Hello! This post again comes to you curtesy of one handed typing, so I'll likely be a bit brief. This past week was Brooke's birthday! Wahoo! We had such a great day, and it was wonderful to celebrate such a wonderful little girl! Here's the little cutie blowing out her candles!
Rewinding to Monday Monica got this picture of Grayson. He'd looking studly, as usual. Monday evening Brooke has her dance class, and after she was showing us a new dance they started working on. I'm guessing that will be the dance they do for their parents at the winter showcase assuming that happens this year. Also, we watched Frozen (yes, the first one) sometime recently and Winry definitely didn't remember seeing it before, and so we're going through the Frozen phase all over again! It's kind of fun, especially since Winry loves to sing "Let it Go!"
Tuesday was the big day! It was Brooke's da! For breakfast Brooke chose to have Froot Loops! She at first wanted Froot Loop pancakes again, but Monica remind her that the Froot Loops get pretty hard/not great in that process, and so we opted for cereal instead! We also had orange juice, and as you can tell it was a big hit!
We did present right after breakfast, because who wants to wait to see all the great stuff they got? Winry got Brooke a Lego set that builds as a little book. The one she got was Little Mermaid themed, and Brooke basically built a Polly Pocket type toy in the end. Brooke absolutely LOVES it! Look at the excitement on her face.
The other best present expression was when Brooke opened this turtle. Norwex sold some of these, and it's made of recycled/unused pieces of Norwex fabric. Brooke saw it months ago when it was announced (she attended part of Monica's Norwex conference with her online) and LOVED it, so Monica snatched one as they were limited time items. Brooke definitely remembered it and was excited to have it!
Amongst other things Brooke got a princess dress (Tiana from Princess and the Frog) and a doll princess dress (Cinderella)! She was very excited for tat as well, and wore her dress most of the day.
Monica snuck a free moment in on Brooke's birthday to capture Grayson living the thug life.
After I finished working we went in the back yard to do a piñata and play some soccer. Everyone got a turn to hit the pinata. Brooke went first of course, followed by Winry. While we were working on it Monica and Grayson came out to give it a shot. In the end I had to deliver a few dumdum shattering blows to get it open, resulting in Starbursts, powder, paper, and sucker sticks in the lawn. I think 3 of the suckers survived in tact... The important thing is that the candy came out! After the piñata we played soccer until dinner was ready. Brooke's really been enjoying it and loves her new goal. She even showed me some of her best moves!
After dinner we played Mario Kart so Brooke could try out her new PINK controller! It greatly improved her game :). After we finished it was time to light the candles, sing Happy Birthday, and cut the cake! When asked, Brooke said she had a superb day all day long, so we did a great job making everything special! I love you so much Brooke! May your 5th year be as fun, loving, helpful and wonderful as 4 was!
Wednesday was the day when you realize that change is gradual, and now a sudden step on one's birthday. Why would I say that? Because Wednesday's lunch venue was naturally.... under the table. The girls did this a few times this week, and maybe in the past, but Wednesday was the first time I saw it in action!
The girls also did some yoga, immediately followed by nap-ga.
We've tried to enjoy the warmer weather this past week and go play outside every day. On Thursday that meant going in the front yard to let the girls run around, which turned into the girls running their push broom up and down the driveway.
The girls took a bath that night, and even got bubbles! It had been a while since bubbles, so now they're all about baths so long as 1) we don't wash their hair and 2) we use bubbles. At least it's something.
Grayson turned a month old on Saturday?!?!?! Crazy! I can hardly believe it. This means that Monica took some 1 month pictures! Yeah, on the exact day, we're finally getting good at this! Anyway, I grabbed a few of my favorites to put here.
"funny comment!" HAHAHA, right?! But really, I don't actually have something to say for each of these pictures.
But it feels weird to not at least put something! Look how high up he's got that head!!
Brooke and Winry watched the photo shot, and needed to do their own after. Here's one of Brooke's pictures.
And here's one of Winry's! In related news, Brooke is at the point where you can trust her to take a picture in a pinch!
On Saturday Jelly climbed up into Brooke's bed for the first time! I guess she's been seen on the stairs before, but she's never actually gone all the way up. Saturday it was time to go take a nap in a high place!
Today Winry was sitting in the girls rocking chair with a blanket during one of our church calls. She just looks so grown up!!
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