Howdy all! I hope you are all doing great. We're working through Brooke's tantrum phase. I'd say most of the time she's still good and things are fine, but she only wants to eat snack, never breakfast or lunch or dinner, and she'll just scream and cry for seemingly no reason... sigh. Hopefully it doesn't last too long.
Brooke continues to love to take care of her stuffed animals. She puts them down for naps and makes sure they get their milk! What a great big sister she'll be!... unless the baby isn't ready for a nap... or just ate... ;)
Jelly loves to join us in the bathroom when we brush Brooke's teeth. She seems to be getting more and more comfortable with the sink, whether wet or not. I just missed getting a picture of her biting at the stream of water coming out of the faucet!
This past week Monica and I played a board game, and it was still on the table the next morning when Brooke woke up so she wanted to play. So instead we pulled out a game called "Feed the Kitty" that I bought from Salvation Army a while back. It's a game for kids, and basically you roll some dice and then either put mice in a bowl, take them out, or pass them to another player. Brooke loved to play it and we had a lot of fun. She even let me help her take her turns and we played the full game! She won too! Mark that down, Brooke is currently undefeated at board games!
And here we are that night brushing teeth. You can see Jelly taking up her spot in the sink again. Also, Brooke always looks straight up when I brush her top teeth. It makes it a little easier so I won't complain.
We pulled Brooke's blocks out again this past week. She hasn't played with them for a long time, so I figured we should change that. She had a lot of fun, and loved to build a tower as tall as she could. This was the last piece she was able to put on the top.
This past week on Monday night Brooke got sick. She wasn't sleeping well, and then at midnight when we went in to check on her she had thrown up! So I cleaned her up and Monica pulled out her sheet, etc and I cleaned them up and went and started the laundry. Then we went and watched Frozen to help her calm down and be happy. I let her sip on water through the movie, and when it was over I took her up to go back to sleep. I was rocking her in her chair and she threw up again, the water I let her drink... So I cleaned up again, and then we watched a Phineas and Ferb and she was falling asleep through it, so after I turned it off and we slept on the couch the rest of the night with no more incidents.
Well, fast forward to Friday night and Monica was sick and throwing up all night. So when Brooke woke up in the morning we had a full day in front of us. We went to get some bagels for breakfast, and then when we got home we played nintendo for a little. We turned it on, and like 30 seconds later she told me she wanted to play the tiger game... Unfortunately for Brooke you can't just pick a subject and a game exists for it. Fortunately for Brooke I remembered there was a Lion King game, and lions were close enough.
I taught her which button made Simba roar, and then she would literally set the controller down and watch the screen with nothing moving. If I tried to pick up the controller she'd say no, ask for it back, and then maybe press a button, and then set it down on her lap again and watch the unchanging screen. I don't think she quite gets it yet... which is probably a good thing.
After our short video game stint it was time to get ready to head out. We had the much beloved "Farmyard Beat" waiting for us at the library, and we stopped at Salvation Army on the way to see if they had any games worth grabbing at a great price. We found "Take the Cake" for $1.75! Brooke loves it! You shake out sprinkles and then match the shape and color on the cupcake. We've never played this one for real, but Brooke loves to shake out the sprinkles and match them to the cards!
Monica still wasn't feeling great today, so I took Brooke to church. Shortly after we got there Brooke handed me her bear finger puppet and said "Put nose back on!" So now we've got to figure out how we're going to fix that.
Egyptian Architects has some news this past week as well. After getting everything shipped out last week I listed my game on Amazon. You can also buy it off my website for a few bucks less (I can't change the shipping charge on Amazon, but can set it myself on my website). I also released a digital version that is free to play, if you'd like to try it out, which is available here.
Today we had a lesson on the Gathering of Israel in Gospel Principles. We talked about how there is both a physical gathering, and a spiritual gathering. I think the spiritual gathering is often overlooked, but I am glad that the teacher made a point to talk about it. We talked about looking for ways we can try to help with the spiritual gathering of Israel, and always looking for people we can help or who might be looking for the gospel. I encourage everyone to share their testimony whenever they can!
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