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Happy 10th Birthday, Brynn

Happy 10th birthday to Brynnie! We celebrated on the big day on Tuesday at Space Aliens. 




On Friday we hosted some of Brynn's friends at our house for her emoji-themed party.









We didn't really have many specific party activities planned, so after pizza and cake, a sort of impromptu Beanboozled Challenge erupted. (Beanboozled are jelly beans that are either 'naughty or nice' in that it could taste like dirty socks or coconut, for example, and you don't know which it will be until you taste it.) It was hilarious to watch each person take her (or his - Dana joined in too) turn.












Brynn received lots of nice gifts including this homemade wrapping paper.






The mom of one of the girls made this cute ice cream scoop hat. Love it!


Here's the video from the friend party. Dana threw down a dance-off challenge to the girls to break the tie for a Beanboozled winner.





Today we celebrated with family at our house with a candy-themed party. Brynn and I put together this candy cake this past week which turned out to be more difficult than I had anticipated, but Brynn thought it turned out well.



We also had cupcakes decorated with candy.










It gave us a chuckle to watch Ben trying his Pop Rocks.







I think all the kids had their fill of candy! :-)

Again, so many nice gifts!









Thank you to everyone who remembered Brynn on her birthday and came to celebrate with us. It's so hard to believe...double digits now! Here's the pic I shared on Facebook for her birthday. It seems so long ago that she was that little; and little she was! Here's to the next 10, Brynn! We love you.




Comments

shelly said…
I think I would of liked that kids party. Fun! Maybe next Christmas we should get some of those jelly beans so the adults can try them too. There's a couple people I'd like to trick.
January 14, 2018 at 6:27 PM
theweckerlys said…
Haha, Shelly, that's a good idea! Those girls did a great job; I am kind of a wimp at Beanboozled. Looks like lots of birthday fun, Brynn! You are getting to be so mature, and such a young lady. We love you so much!
January 14, 2018 at 8:03 PM
carrington said…
Great birthday celebrations! Fun to see the video of your friend party too. Welcome to double digits! Where does the time go? Love ya!
January 14, 2018 at 8:12 PM
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