Brynn's Birth"week!"

We started out Brynn's birthday week at Toys R Us to get some birthday ideas. It worked out perfectly because it was a rainy day outside and they have a huge play structure inside for the kids to climb and play on. It was great! They spent an equal amount of time with the hula hoops, bikes, scooters, balls, and trains. It was fun to see them so entertained. I came away with some great ideas for her birthday and Christmas!

The day before Brynn's birthday we made her birthday cupcakes. She was specific that she wanted homemade cupcakes and so I made sure homemade was okay with her teacher. I think I was secretly hoping she would say they had to be store boughten to save me a little time. Well, her teacher said it would be fine so we spent about 3 hours in the entire process of making, baking, frosting, decorating, and cleaning up 50 cupcakes. (The morning and afternoon kinders were combined on her birthday).

The cupcakes looked yummy, but I didn't let anyone taste any because I wanted to make sure we would have enough for everyone. I put them high on top of the kitchen cabinets so none of my climbers would get to them.

So the day of Brynn's birthday arrived and Joseph went to get the cupcakes. He climbed on top of the counter and pulled the pan of cupcakes down, so far so good. He then went to climb off of the counter with one of the pans and lost his footing. He fell backward slamming his tail bone and back into the cabinet below the sink. Frosted, sprinkled cupcakes went all over the floor (that had been mopped the day before, no less)! The cabinet cracked, and Joseph was in major pain! Hearing the crash, I came running in from doing Brynn's hair to see mashed cupcakes all over the floor. Ahhhh! We had about 5 minutes before Brynn needed to be at school. I panicked, Joe moaned, and Brynn came in and said, "It's okay...everything's going to be fine!' Who are the adults here? Joe ran to the store and purchased some cookies to take along with the rest of the cupcakes and everything worked out just fine.

After school I took the kids to "FairyTale Town" in Sacramento. It's a family park on a couple of acres with about 25 play structures based on favorite fairy tales and nursery rhymes. There are real animals placed all around the park around things like a giant boot, King Arthur's Castle (complete with a moat), a gingerbread house, a big Charlotte's Web red barn, Cinderella's carriage, the crooked mile, and Owl's treehouse just to name a few. We spent a few hours there and the kids loved it. The temperature was in the mid 80's so it was a beautiful and adventurous day!

Aaron just had to be a little brother!

Aaron playing "Jack" who went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Water really came out!

The birthday girl!

Brynn with all the loot!

Happy Birthday Brynn!

Brynn is such a sweet sister and daughter. She is a tremendous help to me and is a wonderful example. She helps keep us all in line. We are so happy to have you in our family Brynn! Thanks for making me a mother six years ago! I love you!