A Few Videos To Make You Laugh!

Brynn busy making Valentines! She picked out hearts for me, Bryce and her!
(Brooklyn had her own heart she was making for her room)

BARNEY! The girls LOVE Barney now. Brynn is studying hard all the dance moves that they do and she dances along with them! Brooklyn gets so excited when she sees the purple dinosaur and keeps saying "ba", "ba". Here they both make the sound of the lion that they show before the real show actually starts.

Sister snuggles! See what I mean about Brooklyn being a bit rough... Brynn ended up with a big scratch under her eye tonight and I think I lost a chunk of hair. I was trying to fix Jack's collar and she came over, pulled my hair to try to get me up, then pushed my forehead to lift my head, then pushed me all the way back to the couch - and she's strong! She likes the attention on her - who doesn't?!


*** Oh, Random Fact: I made hot dogs for us tonight... thought 3 hot dogs, one for each of us, should be fine. The girls ate ALL 3 of them! and they were the extra long Hebrew National hot dogs!!! Geez... guess I didn't to eat that badly!

Carrots For the Horsies

The girls and I went down the street to go feed the horses today since Brynn has been asking for quite a few days now. She loves to eat carrots these days because she knows the horses eat carrots and she can't wait to ride one again. She is getting so much better at communicating these days (I've really noticed a big jump in the last week) and I can understand that she's trying to tell me she wants to ride them again! I love it! So Bryce and I are going to take her again in the next few weeks to ride a horse.

She tries so hard to talk to us and it just melts my heart! Makes it really hard to say "no" to her... even though sometimes we have too. Everyone keeps saying that once she starts, she won't stop - but I really can't wait for that day! (Ask me in 10 years and I may change my mind!) So what can she say?? Well (to name a few): Mom, Dad, Me (& she points to herself) - she shows me signs for big & tiny, she can say more, milk, up, , yes, open, help - and most of these are followed with "please"... she's very polite! and just in the last few days she's really been trying hard to put things together - like "Me" and then she does her sign for the airplane or whatever she's trying to tell me that she wants to do. It's baby steps and can be frustrating at times but she is trying so hard and I just love her so much!! Today she was pointing to the different size burners on the stove and showing me which ones were big and which ones were tiny. It's exciting that she's starting to do this stuff more spontaneously without us having to ask her.

The Golden Arches...

On Tuesday we had our night with Auntie Janice (she always helps keep me sane while Bryce is gone!) and we met at Hobby Lobby first to shop around a bit. Brooklyn had a blast with the bunny ears and Brynn loves carrying around her little basket and does her best to put "extra" things in there... which are always found when it's time to check out!

After shopping, we took the girls for their very first McDonalds experience!!! (Janice is quite the trooper!)

Brynn hardly ate because she couldn't wait to get on that playground...

Brynn was a little hesitant climbing to the top at first, but this little girl helped her out and then she was a pro!

Brooklyn, on the other hand, wanted to play with all the boys and she didn't care that they were around 10 years old. She was climbing UP the slide and making them all laugh! She also really took a liking to this little girl who was 6 and kept going up to her giving her the biggest hugs (hugs that Bryce and I never get!) - I kept telling the girl to be careful because she can be rough and you never know what to expect. Well, they both were so cute cuddling and hugging and it lasted for probably 5-10 minutes and then.... she tried to BITE her! OMG - she's a crazy girl.

Sweet little Brooklyn Jean... but you can see that "look" in her eyes! I'm always so afraid to let her loose while we're at play dates or at the library or wherever because she's quick and you never know which side of her is coming out!!

Brynn had a blast. I had to bribe her with a Barney show and actually get inside the play ground and drag her out!! Phew - we made it out alive. Note to self: next time we'll try McDonalds at lunch... may not be so crazy! THANK YOU Auntie Janice!!

A Fun Ride...

This is perfect... Brooklyn was getting herself in the wagon earlier today so I was pulling her around and hurting my back. After dinner she did it again and Brynn had a blast pulling her!! Perfect solution... tire Brynn out and keep Brooklyn happy all at the same time! They were so cute. Happy to see that the little beach wagon is still getting used!

Here we GO!

Bye girls! Love the little mullet. Almost time for a hair cut!! :)

Auntie Kristin Comes To Visit!

I was so surprised when I found out that Kristin was coming to visit!!! She was out here on business and was going to spend the weekend with us. We actually got even more time with her... Wed-Sun, it was so fun! The weather was great and Kristin was wishing she brought her bathing suit! We spent a lot of time outside watching Brooklyn literally bury herself in sand. Oh my... nice hair!

Of course she would want to go backwards down the roller coaster! THEN she wanted to cruise down the thing while riding on the handlebars!

Brynn, of course, was all into Kristin's bag AND her shoes! She loves when the big girls come to visit so she can "shop"! Just wait til Auntie Allison comes!!

The girls! We had such a great time and Kristin even got to help me pick out my dress which was extra special since she was like my first little baby while I was growing up (we're 8 years apart and I couldn't get enough of her when she was little! I still can't - I love her so much and so proud of her) The girls had a blast and Brynn is still getting a pouty face when she shows me pictures of airplanes - we all miss her! I also can't get over how much I think she looks like MaryBeth in the picture - so crazy!!

PIZZA Party!!!

Brynn is all about helping in the kitchen these days so I thought it would be fun to have a Boboli Pizza Party! She had a blast - Brooklyn too, especially once it was time to eat! By the looks of this picture it looks like she already taste tested the sauce...

Time for the cheese!

I should have known better than to let the cheese lover in the house be in charge of putting the cheese on the pizza. She was putting one handful on the pizza and then two in her mouth!

Caught ya!

Pizza is ready to go in the oven!

Brooklyn's excited about that! FINALLY the pizza is almost ready! It's about time...

The all important taste taste....

It's a success! They giggled and held hands during their entire dinner!

Silly sisters!

Yay!! Brynn can cook!! Hip hip hooray! There was only one piece left of the pizza... and it was only the 3 girls eating.

Our Little "Twirler"

Brynn loves to "twirl" - anything! She twirls spaghetti, she twirls when she dances AND now she's twirling with her new hula hoop!! She even tried to "twirl" her pancakes this morning!