Happy Birthday Brooklyn!

Today Brooklyn turned 12.  She graduated from Primary and was welcomed into Young Womens.  She attended tithing settlement with the family and told the Bishop that she paid her tithing this year.  She waited patiently downstairs while Savannah and I decorated for her birthday and made her requested birthday dinner-- crepes with raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, whip cream, and syrup (no low blood sugar around here tonight).  She snuggled on the couch with me wrapped in the zebra blanket with arms (Snuggie) she received for her birthday and watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional.   She blew out 12 candles on her favorite kind of cake, angel food cake with strawberries (aka angel fruit cake).  She talked to her dad on the phone, told him all about her birthday, and thanked him for the Leatherman (a gift she has been waiting to be deemed old enough for) that he wrapped up when he was home last and left on a shelf in his closet for her to open on her birthday.  When she was ready for bed, she asked me to tuck her in like she has every night, that I am home, since I can remember. 

  12th Birthday

  Brooklyn and Savannah went to Young Women's together for the first time today

The birthday decor

Crepes for dinner

Wearing her zebra snuggie and holding up the Leatherman from dad

Happy Birthday Brooklyn!

For your 12th B-day, here are 12 things we love about you:

1. Your funny sense of humor and big smile

2. Your creativity, art, and illustrations

3. The stories you write – we think you could be an author someday

4. Your desire to do your best in school - You are one smart girl

5. Your love of fruit of all kinds – I think I didn’t feed you enough veggie baby foods

6. That you are really good at accents and got into the first school play you auditioned for because of your great British accent

7. Your baking skills and the way you save an extra portion of special desserts to pack in your lunch the next day -- You have already packed a piece of angel food cake away for tomorrow

8. Your thoughtfulness and the joy you find in picking out gifts for members of your family

9. Your love of books and that almost every morning I find you reading on the couch after you wake up

10. The way you love the cats and they love you and think you are their mom

11. Your talent for good hair dos 

12. Your desire to choose the right