Today we went to the NBG Butterfly Festival as a family. Brooke did a butterfly necklace craft, we took the tram for the first time to the butterfly house, and had lunch from the local food trucks.
NBG Butterfly Festival
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Yearly Archives: 2014
A Visit with Christine
Christine came to visit this last week and we had a lot of fun with her. Brooke really enjoyed spending time with her Tia. The visit got off to a rocky start when I went to pick up Christine and it was raining terribly. After about a half hour after her flight should have landed she called and let me know that she was on the ground…… but in another city! After a six-hour delay AJ picked up Christine late and we got our visit started the next day. Unfortunately, it rained hard all day but we made the most of it playing indoors and I even tried my hand at being a ‘crafty mom’ and we borrowed a library movie and I made popcorn and tickets. After a hand of cards where everyone played even baby, we settled in to watch our movie. During her visit we also went to the museum, played at the park, swam at our pool, went to an outdoor concert, went to the beach, and an ice cream treat after the beach.
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- Brooke wanted baby to play
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- Excited about her movie ticket
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- Come on Mommy
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- Brooke on exhibit
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- Brooke named this one ‘Toe’
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- Kisses!
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- Message from Tia
Stroller Strides Baby Sprinkle
My wonderful friends at Stroller Strides lead by my friend Jen threw me a baby sprinkle this morning. Jen made a diaper cake (so now we have diapers!), made me sweet tea, decorated, and made a cute old wives tale prediction plaque of what sex the baby will be. She organized with the other moms to bring food for the potluck and they all pitched in for a target gift card for baby supplies (like more diapers!)
In case you doubted Brooke’s awesomeness…..
Yesterday I took Brooke to the park and she was climbing all over the place as usual. I decided to get a few videos to show you how awesome and strong she is. You might notice her saying ‘No, no cheese!’ in the videos this is because she has decided she DOES NOT like to be photographed or videoed and I might have said a tiny white lie in the name of sharing with you. Enjoy!
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Fix-it Brooke
Today we had the appliance repairman come to fix our microwave that broke before we left for vacation. Brooke saw their stepstool and tools and immediately wanted to help. The two men were very sweet and got a kick of her getting her own stool and setting it next to theirs to help. I put her to task with her tools to fix the door while they fixed the microwave. Both parties did a great job and we have a working door and microwave now. After our naps Brooke wanted to listen to her heart, my heart, and the baby so she ran and grabbed my stethoscope from the study and put it in her ears. I caught a glimpse us in the mirror and thought she was so cute I had to take a few pictures.
