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My Daughter Wants to Say a Few Words…

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Brook is interested in blogging today.  So, I told her she could tell me what to write and I would in turn type it into a blog post.  So, here are her words.

Brook:

I love you.  Grams wants me to call her.  And, she wants me to give a very nice hug to my parents.  And that’s not all…

I love you Mama.  There’s boats in a picture…and, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.

“She is now giggling.”

And I want to have a one year old and I want you Grams to get a baby that is four.

Um, Auntie Shanny likes me.  Got it?

Word question…I want you to turn on and off the light for we can sleep well.

That’s all I wanted to say!

Mommy:

I know, she is adorable!  She wondered what I was doing on the computer and I told her I was reading one of my favorite blogs, www.dooce.com.  She then asked what a blog was and I told her it was a place where people journal about certain topics like being a Mommy, gardening, cooking, toys, etc.  Then I told her that I had my own blog and she in-turn told me she wanted to write in it.  So, I couldn’t resist writing down what her little voice wanted to say.  I wrote it exactly the way she said it…She is cute as a button!

Kids Say The Darnest Things…

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

So tonight we took a family walk around the neighborhood, because we knew we wanted to go out for ice cream and thought, “well burning a few of those calories might help our waistlines slightly.”

On this walk Brook said to Travis…

“Dad, stop walking like a Pimp!”

HAAAAAA!  Hilarious…I asked her how she knew the word Pimp and she then sang this song…

I got money – I don’t need a raise…

I’m a Pimp – I don’t need a cane…

Okay, so rap music is now officially out of the Newman house :) .  This is the influence of Abby, she admitted…and honestly, it’s fine, I just am so amazed how their brains absorb everything…EVERYTHING!

When Brook said her Pimp statement, it made me think of this clip of JD and Turk on Scrubs.

So, Daddy…stop walkin’ like a Pimp, unless you are walkin’ to me…

Nuff Said!

Sometimes You Have to Let Them Dress Themselves

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Brook: “Mommy, I want all of these in my hair.”

Me: “All five?  Really?  How about two?”

Brook: “No five!”

Me: “Okay, but don’t take them out at school or I won’t let you put so many in your hair again.”

Brook: “Okay Mommy, I won’t, I promise.”

Brook With Her Blinged Out Hair

Brook With Her Blinged Out Hair

Brook: “Mommy, I want these shoes…My new shoes.”

Me: “That’s fine…but, they don’t match your dress.”

Brook: “That’s okay!”

Brook Showing Off Her Clothing Choices

Brook Showing Off Her Clothing Choices

Me: “Hey babe, your shoes are on the wrong feet.  Switch them.”

Brook: “No Mommy, I like them this way!”

Me: “Fine, let’s get to school.”

One Day She Will Put the Shoes on the Correct Feet

One Day She Will Put the Shoes on the Correct Feet

Sometimes it is just easier to let them dress themselves…

The Community Hunt

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Hoppy Easter!  So yesterday was our community egg hunt and it was also the only day it has rained in Phoenix for the past two months.  So instead of having the hunt outside, we were in the community center and it actually was a lot of fun.  They shuffled the children in about 30 or so at a time and let them have at it.  This was the year that Brook was the dominating age since she was the three year old in the one to three year old age group.  She should have been rocking the egg hunt…I even told her to run to the back first for the most egg capability, because everyone knows that the kids start at the closest eggs and work from there, so you should start from the farthest egg in order to get the most.

Brook Running To Easter Eggs Well she kind of listened to me.  She did pick up a few before she made it to the back of the  room.  She was actually much more excited about the Goldfish bags then she was of the candy and eggs.  I thought she wouldn’t stop until every last egg had been found and picked.  Instead, she was very content getting a handful and then stopping.  I guess I should be proud of her because she only took what she needed, but I was more like, “hey woman keep going!”

After the hunt, they colored pictures and then saw the Easter Bunny and I am proud to say that she was very excited to meet him.  All in all, we had fun at the event, even if the weather kept us in.

Jolene and Brook at Easter Hunt Brook Running Around Getting Eggs