FUN FUN FUN

My sister Shanny her husband Cody, and her two cute little boys got to come down for my dads birthday. Brooklyn loves to play with her boys and they get along so great. Friday we all went to Ruby River (forgot my camera). Was not the greatest dinner but we had a great time. Saturday Papa went and got my other 2 nephews Gage and Oakley and we all went to Boondocks. We rode the go carts, bumper bumps (Water Fight), played a few games of bowling, kid cove and arcade. We all had so so much fun. After we all headed home and meet Mar and Jer there and had a BBQ for my dad. The kids had fun playing football and riding the fourwheeler while we got dinner ready. After dinner the kids played some more and then it was time for some Band HERO (Nate's Early Easter present) We had TONS and TONS of fun and I am sad sad sad that they have to leave today. I don't get to see them enough, and it never seems long enough when we do.

I lOVE YOU I MISS YOU

Brooklyn loves to talk on the phone to anyone, and even her "play" phones too. Whenever she hangs up with anyone especially daddy she always says I love you I miss you bye. Recently she started to say it when we leave, or when she is going to the "store" play one of course in her car. Yesterday I had a man come over to install our home phone, he was there about 30 minutes and while waiting on the computer to work to get it all hooked up we just visited, and he played with Brooklyn and some marker tower she was building. As he finished up and left Brooklyn said see ya bye love you miss you.
UGH that is so sweet of her but how do you tell your 2 year old that we don't say love you miss you to everyone, I tried to explain it to her but we will see if it works or not.

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Happy Birthday Dad!! I love you!! Thank you for EVERYTHING you do for me and my family. We love having you stay with us. You are one of my Best Friends. I would do anything for you and I know you would for me. Brooklyn can't get enough of her Papa, and is always wanting to see him or tell him things that she does.
I hope you have a great Birthday Dad

Tough Cookie

Last Tuesday after I got home from work Nate told me that his mom (which had picked Brooklyn up from Daycare) said that she had been limping on her foot. Well she seemed to walk fine to the bathroom said it hurt a little but, I looked at it no swelling, no bruising turned it a little, rotated it this way and that and seemed fine. So I just let it go...Bad mom? Well now I feel like it. My tough little cookie has been walking around on a possible broken, really bad sprain.
Yesterday at dance she was trying to do her frog leaps and bunny hops and she kept falling when she hit her ankle but would get back up and go again. She has been limping slightly ( I mean very mild--off/on) since last week but nothing to concern me. Well after yesterday I ask the doctor I work with and she says that is an awfully long time to limp on it today is day 9, so I have my sweet hubby bring her in after he picks her up from Daycare and this is what we find out, now she is in a walking boot. It is so small and so so cute but poor little thing:(

YAY!!!

Ok so the swing set will be here on Friday!! Am I freaking out???
YES... I am so super excited!! Maybe, we can have it together for her Birthday!!!
Just a sneak of what it looks like and will get pictures up of it and the craziness of putting it together... when we get started BUT .......
Drum roll please...

Isn't she going to be so stinking EXCITED. I cant wait!!

Just some funny things

So I decided since I always think Brooklyn is so funny and never remember later what it is she said or did I would write them down. I have gotten a stock pile now and decided where better to save them

**Ever since Brooklyn has been little she always thinks that mommies kisses OR a bandaid will fix any boo boos. May I say we go through ALOT of bandaids at our house. Everything needs a bandaid, the other day I had scratched my hand at work and she was so upset and thought I needed a bandaid. I told her I didn't need a bandaid mommy was a big girl and only needed bandaids if I was bleeding. The next time she got an owie she said look mommy I got owies and I don't need bandaids cause I not bleeding. A few days later she was whining non stop--mid month or something--my little drama queen--well I told her no whining we only cry when we have owies, so she then said "we only cry when we have owies and get bandaids huh mom" Yup Boo I said (wow she is smart). Then we heard the BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY song on the radio, so I turned it up for her to listen. She thought it was so exciting, now anytime she starts whining for no reason (which can be often--Terrible Two's hit right before 3) we just start singing that song and it usually helps her be a BIG girl again.

**Anytime she thinks something is wrong, or we aren't supposed to do she tells me that is "naughty" and that the cops are going to take us to our wives... I always ask her if she means to jail but she is sure that they are taking us to our WIVES. I must have given her the wrong impression somewhere but not sure where she picked this up at.
**Tells me often her "other mom" which always breaks my heart to think that she would want another mom:( Well lately "she" is coming up more frequently so I am thinking who is this "other mom" so I start asking questions. She tells me yesterday out of nowhere while going poop of all things--my other mom does dishes and laundry to, I said "O she does, what else does your other mom do with you?" "O lots of things", looking around she says "she has a bathroom and towels too", I then ask her Does your other mom have a name? She sits there for a minute and then quickly says YEP!! I said Oh what is her name? She says candy flavor. Not sure I understood what she said I ask her what was her name? Candy Flavor Mom. Candy Flavor? Ya like lollipops she says. O ok well I am glad I am up to competion with Candy Flavor... How will I ever top that:)

**This morning on the way to school, she tells me mom today I am going to school and tomorrow I am going to Dance.
Doesn't seem like anything to spectacular right, well remember she is only (almost)3. Pretty Spectacular to me how does a 3 year old have any concept of time. She never fails to amaze me how smart she is.
**Loves to read stories but, would rather read to you than you read to her. When she moves her finger along the words she reads from the right to left instead of the left to right. She is a leftie but is this why OR MAYBE just because she is as brilliant as say Leonard Davinci which also used to transpose his words from right to left...

Not her favorite book but I liked the title
**Is a wedgy queen, does not like her clothes to be to tight or to loose. Loves to sleep in my T-Shirts for bedtime though.
**Loves Loves LOVES anything to do with coloring, or thinking she is doing "Homework"
**Has her IMPORTANT work papers that she always gets out when daddy is doing his work and has to go to her job
**Favorite movie--today anyways--Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
prior Garfield, then Tinkerbell, then Nemo
**Tells us "I wish I had that!!", when she sees anything she wants
**Favorite TV Show--Mickey Mouse Clubhouse/Dora the Explorer
**Best Friend-Mommy (although loves her dad always has to show and tell him everything and always needs to include him)
**Favorite Food--Chicken Nuggets/Pizza
Although she eats everything really well, she has her days where she only likes meat, others where she really likes salad, then it will be breads, I never know what she is going to eat when I dish up he plate, always what I gave her the least of usually.
**Wants her Chocolate Milk every morning first thing


**Says it is wake up time when the sun is up
Favorite Blankie/Stuffed Animal--Changes weekly just whichever one she is in the mood for that will last a few days and then it switches again, she always like to keep me guessing
**Favorite Color: Pink/Purple
**Wishes she had brown eyes and "black" hair like mommies
**Wants a sister
**Glows like the brightest star when you tell her your PROUD of her

**Can count to 18
**Loves to sing/counter her numbers/do her ABC's

Wow I can go on and on she is such an interesting and so so smart little thing.
Brooklyn Mommy loves you.

Disney on Ice...

Yesterday we went to Disney on Ice we had a BLAST. Brooklyn loves going to these and so does mommy!! Daddy well he just comes along but I think he really enjoys them because he no longer hesitates to say yes when I ask if we can go.. I didn't know it was coming until I talked to a friend on Tuesday. Sweet Dr. Henley bought Brooklyn a ticket for her birthday!!! Brooklyn was so excited when I told her I don't think I have ever seen her so excited about something. So now I was on the rampage for a TINKERBELL Dress. Well, I could not find one that I liked ANYWHERE. Of course right, well not that I am not crazy busy lately anyways I decide "O I will just make her one" What really well material bought, and ready to start. Was a little nervous about what it would turn out like but, WOW I made this... YES I DID!!! and I myself think it turned out so stinking cute. Then for a green leotard, didn't find it so we settled with white, and green wings instead, but Brooklyn loooked absolutely Beautiful (as always).
She loved the part with Mater, loves Ariel and Sebastian, was sad when Mufasa died, and couldn't get enough of Tinker Bell.
Here are some pictures but not many will post more later

Nate's New Favorite Addiction

Nate loves the new hamburger doritos. He is so amazed that you can actually taste the hamburger, ketchup and mustard. These are like Burger King in a bag. Gotta love them!!!



Now in researching though I think they have discontinued. No wonder I haven't been able to find them anywhere, Bummer sorry Babe:(

Birthday Invites

This year for Brooklyn's birthday party I have been debating on what to do since about well last April... Ok really seriously thinking since November. Bouncing of the walls, Boondocks, Chuck E Cheese, princess party at this way cool castle I found, cupcakes... and so on. Well I have been wanting to get her a playset FOREVER and haven't had anywhere to put it so now that we have a wonderful yard (dirt pile) I wanted to get her one. So I gave her the option, Go to Boondocks with all our friends,(and daddy-since it was Nate's idea to go there) or have all our friends come to our house and get a new swing and slide. First it was go with friends cause she wanted daddy to be there, then I told her Daddy would still be at our house and she would get a slide, she decided on the swing set. So then was it cupcake, princess, BBQ outdoor play, Dora, TInkerbell? What to do? What to DO?
Started the search for the Swing Set found the perfect one, then another one that was better, then another but the price was to high, went back to the first, then found another with a better price, 1wk later was convinced this was it. Ordered and is now on its way.
Well I decided Cupcakes all in good reason. I will make the invites, decorations, it will be perfect. Well I did not know what I got myself into. It took me almost 7 hours to make the invitations, but boy are they freaking Cute. I got the cutest aprons tied bows, got rolling pins, Ordered an oversized large cupcake, tied bows everywhere for the decorations, and it is turning out perfect so far. 3wks to go and I am starting to lose sleep over how excited I am. and Yes Brooklyn could care less just is excited to have a party and everyone sing happy Birthday to her.
Still waiting on the swing set hope it gets here soon (delivered between 3/12/10-and 3/29/10) of course it won't be until the 3/29/10 when it arrives right so it takes anywhere between 14-16 hours to put together, and with our crazy schedules it will be the end of April when it gets put together finally , so it better hurry up and get here so we can get it set up for her Birthday...

DANGEROUS...

Today after Brooklyn's dance class she said the funniest thing. She always gets a sticker at the end if she does some "freestyle" dance. Today she got this foamy like sticker, when I held it for her she told me to be VERY CAREFUL MOMMY!! I told her ok I wouldn't drop it of smash it she said no mommy it is very sharp and VERY DANGEROUS!! It was the funniest thing. My little girl is so sophisticated and says some of the biggest things for her little self!!

Dinosaurs

Today Brooklyn and I were running errands and trying to find a scrap book store (hate how I can nver remember where I seen something when I need to find it) so we could get some stuff to make Brooklyn's Birthday invitations when Brooklyn suddenly said look at that dinnoosauur mommy. I looked over and sure enough there was a green dinosaur at the sinclair. We have driven past this gas station a million times but today she said please can I ride it mommy. I was feeling a little thirsty anyways so we stopped grabbed us a soda pop(as Brooklyn calls them) and then we rode the dinosaur. Right in the middle of town... the things I do for you Brooklyn I hope you know that mommy loves you.
As we were getting in the car ready to go she said "Wait Mommy Stop... Please can I slide down his tail?" So off we went again to slide down the dinosaurs tail. She loved it and talked about how she couldn't wait until Daddy got home so she could tell him about it, but she didn't want to call him cause she needed to show him the pictures
That Girl sure does love her daddy, now we are waiting for the days it is warm enough to go to the dinosaur museum. She loves her Dinosaurs.