Sunday

Today my sister Julie came to church with us. Brooklyn loves having someone around besides boring old mom and dad and she had fun with Aunt Julie!

Brooklyn's Bedtime

Brooklyn used to be really good about going to bed. We had our routine we went through every night and then she usually went to sleep pretty fast after that. The past week or so that has changed, and she either stays up in her bed talking, singing or crying (usually for mommy or daddy) for a little while. Tonight was a crying night, so I have been in there to see what she needs more than once. One time I went in and all she would say is Mommy mommy mommy...and I said Brooklyn you have to tell mommy what you need....she still wouldn't say so I said Brooklyn I don't know what you need unless you tell me so I need you to say something else. She was a quiet for a minute and then she said "something else." She is so funny sometimes! I still have no idea what she wants...other than me (or Curtis) to stay in there all night. Wish us luck!

Confession

OK, I finally have to admit it, I really like to watch American Idol. I didn't used to like it so much but I have started to over the past couple years. Most of the time it is pretty good. This season I was excited to see that the new judge was named Kara, but then when Simon (and other people) said her name I thought, "Oh no, now everyone will think that is how I say my name." But then they finally asked her how to say her name, and she said Kara (like mine-like Sarah or Tara but with a "K") I don't think Simon, will ever say it correctly, I don't know if it is his accent or just because he is stubborn. Oh well, it doesn't really matter that much, I was just excited that someone famous had the same name as me, and that she pronounces it the same as me, so hopefully there won't be so much confusion about that in the future. And PS, since this a family blog, I just want to add that Curtis likes to watch it too. (=

Funny things Brooklyn says lately

So lately Brooklyn has started doing things like dropping a toy on the floor, or ripping a page in a book and then she will say, for example, (even when I see her do it two seconds before) "oh someone ripped it..." or "someone dropped it." She always says "someone" when she does something. I try to tell her oh someone named Brooklyn...I am not sure why she does it, but it is kind of funny.
Another funny thing she has been doing is that every time we go to the store she manages to get my wallet out of my purse and unzip the change pocket and start pulling out coins and she says "I need monies." I always ask her why...I guess one day I will have to let her have some and see what she does with it.
One other funny thing is that if you ask her to say octopus or show her a picture of an octopus and ask her what it is, she won't ever say octopus, she always says "applesauce." At first I think it was because she thought they sounded the same and applesauce was easier to say, but now that she is a little older I also think she says it because people laugh and she likes the attention and the reaction.
What a funny girl! We just love her, she makes us laugh all the time.

OK so this probably should have been my first post, but I am very new to this whole blogging thing...so if our blog doesn't look very aesthetically pleasing that is my excuse. Hopefully I will learn as I go along, but for now this is going to have to do. Thanks Deb for helping me get started. Her blog is way better than mine so maybe I will get some more tips from her (and from all the other friend and family blogs I read that look so nice) and then my blog will look better. Mostly I just needed a place to keep a family journal (since I am not very good at keeping a regular one), and blogging is what everyone recommended, so here I go!

Snow Family!

This was Brooklyn's first time building snow people and playing in the snow.

She loved it!


We built a snow family instead of just a snowman.


. We built the family at Grandma Davis' house since she has a fence (and we don't.)

Brooklyn 2 Year Pic's

Brooklyn turned 2 Dec. 15...so these picture are a little late, but I still think they are cute!
She loves Eeyore!