.  Bubby, and Sylvie's mom, Katie, taught us how to say "Happy Birthday" in Czech.  Full disclosure, it was not easy for us, but we will work on it.  

Sylvie and her family brought a beautiful poster that included photos of Sylvie with some of her favorite things.  We all knew that Sylvie likes turtles, but we learned so many new things about her today.  It's so nice to share so much about ourselves with our friends.  We still have a few questions for Sylvie about some of her favorite things, so we look forward to continuing that conversation next week! 

"We could hang it on my wall in my room." - Sylvie

We know many things about our sweet Sylvie, and now we know even more, but her birthday committee took some time to look at a sea turtle book because we knew that Sylvie loves turtles; it's even her symbol.  So, when it was time to create a birthday gift for Sylvie, we had turtles in mind.  As the children worked, Lucia reminded us that "This is for Sylvie", and a  beautiful, hand sewn wall hanging is the result of the committee's [Audrey, Jane, C.C., and Lucia] hard work.  

Sylvie noted that the top part looked, 'like a baby turtle", and she had the idea to hang it in her room at home.  We are so  happy that Sylvie loved her turtle inspired gift.  

We are also so grateful that Sylvie and her family worked so hard to make a special turtle snack for her birthday celebration!  Happy birthday Sylvie! 

Enjoying our snack!