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a few of her fav bday things...

hum along...

...and these are a few of her fav bday things!

bounce houses and friends
and silly nilly faces
opening presents and sitting together!
hitting pinata's and beating it to death...
these are a few of her fav bday things!
{i know, it's a stretch, but i couldn't get it out of my head}

as for me, brooke's bday was a multi day event...she had a fam party and a friends party and one at school too!
but of all of them, my fav thing...def the beheading of the "horse" pinata!
the kids were totally undaunted by the actual be-heading...they just dove in and jabbed their hands int he body of the horse and went after the candy...
ryan, of course, offered his expertise...offering his golf club to hit it across the yard and spew candy all over...he didn't win, btw.
in the end, the best part was seeing my precious b getting bigger and bigger and more beautiful every day. for now, i will have to accept that my babies are growing up...but no one can ever take away my homemade cakes and bday parties...those memories are mine forever!
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Jen said…
what a great party. and you are right, no one can take those memories from you.
8/20/2009 8:40 AM
Anonymous said…
The silly thing is I sat here singing the words to the tune of the song. LOL

I'm late, but Happy Happy Birthday To B!
8/20/2009 10:08 AM
LWLH said…
lol...great pics!
The kids dont care about decapitating poor innocent animals, all they see is sugar and candy! :)
8/20/2009 12:13 PM
Anonymous said…
Wonderful pics! Looks like everyone had fun!
8/20/2009 3:57 PM
Claremont First Ward said…
Looks like such a HAPPY party. She really is a beautiful little girl!
8/20/2009 5:07 PM
He & Me + 3 said…
Awww. Happy Birthday B. She is so cute and birthday parties are so fun. Love the cake.
8/20/2009 9:11 PM
Unknown said…
wish we could have been there! :-(
8/20/2009 11:35 PM
Over-Caffeinated said…
Was today her ACTUAL birthday? If so, then I'm a little excited that we share a child's birthday because today was my son's b'day too! :)
8/20/2009 11:53 PM
mommytoalot said…
Oh wow..sure looks like a tonne of fun. We love pinatas here.
Love the cake@
8/21/2009 7:23 AM
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