She Learns From The Best Of Them!

I couldn't resist posting this... My uncle just emailed it to me.

We visited my Grandma this afternoon and ended up staying for dinner. Brooklyn must be hanging out with Bailee too much because even though she knows how to eat with her hands and with utensils... she can't resist just diving in and chowing down like the dog.

What a goof!

COLORADO SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first day we were there Brooklyn was a bit cranky since she was up most the night when we were driving to CO. At dinner time she was throwing a fit because she wanted my mom's blanket, so of course Grandma spoiled her and wrapped her in a blanket in the high chair and gave her bunny while she ate. Only Grandma can get away with that!

Here she was trying to escape through the dog door and go play in the snow.

Boots on and ready to go.... wait, those are Grandma's boots!

Brooklyn looked so stinkin cute in her snow suit. It was a baby shower gift last year and a bit too small, but we made it work because she looked adorable! She wasn't too sure what to think about the snow, but I think she had fun!

She didn't like falling though because it made her hands cold.

She loved walking on top of the snow!

But man, she did not like falling down. My dad scolded me for stopping to take this picture instead of rushing to get her. I couldn't help myself. Even when she's mad, she's still cute!

We went to the neighbors house to feed the horses.

Brooklyn had to pet them.

There was so much snow! About 3 feet on the ground when we got there, and another foot or two dropped while we were there. It was so pretty!

This is what my truck looked like one morning when we woke up.

Then we cleaned it off to drive somewhere and later that day, it looked like this...

We went sledding down the meadow in front of my parent's house. It wasn't really steep, but we had a nice super slick sled that still went fast. It was fun!!!

A nice tasty dinner for the dogs... oh wait, that's Brooklyn. She's so silly.

One afternoon we were out on the quads and my mom stayed in with Brooklyn. When we pulled up around the back of the house I look up and Brooklyn is crawling through the dog door singing to us. She didn't want to be left out.

One evening we hung out at the neighbor's house and played pool. Their kids kept Brooklyn busy all night. It was a nice break for me!

We were so excited to be able to make a snowman this year, since there wasn't enough snow last year. Kurt started rolling the base.

And we all came out to help. Even my mom got in the action when we started decorating him.

The finished product! He was so big! I don't think I've ever made a snowman that big before. We put two faces on him so the neighbors could see him from the road and we could see him from the house.

We kept trying to get Brooklyn to say snowman, but she named him "man-ny" instead. All week we would ask her where her snowman was and she'd find a window to look out at him.

Walking in the snow. She actually left her mittens on this time.

She was having so much fun walking up and down the sidewalk path.

She looked like a big fluffy pink marshmallow.

She loved stepping on the snow and hearing the crunch under her feet.

Helping with the dishes.

Kurt clearing off the driveway. He liked any excuse to get out and play in the snow.

Dancing around in the kitchen.

Hanging out with Great Grandpa.

Playing with her absolute best friend... Bailee! Poor Bailee, she is such a good sport!

We had such a good time. I wouldn't ever want to live in the snow, but it sure is fun to go out and play in it! I'm sure we'll be up there again next year!

Play Date With Finley!

A friend of mine has a little girl, Finley, who is about 3 weeks older than Brooklyn. We had a play date last week and had so much fun!

Brooklyn showed Finley how to get into the diapers and take them ALL out of the bag!


They were redecorating Fin's room I guess. Looks good girls.

When it was snack time, rather than Brooklyn eating her own she would just go steal what was on Finley's tray. They were sharing... So cute!

Brooklyn thinking she could get a drink out of a big 5 gallon water bottle. Silly girl.

Look at this smile. These girls were running all over the house laughing and playing.

And when one would get into something, the other would of course follow.

I wish I knew what Brooklyn was telling Finley in this one. It looks important!

Where did Brooklyn go? Nothing like a game of peek a boo! Usually she puts blankets over her head, but this day she was just using her shirt!

Playing with Bailee! Brooklyn had cheerios in her cup and thought it was more fun trying to eat them off a spoon instead of just picking them up. Bailee was laying there hoping they would fall and she could be the cleanup crew!

And of course they did end up all over the floor. Poor Bailee had to wait until Brooklyn was finished playing before I let her off the bed to get them.

This is how Brooklyn puts on her sweater, around her neck. I guess she thought she needed it on to ride on her turtle.

She dumps her toys out of the basket every day, and this day I found her sitting in the basket. I don't know how she got in without tipping over. She is so silly. This must make a good place to sit and read her books.

She is getting so big these days and is just so much fun to play with. I just can't get enough of this little girl :)