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| Birthday Girl |
Today our little girl turned 7. While we are left to ponder how that happened
so quickly and how we slow the process so we can enjoy her as a sweet little
girl forever. Ah, every parents wish I
am sure. Alas, she has grown up even
further and is quickly becoming the type A, high energy, bull in the china shop
her parents are. If you ever want to see
your best and worst traits, skip looking in the mirror and look at your young
children. At this age they are simply
reflecting you as that is where they have learned most things thus far.
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| Growing Up Too Fast |
For her 7th birthday we started out with cake and
balloons. Like day one, we went for the
icing before the cake. Siena was
surprised to see how Mommy was able to whip up a birthday celebration while she
slept. By the time she awoke (somewhere
around 11 am) we had found a cake, balloons, a homemade banner and birthday
presents. Having an amazingly creative
and talented wife is a huge win at times like these.
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| Ballons! |
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| Fun Presents |
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| Cake |
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| Pretty Decorations |
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| With Grandma |
Following a breakfast of birthday cake we headed off to the
Museu Nacional D’Art De Catalunya (MNAC) for a little art tour for our budding
young artist. We enjoyed the rooftop
views and a gourmet lunch. The we toured
the museum which contains various masters, including another visit with our
friend Senor Gaudi. We were sure to
visit the El Grecos (Grandma’s favorite artist) and caught great works as
well.
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| Miro |
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| From the Roof |
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| Museu Nacional |
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| Being the Art |
We then wandered up the hill for a glimpse of the Olympic
Stadium. With the Olympics just days
away, Siena is craving the start of the games.
Her first grade play was Olympic themed and she has been caught up in
the Rio fever ever since (No that is not a symptom of the Zika virus). We couldn’t visit the stadium as Beyonce had
it a little tied up getting ready for her show the next night. None-the-less Siena got a pre-Olympic
fix.
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| Olympic Stadium |
Cake and presents, Art, Olympics what a birthday for a 7
year right? Nope, we weren’t done yet. After a bus tour of Barcelona that dropped us
in Plaza De Catalunya (or pigeon square as it should really be called) we
hurried home just in time to go out again. The birthday party continues!
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| Special Night with Grandma |
Grandma’s birthday surprise for Siena that was
Flamenco. The Palau de la Musica Catalana
may be one of the prettiest building in Barcelona. The outside architecture had caught our eye
the night before. But when we learned
there was a Flamenco show in the hall on the night of Siena’s birthday we
decided to check the box on this Spain must do list item. So after some tapas and sangria (if you read
my day one post you will see a trend forming here) we went to our first
Flamenco show. 4 dancers, 7 musicians a
2 hours of high powered dance. Certainly
worth seeing while in Spain and special birthday treat for our tiny dancer.
Happy birthday to our little angel.
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| Mommy's Angel |
