Sweet Six ~ And in no time "teen" will be at the end of that

 A timeline of Brynne's Special Day ~ August 8th

Midnight ~ Dawson woke up Brynne to tell her 'Happy Birthday' and took her from her chosen place to sleep the night before her birthday, the upstairs t.v. room couch, to sleep with him in his room.

6:45 a.m. ~ "I'm awake! It's my birthday! I'm 6!" (Well, technically you're not 6 until 7:40 a.m. Can we go back to sleep until then?)

7:15 a.m. ~ Opened presents. (Obviously the answer was "no" to the above question.)

With her new Kids Bop cd, Wii game, and Bella Ballerina sneakers

7:30 a.m. ~ Was upstairs playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on the Wii.

8:00 a.m. ~ Was doing pirouettes in new Skechers Bella Ballerina twirling shoes in her new birthday nightgown while listening to Kids Bop 19. She had declared it a pj day FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

8:45 a.m. ~ Ate "special breakfast" of cinnamon toast and watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, asking every two seconds, "Can I wake Eli up?"

9:00 a.m. ~ Finished a picture for Papa and Grandma to mail to them.

9:20 a.m. ~ Was back upstairs playing her new Wii game with Dawson and his friend, because "NO you CANNOT wake Eli up!"

9:35 a.m. ~ Was back downstairs. "Gosh, when is Eli going to get up?"  Fine. Back to watching Mickey Mouse.

9:55 a.m. ~ ELI'S AWAKE!!! Went upstairs to show him the new Wii game.

10:20 a.m. ~ Took a 'Happy Birthday' call from grandma.

10:55 a.m. ~ Decorated the house with streamers. She wants to keep them up until her birthday party on Saturday. The ones in the kitchen may be a challenge. But, I am trying.

1:00 p.m. ~ Ate Subway and watched "Air Bud".

1:30 p.m. ~ Got bootie kicked by mom at Connect 4.

2:00 p.m. ~ Went upstairs to play with Eli.

3:00 p.m. ~ Made a "Happy Birthday Brynne" sign.

4:30 p.m. ~ Started to wear down. Could it possibly be because SHE WAS UP AT 6:45 A.M.!!

5:30 p.m. ~ Had yummy dinner of hot dogs, macaroni and cheese and brownies.

The birthday girl/boy always gets to pick what we have for dinner

6:30 p.m. ~ Daddy arrived with flowers for the birthday girl.

7:00 p.m. ~ Made a wish that "every day could be this great" and "for $1,000".

As you can see, Brynne is 'large and in charge'. It was an exhausting day for her mommy. I have always said that she is either keeping me young or making me old. I am tending to think it might be the latter. Although, you can't be a sissy to keep up with her!

I love this kid. Seriously, she is such a joy! Without her our life would be soooooo dull!

Happy 6th birthday, baby girl! Hope  your day was really as great as you said it was!

On Saturday she is having a skating party and her Grandma and Papa and Rylee are coming to help celebrate. Then on Monday we are going to Build-a-Bear because her final gift is a giftcard from there. She has been wanting to go there really bad! She will be so excited!

(btw ... she slept until 10:00 a.m. today.)