Fever...

Last week Brooklyn had a little viral bug and didn't feel well at all. We kept checking her for a fever and medicating her when needed. Now when she starts getting tired or gets hurt she wants me to check her for a fever. Funny girl. Tonight she said to me "Mom, let me check you for a fever." I must look how I feel, exhausted!

Funny Words...

As you all know Brooklyn says some pretty interesting things, she always has her own opinion too.

The other day we (Me & Zach) were talking about what we were gonna do about Tessa. She has been so fussy and her schedule has been all out of whack, its getting frustrating! We were talking ans I said, "So what are we gonna do with her?"

Brooklyn promptly replied, "Maybe the monsters could take her, that would make me so happy!"

I don't think she enjoys Tessa crying in her bedroom at night. She is so FUNNY!

She's so funny...

Conversation 1:
B: "Mom, did you know that Kiwi loves her brother?"
Me: "Who is her brother?"
B: "Gunner is her brother. She wants to share his bone with him, that's why she barks at him. But she loves him."

Conversation 2:
(We are sitting in the kitchen cleaning up and getting ready to make dinner when she spots the fly swatter)

B: "Mommy, when we have flies we whack 'em with the whacker for flies"
Me: "Yep, we do"
B: "Yeah, then they die"


Conversation 3:
(I am trying to make dinner and Gunner is under my feet)

Me: "Gunner! I am sick of you!"
B: "I have money to buy him out of here so he won't bug you."

Side Note:
Brooklyn hates it when Tessa cries. Her latest thing is putting her hands over her ears and yelling Tessa be quiet!

Juggling Act

Brooklyn and I have been listening to a children's CD. It has random songs, some I have never even heard of before. One song about the circus must have stuck in her head.... here's what she said to Zach today....

"Dad, if I juggle balls will I be allowed to join the circus? Did you know that makes clowns my best friends?"


She then proceeded to show Zach how she juggles. She put peas in her mouth and moved them around with her tongue.

Oh my word where does she get this from?

Oh Boky...

She is three, but she acts much older. She has been saying and doing some of the funniest things...

When she gets mad she tells us that she is going to tell on us. We ask who she is gonna tell and she usually says her other parents.

She bonked her head two days ago and after I got her calmed down I asked her if she was ok, her reply was, "I'm ok, my brain just got shaked."

She asked Zach the other day while she was in the bathroom, "Can you hear my pee noise? Its gross dad it sounds like pee and it stinks."

Zach was listening to his music and she told him that his music messes up her style.

I got a text from Zach the other day. It read "I was being dead and she grabbed me by my ears and headbutted me under my eye. Good news, I will never be dead again!"

Dora was telling Boky "Help me jump, crouch lower." Brooklyn's reply was "Stupid Dora, I can't go any lower because I'm not a real frog!"

She keeps doing "nastics" (gymnastics) on my bed and a couple nights ago we were sharing a cinnamon roll on a plate on my bed. She wasn't paying attention and scooted back to far and did a back flip off the bed onto her face.

When we are driving in the car she always says, "Mom, play MY song now." which means I get to listen to Katy Perry's "California Gurls" a million times.


She has learned how to do her splits and likes to show EVERYONE. Thanks aunt Jade for showing her how.

She is becoming quite the artist! She can do hearts and the letter B (they look identical) her big thing right now is drawing jelly fishes.

She has obviously watched too much Sponge Bob because now she calls hamburgers Krabby Patties.

The Things She Says...

"I'm gonna tell on you!" (Because I was doing her hair and Zach wouldn't "rescue" her)

"Who you gonna tell?"

"My OTHER parents, they are nice!"


I am sure there are days when she wishes she had a second set of parent's. Funny and Sad all at once.

Reading...

I don't know if I am just really tired (because Tessa has not been sleeping) or if Brooklyn is truely getting funnier by the minute but I had to share...

We were reading books tonight and she had some of the funniest comments.

This book is called "Wild Animals." It's a touch and feel book and has 5 different animals in it. When we got to this page she said, "Mom, I am scared of snakes!" She had her eyes covered and then all of a sudden she uncovers them and says "but Dad will help me chop of their heads. I'm not scared anymore."

This book is called "Itsy Bitsy Spider." It's a cute book but she lost interest in it because the pictures aren't all that complex. When we got to this page however she piped up and said "He has the crazy eyes Mom."

This book is called "How Do I Love You?" On this page she was all excited about the moon. She loves the moon and calls it "my moon" when we see it at night.

First thing she asked on this page was "why does he have a flower on his pee pee?" I didn't know what to say so I moved on to the next page.

She was upset on this page because the baby ruined the slippers and...

when we got to this page she said something like "He is just going to ruin that hat Mom, they should take it away."

This was the last book we read and she told me "That puppy looks like Heidi." Heidi is Great-Grandma Pam and Great Grandpa Jimmy's dog who we recently dog sat.

Things She Says...

Boky: "Mom, girls buy more stuff because they have money."
Me: "Where do they get all their money?"
Boky: "From my dad."

Where she learned this, I have no idea!

Interpret this...

"Mommy, I sharked!"

The things she says...

Grabs her "cell phone" and says:

"It's my friend mom.... Hello? I'm leaving 0 30 o'clock I have to go to the grocery. Can you keep an eye on Suzie? Yep, she's awake. "

The things she says...

I don't want to forget all the cute and funny things that Brooklyn says so I am documenting them here... (in hopes that one day I will publish this blog into a book of course)

She told me, "Momma, you look like a princess!"
I found this extremely funny because it was a day that I got up showered and threw some sweats on. I didn't do my hair or make up or much of anything else. She is so sweet!

She has been calling cantaloupe her "froot loops."
One morning I woke up with her and asked what she wanted for breakfast, she told me froot loops, so I poured her a bowl of cereal. When I sat it down in front of her at the table she scowled at me and said "that's not froot loops!" She took me over to the fridge and pulled out the cantaloupe and told me "this is froot loops." Silly girl.

She has also been quite the poop scout. We have had an extra doggy here for a little while and so whenever we go out back the first thing she does is point out all the poop so I can pick it up. I know it's kind of a gross thing to point out but I think it's funny. She says to me on one afternoon, "I am gonna have a cow, look at all this poop!"

She has also started to realize that Grandma's house is also Jade's house. So when she wants to play she will tell me, "I want to go to Jade-o's house today." I love that she uses Jade-o and Jaders, because those are my nick names for Jade.

The little things...

Just a few things that happened yesterday that I think are cute...

We got to babysit my niece Esi yesterday and she got to our house before we usually get up. Esi doesn't like it when her mom leaves so she was crying and a few seconds later Brooklyn comes walking out with a scowl on her face, "Esi woked me up mom!" It was so matter of fact and blunt I couldn't help but laugh.

Later in the day she would walk around saying "Esi is my favorite cousin!"

Last night she wanted a Jolly Rancher and she said to me "Mom, I need a jelly bean rancher."

I got her in the tub and even managed to wash her hair (this is a huge deal at our house). When I got her out I bribed her with a 'jelly bean rancher' so that I could braid her hair. Then I decided I would try and bath while she watched cartoons. I got the water in the tub and stepped in right when she came through the bathroom door. "Mama I want to get in with you." I told her no because she just had a bath, so what does she do? She starts undressing. Needles to say my relaxing bath turned into a short bath turned over to my two year old. Then while I was getting dressed she decided she wanted to wash her hair again, why I don't know becasue she absolutely hates it. I told her no again and continued to get dressed. When I turned back around she was dumping water on her head!!! So much for the braids! She managed to take a few of the elastics out. Then when I asked her why she did it she smiled and said, "because I wanted to." What a stinker.

I just adore her!

Why a day at home isn't a day off...

I am exhausted even more so today than on a work day, after all a mom never gets a day off, right? I got up and before I even showered I started cleaning. Even though I got an early start, it never got done. I vacuumed and swept the upstairs floors, wiped the counters at least three times, did dishes twice, changed 4 loads of laundry (which makes a ton of trips up and down the stairs), changed my sheets, put covers on Brooklyn's bed, watched a few toonies with Boky, shoveled the driveway, bathed Brooklyn twice, made dinner, and now I am here blogging! I did manage to get a few fun pictures of Brooklyn today. She is such a character. Her latest favorite outfit is her birthday suit... don't mind the pictures (not only is she in the nude, but they aren't in order because I'm too lazy to put them that way.)

She was "hiding" by the fridge

AH! She found me hiding in the kitchen...

She is super fast at running away from me when I want her to smile for the camera.

She had to wear "daddy's hat"

This is her "diaper bag" I guess she doesn't understand it's a back pack yet.

The cheesiest picture of the day!

A few funny things that she said today...

"you are cool mom"
(she said this because our hair was the same, in pony tails)

"You are my favorite mom"
(she will often say this to Zach I was surprised she said it to me today)

"These socks are naughty"
(She couldn't get her socks on her feet by herself)

"I helped you kiss daddy"
(When Zach was home for lunch she pushed our heads together to make us kiss, it was cute!)

"I'm shaking my booty"
(Watching the goofy movie and the song 'shake your groove thing' was playing)

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.

Peek A Boo

Things She Did Today...

*Peed in the potty
*had all twenty nails painted pink
*dove into the tub head first
*almost pooped in the tub
*Honked the car horn 3 or more times
*Swept the floors
*Bit Mommy
*Kissed Mommy
*Ate too many grapes
*Spit out chewed chicken
*Ate all but two bites of a corn dog
*Took a two hour nap
*Made a scene at the grocery store over a bag of jelly beans
*Colored with an orange crayon
*Said hi to a random lady at Kings
**Made me smile multiple times