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| The girl loves a sweet 'stache. |
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| How she uses chopsticks. |
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| Never too old for a bouncy house. |
We put our heads together & decided this chick deserves to be celebrated. We conspired to surprise her. We maybe had her a little stumped at one point but she was suspicious all along & the jig was up when her tiny sister announced, on the morning of her surprise party, "We can't tell you anything about your party sister." It was our own fault for involving the quickest 3 year old I know in party preparations. This kid forgets nothing, except if you tell her no...then she finds a different way to attempt getting what she wants, and she didn't tell Isis about the party. She just told her she couldn't tell her. Even with our 3 year old party planning assistant dropping hints we still pulled off a few surprises. The unicorn theme. The friends that were there to surprise her. The fact that you can buy unicorn farts on Amazon.
The unicorn theme seemed perfect for the last kid birthday. I mean they say she's an adult today. It's hard to believe that cute little girl who was always grinning with no front teeth (because she fell on them so many times as a toddler they died & the dentist pulled them) & could carry a tune in Kindergarten is 18. I asked her Saturday night if she was gonna do anything crazy before she was legally an adult, she laughed & said no. I told her it was probably close enough to her birthday that she'd be tried as an adult. She said "well yeah, once I turned 16 they would..." Always thinking things through, that one. She is for sure wise beyond her years.
It was fun meeting more of her people. It warmed my heart when they all came in & called my Wicked "grandma". My Wicked is pretty badass. I already knew that but I appreciate that others recognize it too. She probably isn't fully living up to her wicked reputation though because these kids didn't seem the least bit terrified of her. More about her another time. She's an amazing lady & we are all lucky to have her around. So we got to spend time with Isis's people & see what a great group of people she's surrounded herself with. They all kept the surprise secret really well. Is was a little mad that they were excluding her from something all day. I'm sure glad we got to spend some time with her this weekend. We had a fun weekend. Got in lots of visiting. Celebrated someone who really doesn't ask for much & deserves the world. I felt pretty awful lying to her Friday night to try to make it a surprise. Her next party won't be a surprise. That way I can see her every night we are in town for her graduation in June!  |
| Look at that sweet baby & her very young Grandma Sharon! |
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| Still holds Grandma's hand. |
Happy Birthday Isis Aclea Venus Craven. I'm so proud of all you have done & the woman you are growing up to be. I know you are capable of accomplishing anything you can dream of. We have all grown up with you. We were so young when you came along. It's a good thing you came along when you did. I think you saved your mama, which saved your grandparents some grief & most of all you got in some good years with Grandpa. I see him in you all the time & I know he is damn proud of you girlfriend. No matter what you do in your grown up life, never forget how much we love you & that we are always here for you when you need us. I love you so much Izzle. I hope this year is the best, most amazing, crazy awesome adventure you've had so far! Keep leaving a little sparkle wherever you go.
Love,
Auntie Jas
P.S. Please never stop singing to me. I love that you always know all the songs & sing them better than the people singing them on the radio!
