I love visitors!!

...as long as I don't have to take pictures with them. This was our attempt to try and have all the kids in one picture.

Zootastic

Poppy, Aunt Gina and cousin all joined us at the zoo today. It was Brock's first visit and just like Ben did on his first visit, he fell asleep before we got to the monkeys. Brooke rode the carousel for the first time too. She loved riding up and down on the tiger.

Ducks really do like fish!!

We spent the day at the zoo and while we were waiting for Poppy and Aunt Gina to get there we fed the ducks. The only thing I had to feed them was goldfish and they loved them almost as much as Brooke. She was putting just as many in her mouth as she was giving to the ducks.

Poppy, I'm all blinged out

I have such a little girly girl!! She had to put on every piece of bling she got and model it for everyone.

Christmas morning chaos

Christmas morning was, as always, with 3 children, a little chaotic, and the kids were a little overwhelmed with all the toys that Santa had brought. These were 2 of their favorites.

Cookies for Santa

Last night we baked cookies and put them out for Santa along with some milk. Brooke didn't know why she couldn't eat them herself.

More Presents Please

We spent Christmas Eve at Uncle Jim's house and Brooke loved to open presents. In fact, when we were done, she said, "More presents please" and was very upset when there were no more.

More Candy Please

Brooke and Ben decorated a gingerbread house tonight and I use the word decorate loosely. For every 1 piece that made it onto the house, 10 pieces went into their mouths. They had a great time though.

Don't run me over Ben!!

Good thing that Brooke's moves fairly quickly!!

On the Farm

Yesterday, Wendy and I took Ben and Brooke to Grammy & Paw Paw's farm. Ben and Brooke learned how to drive the John Deere tractor, although they still can't steer it. Of course, Ben wanted to ride and run through the mud and Brooke would have nothing to do with it. She kept saying, "Weno, be careful mud" as we walked to see the cows. My little princess was not about to get her rubber boots muddy.

I read it

Storytime has become a part of our nightly ritual, but lately, I can only get through about 1/2 of a book before Brooke rips it out of my hands and says "I read it". Most of the time she just says "once upon a time" everytime she turns the page. Hopefully she will love to read as much as I do.

My little naked girl

As soon I take Brooke's diaper off to get in the bathtub, she makes a mad dash to run around the house naked. The same thing goes for when I get her out of the tub and wrap her in the towel.

Bubble Bath

I have been meaning to buy some bubble bath for Brooke and I finally did. As you can see, she loved her bubbles.

Brooke has issues

When I woke Brooke up from her nap today, she had one arm up through the neck of her shirt. She looked at me and said..."Mommy, I got issues!"

Like father, like daughter

Just as Joe loves to sing for Kareoke, so does Brooke. She is learning all kinds of new songs and we are all singing right along with her. This was in the Caymans at the Flower's house.

So Cited about Santa

So we have been talking about Santa for weeks since Brooke was terrified of the Easter Bunny. I have been showing her last year's picture to get her ready. This morning she was so "cited" to see Santa. She told everyone that she saw that she was going to see Santa. As soon as we got to the mall to see him, she was immediately terrified and wanted to nothing to do with Santa. The woman taking the pic was quick she snapped the pic so I could get her down immediately. Hopefully we will do better next year.