So....on saturday Kelly and I started blowing up balloons and hid about 40 of them behind her closet. Then on Monday night we waited.........and waited......and waited for Brookie to finally go to bed. I was getting so tired that I told Kelly I was going to lie down. She came and woke me up alittle after midnight....and then the work began!
Kelly and I blew up around 200 balloons....let me tell you, that is a task. About half way through we were light headed and our lips and cheeks felt weird. But we were going to see this job through till the end. ( I have this whole ordeal on video...it is pretty funny).
Next came the tricky part...transporting all 200 and so balloons into Brookie's room without her waking up. Brookie's room has a door from the hall way and then also one from the bathroom. The one from the hall way gets stuck so you have to give it a hard shove to open it. Therefore, we had to go through the bathroom door into her room, which squeaks. We thought ahead and greased down the hinges. Then we grabbed a sheet and loaded up the sheet with as many balloons as we could. We made our way down the hall and into the bathroom. From there we closed the bathroom door and every so carefully opened the door to Brookie's room. It was pitch black, Kelly and I took turns. One position was to be down on the floor handing up the balloons one by one while the other took those balloons and quietly threw them into Brookie's room. The problem was Kelly and I couldn't see each other...so it was alot of bumping around, queaky balloons, and snickers.....surprising and fortunately our roommate is a heavy sleeper.
Two hours later....2AM.....Kelly and I finally finished with the 5th load of balloons. Boy were we tired! We went to bed and then woke up at 5:30AM...only 3 short hours later to make muffins for Brookie and then pick up some Helium balloons. We rushed to to the school and put them into her classroom.
Brookie woke up to this....
Throughout the day, I had random people deliver a single flower to her. On each flower was written one reason why we loved her. Of course, she ended up with 24 flowers and 24 reasons. It was a fun day...though Kelly and I are still dead tired! What can I say, we are getting old...can't stay up like we used to.
This is Kelly and I giving the "excited party face"
