Brooke’s 2nd Birthday Dinosaur Party

Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2014 by Laura

Saturday was Brooke’s second birthday party and it was in the theme of her favorite thing… dinosaurs! She had a great time pretending to be a dinosaur with her cute RAWR hat, playing will all her friends in her new backyard, excavating for dinosaurs with her friends, eating dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and fruit for lunch, and of course enjoying birthday cake. She had an amazing time and it seemed all the other children, adults, and Oma & Opa did too. The next day she got to open her presents from her friends and one big present from Mommy and Dadda. Happy 2nd Birthday Brooke!

* A big thank you to Jen for the cute home made decorations and cup cake toppers and Opa for taking all the pictures!*

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: Laura’s RAWR hats

: Bubbles!

: Laura made dinosaur excavation plates for each child

: Brooke found her dinosaurs!

: Dinosaurs on the fence

: Dinosaur lunch

: Birthday cake

: Swapped for a cupcake per birthday girl request

: Playing with baby Laney

: Oma reading the party favor to Landen and Brooke

Brooke’s 2nd Birthday

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 by AJ

This past week we celebrated Brooke’s 2nd birthday. We’re still not sure where the time went, but Brooke has grown up into a very happy toddler. We had a nice morning with pancake muffin’s, then we rode our bike’s to the park and played. In the afternoon Laura and Brooke played with bubbles on the back porch and opened some cards and gifts. Overall, a very fun 2nd birthday.

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Great Wolf Lodge

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 by AJ

This past Monday we went to the Great Wolf Lodge, an indoor water park we had just visited in March. This time we went for just a day trip, and had a blast. Brooke loved splashing around in the water again. With our new phones that are water-resistant I even took lots of photos in the water and some videos going down the water slides (I might have pushed the limits of the water resistance, but the phone still works). At the end of the day, you could tell Brooke really enjoyed herself by how quickly she fell asleep on the car ride home… barely made it out of the parking lot.

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Ammy and Papa Visit

Posted on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 by AJ

This past week we had Grammy and Grandpa visit. Brooke had a hard time saying her “G’s”, so we finally settled on the names Ammy and Papa for now, which Brooke took to very well. We had a great week spending time with them. Brooke specifically had a blast going to the trampoline park, playing at the playground, visiting the botanical gardens, going kayaking and just spending some quality time at home with Ammy and Papa, to name just a few of the things we did.

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Arboretum Walk

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2014 by Laura

This morning Brooke and I went to breakfast early and then went to walk the Chesapeake Arboretum. Here are some pictures and videos of our windy walk.

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