Brooke acclimated amazingly to moving to a new house, within the first day. Of course it probably helps that she has a swing and an outdoor wooden playhouse, a playroom, and of course empty boxes to play with. Also she found comfort in an old rocker she spent a lot of time in as an infant.
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For Christmas I bought Laura a kayak and life vests for her and Brooke so we could go kayaking as a family. This week it warmed up to 60 and we took advantage to give the new kayak a spin. Brooke really enjoying being out on the water with Mom.
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After a long (longer than expected) day of moving, I thought it would be a good idea to have a family fun day the next day. A new trampoline park called Could 9 had just opened down the street so we went for the under 6 year old jump time. Brooke had a great time as well as Mom and Dad. Then we topped off the morning with breakfast at The Broken Egg Bistro and storytime at the library.
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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. I was off and so we got to spend quality time together. Thursday we went on our traditional walk of the Great Dismal Swamp. Brooke, unfortunately, did not enjoy herself very much at all this year, but we managed to snap a few good pictures. After a long nap while Laura and I cooked, Brooke was in a much better mood and we went to the Zappas’ family home for dinner. Brooke had a lot of fun playing with her friend Adrianna and there was a lot of good food to eat.
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Brooke enjoyed having Oma here this last week. Oma slept on the mattress in our living room and Brooke really liked playing on it. She would flop herself down on it, jump around and just have fun playing on the mattress. Today she kept hopping on it, walking across the mattress and then hopped off it, only to repeat it again and again.
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