Happy Birthday, Brooke!

Brookie turns nine on September 4th. I can't believe it!! She was 7 1/2 weeks early when she was born. Plus, her Nana and Pappy were on an Alaskan cruise. They didn't even know she was in the world until they got home. Surprise, surprise!!! The girls usually have two parties, one here with their friends from school and one in Marion with family and close friends. Last week, we celebrated at a nail salon and then came home for a tea party, complete with china tea cups from my collection.

That tickles!

Savannah, Georgia, Brookie, Samantha, and Cammie

Check out this cool present that Cammie wrapped. She's a creative little chick!

This weekend, we were in Marion. Originally, we were going to go hiking with Greg and his family for Brooke's birthday activity there. But Lake Lure had flooded and we knew the Chimney Rock trails were probably muddy and slippery. So we'll do that later - perhaps in October. Instead, we went roller skating. Loved it.

Check out the socks! Madi, Cammie, Brookie, Brittany, and Seth

My skating pictures were really dark. Anyway, after skating we went to Nana's house where Amanda and her kids joined our family to sing 'Happy Birthday' and open presents. This is Brooke's favorite. She loves to play detective, so Nana got her a fingerprint kit and a Vera Bradley bag to hold all of her detective paraphenalia (along with a bunch of other stuff)! I told her that not many detectives had Vera Bradley computer bags to hold all their stuff! It's all very cute, though.

Brookie and Nana!

Okay, she did blow out candles and I did get a picture. But, blondeness has taken over and I can't locate the picture. Oh, well.

We let her open her rollerblades tonight. She'll have a couple more to open on her real birthday.

Happy Birthday, Brookie!!!!!