Jumping....

I just love this kid!!!! I think that every thing she does is wonderful. I love but hate this picture of her. I love it because she looks so cute but I hate it because she is getting so grown up. She can do so many things on her own or with minimal help.
Things about Brooklyn...
She can put her own pants on
Loves to play with her baby and feed it
She loves to jump
Loves to sing and dance on the kitchen counters
Enjoys play dough and making messes
knows all the names of her family members
is working on knowing her colors
always want to give kiwi 'loves'
will play with her cousin nicely now
likes her nails painted
loves peas
likes to carry her tooth brush around with her
knows how to ham it up when I pull out the camera
loves her daddy and to tag along with him
is a wonderful almost 2 year old!!!

Carving pumpkins...

We got to carve pumpkins with Jamie, Jade, Chel, Esi, and Grandma De this last weekend... check out the funny pics....

Make a Smilebox slideshow

**Note how crappy my camera is...GRR...

Howard Family Halloween Party

This year at the annual Howard family Halloween party Brookyln dressed up as a kitty cat. I think Halloween will be interesting this year due to the fact that when we walked into the party and Esi and Boky saw Uncle Jon in his clown attire, they both started crying! Angie always does such a good job pulling this all together and she didn't disapoint this year. There was lots of yummy food before all the sugar (which every mom can appreciate) and fun games for everyone. Here are a few pics of the night....

I just love Halloween and not because of the dressing up and candy, but because it's the first fall holiday that brings our families together. I was sad that not everyone could make it but I look forward to the rest of the family oriented holidays this fall and can't wait to see EVERYBODY!!!

This girl is SO funny! She is in love with peas. She will eat them frozen, cooked, or right out of the fridge. I am so glad that she is willing to try different foods and even more glad that she likes to (for the most part) eat healthy foods.

P.S. Yes she is wearing leopard print! I wanted her to try on her costume for Halloween and after we got it on she wouldn't take it off! So consider this a sneak peak of what to expect on Halloween!

P.S.S. Don't you think I need a new camera? I swear it is taking crappier and crappier pictures!! GRRR....

Do as I'm doing...but don't repeat!!

[Brooklyn in my bed watching a movie, me in the front room blogging.
Brooklyn runs into the front room and grabs my hand]

Brooklyn: Mommy, mommy come help me
Me: What's the matter?

[Brooklyn drags me into the bedroom]

Brooklyn: fix it, fix it mommy

[The movie is between previews and the screen is black. 3 seconds later it goes back to another preview]

Me: Oh look it's fixed
Brooklyn: Damn it



Moral of the story: She does listen to me more than I think she does.

Getting Ready for the COLD...

This past weekend we had three days off together and decided to start getting the house ready for the cold weather that is coming (well it's already kinda been here). We got stuff organized, door knobs exchanged, the shed cleaned up a little, the sprinklers turned off, and the swamp cooler off and covered. While Zach was on the roof getting the cooler taken care of Brooklyn found the hammer that was sitting on the back porch steps. She walked over to this post and saw a nail sticking out and knew just what to do. Isn't it amazing how they can pick up on the littlest and strangest things? It was so cute because she knew what to do when I first pulled the camera out and even said "CHEESE." Then she went back to hammering her nail while I sat back and snapped away with the camera. I just LOVE her!