Brooke's final 5th birthday celebration

Dinner for Brooke

Princess phone and coloring book from Grandma and Eddie. The phone has all kinds of activities. Brooke has decided that it will stay on her Vanity table. Does that mean she has seen me put make-up on while talking on the phone (maybe too many times)?

Bathing suit with itty bitty skirt from mommy and Lee (they already sent me to Disneyland with friends). Who can pass up the suits found during the off season?

Barbie car and girl from Uncle Scott and Auntie Gail. The girl has a dog that needs to be taken care of. Yes, it actually eats and then poops. The Barbie, Tanner, has a magnetic pooper scooper that picks up the poop. What a fun gift!

Sage helped her read all the cards.

Making a wish!

The finished cake and cupcakes. Rebecca, that apron really gets a lot of use.

Brooke knows how to really get into her baking. This is the clean up effort. Since you know she likes doing the dishes, she really did wash them all with plenty of soap.

Can you see all the screws and pieces she had to put together?

Vanity table

Picture taken on Thursday, the 18th. She brought snack to school: peanut butter sandwiches, made from Ritz crackers, peanut butter and chocolate Pops cereal and a bag of Cheetos. Yes, they all had orange fingers in the end. Funny thing happened...Brooke was mad at me because I passed out the Cheetos along with the other foods - she thought that should be dessert and only served after everyone was done eating the other food. The ideas she comes up with make me crack up :)

Brooke is one lucky little girl. She has so many people that love and care about her. We started the rainy day off with a shopping trip with my Dad to Toys R' Us. She knew exactly what she wanted, she doesn't care for shopping. He bought it and she couldn't wait to get home to put it together. This girl patiently screwed in all the screws and took a break for lunch and continued to put it all together. It is called a Sleeping Beauty Vanity table. Funny thing about it: the table includes a doll head that is interactive. When Brooke picks up the comb, it makes some comment. It is quite the item she has been looking at for some time.

Tonight we had a family party at my parent's home across the street :) My mom cooked all of Brooke's favorite foods. Brooke made the cupcakes and cake, she decorated them herself as well. She is becoming very independent!