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25

Suri Cruise Celebrates Her First Birthday

Little Suri Cruise may not realize the effort involved, but her family made sure she celebrated her first birthday in style.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes organized a birthday lunch on April 18 at the Cruise compound in Los Angeles, where the entire clan dined on pizza and cupcakes from Sprinkles bakery in Beverly Hills.

“Suri is walking and talking,” says a source close to the family, who adds that dragonfly and butterfly piñatas were part of the entertainment.

The guest of honor – who, Holmes told PEOPLE recently, “loves just being outside right now,” received a gym set for the backyard, according to the source, along with a stack of books, balls and dolls.

“Tom and Suri kicked the ball around the lawn during the party,” adds the source.

Holmes’s mom Kathy, 60, flew to California for the occasion, as did a sister and nephew of Cruise, according to the source. On April 17, both grandmothers – Kathy Holmes and Mary Lee Mapother South, 70 – were treated to dinner at an Italian restaurant.

Just days earlier Holmes, 28, was in Shreveport, La., where she is filming Mad Money with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton – and the day after the birthday bash, she and Cruise, 44, jetted to New York City for Cruise’s 9/11 Detox Fund-Raiser.

But Wednesday’s luncheon was a fun break from all the jet-setting – albeit a messy one. By the end of the party, says the source, “Tom, Katie and Suri were wearing chocolate.” (People.com)

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April 25, 2007   //   General   //   3 Comments   //  

3 Comments to “Suri Cruise Celebrates Her First Birthday”

• April 25, 2007 at 10:49 am
  Lili says:

  Wow! what a great private celebration in the Cruise household. I love to read that! It is comforting to know that Tom has a great family life, away from paparazzi and mostly sheltered from the gossip media. Not that I care much about Nicole, but I can’t help to feel sorry that she does not seem to make room in her life for her 2 kids. She too could make a great home for them and really enjoy her shared custody..She may regret it someday. Katie is a great Mom and Suri is one of the happiest baby.
• April 25, 2007 at 1:29 pm
  rainey says:

  Yes, I agree, it is nice to read about the wonderful celebration for Suri the Cutie Pie. Let’s not be too quick to judge Nicole though, we really don’t know for sure about her relationship with her kids, I am sure she loves them very much. Remember, we don’t like to read rumors and gossip about Tom and Katie, even though week after week more and more stories seem to come out in those rags. We as fans, need to form and alliance and never ever buy those magazines MAybe someday they will go out of business.
• April 27, 2007 at 1:35 am
  Lili says:

  My comment about Kidman is not meant to be judgemental, it is merely an observation of the sad reality.