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Brynn's 11th birthday

Brynn turned 11 on Monday, March 7, 2022.  We started celebrations the day before, on Sunday, by going to Sandy for dinner with Gene, April, and Brett.  They gave Brynn her 11-year-old doll, LED strip lights for her room, and some diamond painting kits.  We had strawberry shortcake for dessert, sang to Brynn, and played a hilarious game of Telestrations.

Justin's hilarious drawing of a man licking a lollipop that had the rest of us hysterical with laughter.

For her birthday, she wanted French toast, buttermilk syrup, whipped cream, sprinkles, and berries on the side.  She took mini cupcakes to school to share with her class.

Ivy also enjoyed Brynn's breakfast!
Ivy's been tearing up lately when she thinks of never going to school with Brynn again

It was early out day so my mom and dad picked her up from school to take her birthday shopping.  She picked out exactly what she wanted at the very first store so they killed some time doing who-knows-what while they waited for me to be done with my lessons that afternoon.

We opened presents when thy got back.  She got the new clothes she had just picked out (a summer outfit, shoes, and a jean jacket).  My mom had also gotten her a scrapbook with stickers and paper and a small digital camera.  The idea was she could take it with her to Hawaii and take all the pictures she wanted and then we could print them and put them in her scrapbook.

 

She also got to hunt for her gifts from Justin and me.  She got her requested treats (sour gummy worms, runts, and watermelon gum), a squishy ball, and a new mountain bike.  She was really wanting a gabb watch (even though we told her we weren't getting her one of those) but she was surprised and happy with a bike.  She was in between bikes since Ivy has adopted the old one that she had been using which meant she was borrowing Stockton's bike when she could.  She has been wanting a mountain bike like her older brother and sister so I think she'll enjoy this for lots and lots of years.

 

 We went to dinner with my parents for my birthday and Justin's birthday and then we came home and did her birthday cake.  She wanted chocolate cake and oreo buttercream frosting.  I made two rounds but they were destroyed coming out of the pans so I made another one in just a 9x13 pan.  She also specifically requested number candles...and I put some sparkler candles on there too.

 

It was Brynn's turn for a party so I found myself trying to put together a party and doing as little work as possible.  We played around with a few ideas but Brynn decided that she wanted them to wear their pajamas, eat pizza, decorate cupcakes, and watch a movie.  So not really a theme at all.

 

We held it on the Friday night after her birthday.  We had just gotten out for Spring Break so everyone was super excited.  We had pizza, soda, apples, and salad for dinner.  We went immediately into the cupcake decorating.  I had made two dozen white cupcakes and lots of buttercream frosting that I dyed different colors.  They loved this activity!  They each got to decorate three cupcakes.  We used one of Brynn's to put a candle in and sing happy birthday.

Mari Freeman, Tania ?, Mallory Pearson, Brynn, Clarissa Blair, Ellie Graff, Ivy
Tania, Mallory, Mari, Ivy, Brynn, Clarissa, Ellie
Brynn wanted to do presents next.  She got horse figurines to paint, treats, legos, nail stuff, a visa gift card to take to Hawaii, and an octopus  stuffy.

Stockton was on his temple trip with his friends but before he left I had him set up the projector in the loft and I had downloaded the new Disney movie, Turning Red, on my phone.  No matter what I did, I could not figure out how to make it work.  So that was a bummer but the girls really didn't seem to mind.  They played a game called "Hello, Neighbor" which seemed really similar to hide-and-go-seek but in the dark.  I found some glow-sticks that they were able to use and no one wanted to leave when parents started coming.  It was a fun night for Brynn and great week of celebrating.

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