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Brynn's 12th birthday

Brynn turned 12 on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.  12!!!!! It was a chill birthday but Brynn enjoyed herself.  We started on Sunday the 10th when Gene, April, Brett, and Cam came up to celebrate.  They brought a honey-baked ham that someone had gifted them for Christmas and Brynn wanted twice baked potatoes to go with it.  We had salad and homemade rolls and chocolate cake for dessert.

Gene and April gave Brynn her gifts.  She got her 12-year-old doll, a make-up mirror, and the mini backpack that she wanted.  They stayed late but eventually they had to leave since it was a school night.

My parents came up the next day, on Monday.  They always take us to dinner for mine and Justin's birthday which are a week before and a week after Brynn's so it works to combine all three of us in one night.  They came to our house first to give Brynn her gifts.  She had done her birthday shopping when I had done my birthday shopping and so she got all the clothes she picked out (a short jumper, a jean jumper, some sandals, a swimsuit).  She also got some hanging shelves and fake plants for her room.  We took my parents to the new Indian restaurant and it was delicious.

For her birthday breakfast, she wanted crepes.  It was a preschool morning so that was a tall order: make a crepe breakfast and get four kids and myself out the door by 8:20.  Justin stepped in to help and we managed together.  It's usually a pretty big chore just to get Brynn out of bed in the morning but she was excited for the day and was up early enough to slice the strawberries.  She had crepes, buttermilk syrup, whipped cream, bacon, and berries before heading off to school.
For lunch she wanted a cheeseburger and fries from McDonald's so I dropped that off to her when it was her lunchtime.  Her friend, Mari, brought her Crumbl cookies, charms, and embroidery thread for bracelets after school.
Mari Freeman, Brynn
On Tuesdays she walks home with Taylee Baird and hangs out at her house for an hour.  When little sister, Tessa, gets home from elementary, their mom drives all three over for Taylee and Tessa's piano lessons.  It's been a fun weekly thing for those girls.  Brynn wanted to decorate her own cake so I had that ready for her when she got home.  Taylee helped her and Ivy was my photographer this time.  She took 192 cake pictures!!
Taylee and Brynn
For dinner she wanted Hawaiian Haystacks and that was easy enough.  She also wanted orange julius and we had the leftover berries from breakfast that morning.
She did presents next and hunted for them all over the house.  She got her requested treats (watermelon gum, Dove dark chocolate, and chocolate covered blueberries), bath bombs, a new school backpack, and new Nikes.  The only surprise was the bath bombs because she told me her favorite treats and had picked out the backpack and shoes.
We sang to her, cut her cake, ate some cake, then took her to cheer.  It wasn't a big birthday this year but was sweet like Brynn!

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