According to Bryanna, however, her birthday is Number One since she is older. ;-)
And I remember now why we have combined the girls' birthdays for the last six years...two weeks of birthday celebrations is exhausting!
I'm happy though because Bryanna is completely satisfied with her first school-chum sleepover party, the homemade cupcakes, homemade spa treatments for her friends, and winding up the celebrations - her family party at her restaurant of choice, the Mandarin.
The girls are incredibly sweet...they are a happy (crazy) group that get along really well.
While the girls had pizza and cupcakes, Cassidy and I had our own little party - she was delighted to have full control of the laptop for once!
The girls explored Bryanna's very tidy room...
...and then moved to the basement for spa treatments (a place that has seen many other spa activities in the past!)...
After that came gifts, and popcorn and DVD movies...
Despite the huge basement they had to spread out in, the 5 staying over all decided to squeeze together in one corner. And as the final moments of The Princess and the Frog came to an end around 12:30 pm, they all were asleep.
I was very proud that I made it through MY first sleepover as a mom. Yahoo me!
Saturday was spent recovering and spending some time at the park in the sunshine and then Sunday arrived - Bryanna was officially 11 years old! She had breakfast in bed and was delighted to receive a gift certificate for earrings from her sister (which she chose later that day at the mall).
Brya loves everything about visiting the Mandarin but in her opinion, the very best part is the apparently unlimited supply of king-sized crab legs! I lost count of how many she ate - more than 10, less than 20, enjoying every buttery morsel.
A perfect end to another wonderful birthday for our beautiful girl.
5 comments:
Happy Birthday (again) sweet girl! And congratulations for surviving it, sis. Hey, Mum and Bryanna colour coordinated quite nicely in that last photo....
Wow what a great birthday Brya, looks like so much fun and yes you are a poster child for the Mandarin! Glad you had fun. You and MacLean can be 11 together for 6 months.
Enjoy!
love us xoxo
Can you tell I played with the colour saturation on that one, Kim? Those Mandarin pics were from dad's camera and not quite as good as from my new one. ;-)
a great event --- HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYA!
You looked (MOM) wonderful in the little pink cardigan -- not weary at all after a big event
the thompsons are such a fun bunch!!
Happy belated Birthday to Bryanna!
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