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Brynn's 13th birthday

Brynn turned 13 on Thursday, March 7, 2024.  A teenager!  She is an awesome girl and we love her so much.

We started her celebrations the Sunday before with dinner at Gene and April's.  It was also for my birthday so April told me not to bring anything to contribute to dinner.  I looked forward to a meal that someone else made for me probably more than was reasonable.

Brynn got her presents from Grandma and Grandpa.  She got her 13-year-old birthday doll, a Taylor Swift blanket (she was jealous of the one Ivy got for her birthday), a cheerleader sign where she could hang her medals, and a bracelet-making kit (the only girl in our family that didn't have one yet).

We had chocolate cake for dessert and headed home.  We sure love these grandparents!

Gene, April, Brynn
Brynn was excited to wake up on her birthday morning.  She had been thinking about her birthday since Christmas and exactly how she wanted it to go and what she wanted to get for her birthday.  She made a very detailed list on my phone with links to what she wanted and everything.  I found it funny but also very helpful!  It took care of gifts from me and Justin and both sets of grandparents.  But I'm jumping ahead...we did gifts later, first up was breakfast.  She asked for chocolate chip pancakes with buttermilk syrup and whipped cream and strawberries and blueberries on the side.
Off to school!  She got a ride from Justin since Molly was at her ACT class early that morning.  Lucky girl never has to ride the bus in the morning.
She wanted Panda Express for lunch and wanted me to take her.  I was happy to oblige and spend a few minutes with her that afternoon.
She went to cheer straight from school and then Molly picked her up and they went to Walmart for some stuff Molly was needing.  When she finally made it home, her birthday cake was ready and waiting for her to decorate.  She did that while I finished up her birthday dinner and while we waited for Justin to get home.
She requested yellow curry for dinner...proud parent moment when your kid picks your favorite curry for her birthday dinner. Brynn got her food first and by the time I had dished up my own food, she had almost eaten everything in her bowl!  We had caesar salad and the leftover breakfast berries as well.
On to presents.  Like I said, she was sooooo helpful with gift ideas.  I don't think I would have had a clue what to get her this year.  Brynn has a new-found love for skincare products and was specific about what products she would like to get.  She opened gifts from my parents first.  They had been sent to our house and I had wrapped them up.  From them she got makeup sponges, Sol de Janeiro Bom Dia Bright Jet Set (included a cream, body wash, and perfume), and a makeup organizer.
She might be a teenager, but she still wanted to hunt for her gifts from us.  So we did that next.  Ivy had helped me put together her scavenger hunt and we had Brynn searching all over the house.  From us she got her three favorite treats (dark chocolate covered blueberries, gummy nerd clusters, watermelon gum), Bubble starter kit (cleanser, mist, moisturizer), Glow watermelon skin toner, Elf liquid blush, and The Ordinary serum. If you were ask me the purpose of all of that stuff I would have no idea...but Brynn does and she was a very happy girl!
We sang to her and did cake and ice cream last...and then sent everyone off to bed!
It was Brynn's year for a party so she went ahead and did the planning for that.  Since it's a 13-year-old party I didn't feel the need to plan a bunch of games and party activities but she invited some friends, I got pizza and snacks, and the plan was to watch the Eras Tour movie. She had 8 girls that could come...all cheerleaders except one, who was a very good sport about the whole thing.  The concert movie wasn't available so we turned on 13 Going on 30 instead and the girls stunted in the living room until I told them they had to stop.  Some of them made bracelets.  They were also very generous and brought gifts for Brynn.  She got a Sephora gift card, Prime drink, lots of candy, candles, makeup bag, face masks, jewelry, makeup storage cases, body wash, nail polish, makeup, body scrub, and a game.  She was spoiled and so happy with the entire night.
Dani F.
Brook Moore
Abby Hansen
Claire Winsor
Taylee Baird
Savannah West
Ari Apostol
Oakley Keys
Her Fiji sweatshirt arrived a few days later so I had to take a picture of the girls in their hoodies and send them to my mom.
Brynn had an amazing birthday welcoming her into her teenage years.  Happy Birthday, sweet girl!

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