Last week on Monday night, Brooke really wanted to give the FHE lesson. I missed her first lesson, but I did catch the rest. The first one was about baptism I believe. She got those pictures of Jesus from an FHE lesson a while back when we talked about the life of Jesus. Brooke really likes to look through it for her scripture study, and has provided numerous lessons for the family from it.
On Monday, Eden and Royal came over, and the feature of the afternoon was jumping on the couch. Brooke and Eden had a wonderful time, the couch, not so much. We should probably make a rule about jumping on the couch before they all fall apart. They're doing okay for now, but definitely getting worn down...
Brooke continues to care for her stuffed animals. Here they all are cuddled together, presumably taking a nap in the chair in her room. Sometimes I'll go upstairs and her noise maker will be on because some stuffed animal is taking a nap! You never know when it's quiet time upstairs.
Also, Winry sat on these little chairs. I think this is her first time, and she sure looked happy about the achievement!.. or she's excited about the food in her hands, there's no telling for sure.
We found Brooke in our room on Wednesday morning. She comes in every now and then, but it's been a while since she last did. I'd say the highlight of this night was that she wanted to wear shorts, but needed her long socks on to make sure her legs stayed warm!!! Some things, only a 3 year old can wear.
On Wednesday we went bowling, which is one of Brooke's favorite activities! We all had a wonderful time, and Brooke was able to bowl on her own! I only had to move the ramp thing over for her.
Brooke had a really good game too! She was only 1 pin behind Monica at the end!! I had a great game, especially for how often we go bowling! I think the highest I've ever bowled was 184 or 185, so I was pretty close.
Brooke and I have started moving bed time stories to the floor instead of chair. We typically lay on the floor next to each other and look at the books, but Wednesday we had story time in dad's lap! Brooke really loves her stories, as you will see at the end of this post.
On Friday, Monica took the girls to the outlets because Gymboree is closing down, and everything was like 70% off or something. While they were there, Brooke saw a dog purse that she had really wanted. She wanted it the last time they'd gone to the store. Monica told her she could do chores to earn it if she wanted it, and they grabbed it while they had the chance. Brooke is very excited about it, and loves to carry her chap stick in it. She's also very excited to help with chores to help earn her dog purse! It's name is Melvin.
On Friday, Cafe Rio had a buy one get one free coupon, so we headed over for dinner! We fed all 4 of us for about $10! Pretty good deal. The free kids quesadilla wasn't quite enough for Brooke this time, and she ate a bunch of Monica's salad too. Everyone had a great time, so we might have to do this a little more often.
On Saturday, Katie and David came over. As I write the blog, I'm noticing that I'm pretty good at taking pictures of my children, but not so good at taking picture of me/my life events. Fittingly, the only evidence we have of Katie and David coming over, is a video of Brooke.
Anyway, they came over for lunch. After lunch, Brooke read us all a book, and not a short book. Brooke read "Dewey, there's a cat in the library" which is currently one of her favorites. Now I suppose I should put "read" in quotes, because Brooke doesn't actually know how to read, she just has the whole book (and many others) memorized. She "read" the ENTIRE book, all 32 pages of it! The video only shows a little part. Anyway, awesome job Brooke! She's also started reading Winry bedtime stories at night, and still corrects us if we ever read the wrong word in one of her books. I'm sure she has many more books memorized than I realize.
After Brooke dazzled us all, we played Brooke's Frozen matching game, a staple at our house. Brooke is really good at it, and competes evenly with Monica and I, so it was a tight game. After some games and fun we headed down to Butterfields for some ice cream! I almost took a picture here, but didn't. The ice cream was better than remembered, which is always the case, and Katie and David were not disappointed!
I think that's everything for this week! Have a great week!
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