Winry has been doing great with solids. She is definitely getting better at eating. Today at dinner hardly any food came out of her mouth! Clearly that would not make for a great picture, so here's one from early in the week instead. Such a happy eater!
On Independence day in the morning the ward had a pancake breakfast at a nearby park and games after. Brooke and I did the water balloon toss! Fortunately I did not get wet, and, probably more fortunately, neither did Brooke! We got a few tosses in, Brooke did a good job catching, but the balloon bounced off her hands and popped when it hit the ground. We both still had a lot of fun.
After the activity we went over to the pool at a friends apartment complex. Swimming pictures are a little hard to get without a water proof camera. Maybe I'll have to get one of those sometime... Anyway, Brooke had so much fun and even wanted to swim by her self (with her floaties of course). Brooke also had a lot of fun jumping into the pool!
When we got home it was nap time, but after nap time it was back yard fire time! Monica made potato salad and we had a watermelon all cut up! Jelly wanted to join in the party too!
Brooke got to eat a Popsicle while I was getting the fire ready since it was hot outside!
Here's everyone chilling in the back yard, getting ready to eat!
I got the fire up before everyone else was ready to come outside, so I grabbed some roasters and cooked hot dogs for everyone! It went pretty quick and I feel like it actually turned out really well. I may just have to be the open fire cook from now on! The only downside to the fire was that it was so HOT outside already, so I was trying to stay as far away as possible! It was quite toasty!
After dinner we of course had s'mores. Again, I made marshmallows for everyone, though this time I did them one at a time. It was pretty warm outside, so the chocolate was pretty much pre-melted when we put everything together, and Brooke may have gotten a little s'more on her face! When everyone was done eating we got a family picture together. We're all wearing shirts that Monica made! Brooke's say "Let Freedom Ring" because she really liked that. Monica's says "Stars and Stripes" and Winry's says "littte firecracker." Mine says "BOOM ya'll!" Classic!
Brooke and Winry even spent a little time playing in the grass together.
That night at bed time Brooke wanted to sing to us. She's started to do that the last few nights. It's fun so have her sing us songs, though we still sing a few to her as well. Well I decided to get a video of her singing. I will warn you, it is about 4 minutes long, so a little lengthy, but I really like it! She sang us several "important songs."
On Thursday Monica took the kids to the zoo with another family in the ward, the Asays. I think everyone had a great time, though Monica did let me know that it was super hot all day long, and quite humid at the zoo too. On the plus side, the okapi was out and right up next to the fence, which Brooke LOVED!
Also, later that day on Thursday Winry invented her first method of moving around the house. For the sake of her head I hope she comes up with something else soon! She hasn't moved across the room like that since, but you never know when the next time will be!
On Friday Brooke and Winry got to go swinging together!
And as you can see Winry loved it! I don't know if she's swung much before this in a real swing, but at least she was having a great time at the park.
Saturday afternoon we were going to go swimming in our back yard. I was cleaning up some stuff in the garage, so I pulled out the pool and filled it so the water would start warming up while I was working in the garage. Well, just as I was finishing up it started to rain. I don't think there was rain in the forecast... but it came anyway. It rained for quite a while too, so we totally missed getting to swim in the back yard!
I have a pair of shorts that the button fell off of quite a while ago. Well, Monica remembered to look for buttons this past week when she was at the store with Brooke, and here is the button Brooke picked out!
Today in Elder's quorum we talked about small and simple things. As an object lesson the teacher showed a picture of a cracked sidewalk that had been broken by a tree root, and talked about how the tree exerted the pressure and grew little by little, but those small changes eventually made a powerful impact on the cement. It was a great lesson about how doing the little things, reading scriptures, saying our prayers, can really help shape our lives. I know I have seen it in my own life. I even find a big difference between reading my scriptures in the morning versus at night. Starting off the day on a spiritual foot just helps me to be happier and have a positive outlook on all that happens. I know that our small, sometimes seemingly insignificant choices can change our lives. It is important that we make good choices daily. I share this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love the button! 🐱
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