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 Happy 4th Birthday Bryn!!

Bryn turned four this past week and what a celebration it has been. Lucky for Brynnie her birthday fell on a Wednesday so she got to celebrate for several days in a row. She woke up in the morning on her actual birthday to a breakfast of donuts and smoothies courtesy of her daddy. By the time I got home (with birthday balloons) from my early morning workout at the gym, Bryn was already decked out in her party dress...courtesy of Grandma.

Bryn got to ditch ballet that day and go out to lunch with Daddy for her birthday which was her main request. Bryn is a girl who loves to go out to lunch. Her first choice was Old MacDonalds...aka McDonalds. Gross. Remember just a few posts ago when I was thrilled that McDonalds finally would put Fish Bites in Happy Meals thus making my life so much easier? Yeah, that was short lived. No more fish bites and back to their usual inability to put a filet-o-fish in a Happy Meal again. Good-bye McDonalds. Forever. Good Riddance. Bryn changed her mind a the last minute and wanted to go to her VERY FAVORITE food joint...Taco Bell. She got a real treat and actually got to go inside and eat. She didn't even know that was possible. Ha ha. I am also happy to report that Taco Bell has a Kids Meal now so...yeah...no more McDonalds.

 

Look at those two cuties!!

Taco Bell is very vegetarian kid friendly!!

Bryn was excited to see one of her high school Big Buddies from Preschool at McDonalds too. Her Big Buddy came over to tell her Happy Birthday and give her a big hug. Bryn felt very cool to be hangin' with the high schoolers.

My dear friend Tiffany shares a birthday with Bryn... and Tiff, Tyler and I have spent countless hours hangin' at the Bell in Provo while in college so we texted Tiffany this Happy Birthday Greeting. We miss that girl.

There were tons of activities for the rest of the family that night so we didn't have Bryn's party that night but that didn't stop the celebrating. Aunt Kelley and Elle came over to wish Bryn a Happy Birthday and to drop off her present. Any day that Bryn gets to hang out with her Elle-Belle is a good one!!

Lucky for Brynnie the Young Women were doing cake decorating for their mutual activity that night so Reilly made a mini-birthday cake for Bryn along with the pink "pinkalicious" cupcakes she had already made for Bryn and for her French class.

Then on Friday Bryn got to bring treats to preschool for her birthday. Alas, gone are the days of bringing cupcakes to school anymore. So sad. Bryn brought "birthday cake" oreos and was pretty excited about that.

On Saturday we did Bryn's birthday activity. She wanted to go to the movies. We all went to see The Croods which I thought was a pretty cute movie. Bryn LOVED it. It is so nice that she can now finally sit through a movie and that the whole family can go together.

We made a quick stop at the toy store where Bryn picked out some magnetic wooden paper doll style dolls that she wanted.

Her birthday gifts from her brother and sisters were some new clothes for Petunia (her pink teddy bear) from Build-a-Bear.

Chillin' at the Food Court

 These two just split a ginormous Cinnabon cinnamon roll. Gross. (I hate cinnamon rolls and the smell of them. It hearkens back to the days of being a lunch helper in elementary school.) So this was a real BIRTHDAY TREAT. Bryn is CRAZY about cinnamon rolls. ;)

Then it was off to Walmart to pick out a "big girl bike"(her gift from Mommy and Daddy). She rode that thing all around Walmart...up and down the aisles as we got our other items...to the check-out... and out the door. Walmart annoys the !@#$ out of me every single time I go so this was a little pay back. :)

Then Sunday, after church, we had her family birthday dinner and cake. Yep, she was still riding that bike...around and around the kitchen.

Here are a few facts about Bryn at 4:

1.) Her best friends are Elle, Naomi, Rylynn, and Jackson. She talks about them all day long.

2.) When she grows up she is "going to marry Justin Bieber."

3.) Her favorite color is hot pink...not pink...HOT PINK.

4.) Her favorite shows are Tiger's Neighborhood and Curious George.

5.) Her favorite foods are bananas (She can eat a whole bunch in one sitting...we have to limit her.),
     macaroni and cheese, and chips and salsa. This girl can pound chips and HOT salsa like
     nobody's business.

6.) She wants to be a model (thanks Reilly) and a mom when she grows up.

7.) Her favorite phrase is "Well..that's awkward" which she never uses in the proper way or
     at the proper time and has us all in hysterics whenever she says it.

8.) She made up a song that she sings to me every morning. It goes like this "Crack of Good Morning
     to you Mommy!! Crack of Good Morning to You!!"

9.) She is EXTREMELY polite.

10.) She loves to give lots of hugs and kisses which we all happily receive.

Happy Birthday Brynnie!! You are one TERRIFIC kid. We love you lots!!