Today was the first of the Greenbrier Concert Series where bands play every Friday night at a shopping complex five minutes from our house. We all had a fun time listening to the music, having a picnic dinner, and playing. Also we scoped out which areas of the audience that were shaded for next time.
Today was hot, so we went down to the pool as a family. We have gone for the past couple of weeks, and Brooke has seen some other kids with their “noodles” and wanted to play with them. This was surprising considering about a year ago she was deathly afraid of them, but Laura bought her one and we got to test it out today. Brooke loved it. She had her own independence in the water while using it and seemed to like floating free.
Thursday AJ left to have a Daddy weekend off and fun at his friends wedding in Phoenix. Brooke and I had a lot of fun on our Mommy/Daughter long weekend. There are no pictures from Thursday as it was a tough day for Brooke. She is used to Daddy leaving and going to work but was very confusied that he took Allison to the airport and never came back. Friday morning Brooke had school and instead of running to the grocery store, target, and other errands for the family I usually do while she’s at school, I decided to do something nice for me and enjoy my ‘Mommy’s morning out’. I decided to try my hand at ‘selfies’ and took some pictures of my morning starting off with sweet tea (my most recent pregnancy craving- though starbucks version was not as good as local restaurants) then a visit to the Chrysler Museum and the beginning of Harborfest’s parade of sail. Talk about getting a lot done in 2.5 hours! (I also did put an errand in there.) Saturday morning we had a playdate with Heather and her daughters Annabella and Kierianne at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. We had fun smelling the roses and playing in the pirate sand ship then cooled off in the fountains. We spent the rest of Saturday starting a surprise for Daddy- getting the nursery done! Brooke had fun with all the things for baby like my ERGO and enjoyed wearing her baby. She happily ‘organized’ the baby toys while I completely organized the closet, baby clothes, bedding, nursing gear/pump, and furniture. She also found some fun accessories for her baby. Sunday we had an early morning. I made Brooke pancakes and she said she wanted to help to make the scrambled eggs so I let her. I cracked the eggs in the cup and handed her the fork and cup and she scrambled her own eggs. Then I got the pan ready and handed her the spoon and YES I let her cook the eggs. She listened very well and did not touch the pan and just used the spoon to push around the cooking eggs. Eventually at the end I had to chop them up more but she cooked them herself. She seemed to enjoy the result. We spent the rest of the early morning finishing the nursery and Brooke helped me by using her tools to build the bookcase for the baby. She also helped me decide where to place the wall decals. Thank you very much to Oma and Opa for purchasing pretty much everything we needed for the nursery: mattress, all the bedding, the dresser, the lamps, all the decorations, the shelving unit, and the bookshelf! After the baby’s room was done Brooke got to add some very special decorations to her own room. I bought her two butterflies for her room and she helped me pick the exact location on each butterfly and then climbed up the ladder with me to hang them on the ceiling. We ended the day out by going to a froyo fundraiser for our friends Navy Unit and playtime at the park. It was a great weekend!! [Both galleries below]
The Nursery
Aunt Allison came for a visit and the weather was beautiful. We had a lot of fun adventures with her including: going to the Virginia Zoo, dirty fun playtime at the park, jumping at Cloud 9, going to the beach, and a food truck festival!
Our beautiful Brooke turned two and we thought it would be a nice time to get some family pictures and have Laura’s pregnancy photos done at the same time.
