Toddler Cheerleading!

Last week we decided to sign Brynn up for toddler cheerleading.  She was super excited about it because we told her that she would get pom-poms during the class.  :)

Last Saturday was supposed to be her first day of class.  We showed up, along with several other families, but the "coach" never did.  We hung out for about a half hour while the kids ran up and down the hallway after each other.

Today the class had a new coach and it was a lot of fun to watch.  They learned some stretches, did sombersaults, worked on a couple of cheers and played with the pom-poms.  We were proud of her for trying most of the things that they were working on, she did great.  :) 

Here's a picture of Brynn hanging out in the hallway last week.

SO PROUD!!

Tonight...







We had to throw Abby Cadabby to try to get her to walk and once she did it a few times, she was a pro! We even caught her turning around for the first time in this video. Now we're in trouble...



(And yes, our living room is THAT messy at night!!)

Candy Cane

Enjoying her first candy cane...

Ice Cream Treat

Brynn tried her first chocolate and vanilla swirl cone today...

********* CORRECTION!!! (Thanks Michele!!) She had her first chocolate and vanilla TWIST CONE!! **********

A Few...

STEPS!

BRYNN TOOK A FEW STEPS TODAY!!

Brenda called me while I was at work today and I was all worried, because she never calls. Brynn took two steps at daycare AND a few tonight at home too!!

Everyone keeps telling us that we should be thankful that she's not walking yet and that it's actually really good for her other developmental skills. Who knows.

Arizona State Fair

Back in OCTOBER, we took Brynn to the Arizona State Fair. My hometown of Wooster, Ohio holds the largest junior county fair in the state. It's a huge deal back there and the kids even get a day off of school and free admission!! I really wanted to take Brynn so that she could see all of the animals. Well, the fair wasn't what I expected, I was pretty disappointed actually. Oh well.

ON A SIDE NOTE... In 2009, I will have my 10 year class reunion. We're trying to figure out when to hold it and I'm hoping that people will vote for Labor Day weekend. That way, one weekend we can do the whole reunion thing, then we can go to the Wayne County Fair, and then we can go to Cedar Point the next weekend. SO IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND YOU ARE IN MY CLASS, PLEASE VOTE FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND TO HOLD THE REUNION - IT WILL MAKE ME SUPER HAPPY!!

Ok, back to the Arizona State Fair. It was pretty hot outside and REALLY overcrowded. There wasn't a whole lot to see and the food wasn't that great. Basically, the only choices we had were burgers and jumbo sized corn dogs. Oh and fries. BUT not the normal fair fries, they were seasoned. Hmph. They didn't even have vinegar. I think you get my point... I'm glad we didn't have to pay to get in!!

Here are some pictures though, Brynn liked the animals (one of the goats tried to eat her shirt off of her belly!) and the fries.

Big Girl!

Sharing

Brynn was sitting on the couch eating some snacks. Allie walked up to Brynn and sat down beside the couch. Brynn pointed to Allie and said "NO!". Apparently she didn't want to share...

Nice Try

We attempted to take Brynn to see Madagascar 2 tonight, her first movie in the theater. We made it through a few good previews and about 20 minutes of the movie. From what we saw, it looked super cute!! Brynn was dancing like crazy and then got sleepy and bored.

We'll stick with movies at home for a while... and buy this one when it comes out on dvd!!

Carving Pumpkins

Chad has fun carving pumpkins, so we got an extra one this year and he carved "D3" into it. (His VW club.) We're hanging out with a few of the families from the club tomorrow night, doing a potluck and trick-or-treating!!

Chad's mom (Jody, a.k.a. Gramma!) sent Brynn some super cute Halloween hair things, so we had to take lots of pictures with them in while she played in the pumpkin goop!! Thanks Gramma!!

Here are some pictures that we took tonight:

Word Of The Day

LOLLIPOP or SUCKER? Kelsey says lollipop!! I say sucker but I like her version too... click on her name and you'll see why!!

Back Into Storage

Today is the third day that this cute little chick has gone without a bottle. I think we can pack them up and put them away!!

Finally!

This morning we took Brynn to a playground for the first time!! We thought it was a little warm out when we walked over there but I didn't have a clue of what the temperature was. I checked it when we got home and it was 97 degrees. At 10:30am!!

I really wanted Brynn to try out the swings... at first, she didn't know what to think.



A few seconds later, she made up her mind.



Next, she and Daddy tested out the twisty slide, which she didn't want to do...



"Hmph, that wasn't as bad as I thought!!"



"OH MAN! That dumb slide messed up my hair!"



We'll wait another month until it cools down and we'll try again. She was happy on the ride home!!

Superman!

Brynn has taught me many things in her first year of life. She's pretty predictable and today she did something that I should have known that she would have done but I thought I was fast enough for her not to notice.

I started to take some clothes out of the washer and put them in the dryer but then I was like "Hmph, I need to take the lint out of the lint catcher thingy". So, I did and then I threw it away in the trash can which is right next to the washer. I started to turn back around and I heard a loud "THUMP-THUMP-THUMP!". I was like "OH CRAP, THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN!!". Want to know what happened?!

Brynn had my cell phone (LESSON LEARNED RIGHT THERE...) and because she likes to take things out and put them back, SHE DROPPED MY PHONE INTO THE LINT CATCHER HOLE!! At first, I was like "Ok, maybe I got super lucky and she threw it into the dryer." I don't have that kind of luck. I looked down the dirty hole and there it was... CRAP!

Um, my arm doesn't fit in there... Brynn's arm might fit in there but it's definately not long enough to reach it... what the heck am I going to do?! I just kind of stood there for a second shocked and then I called Chad (from the home phone, of course!). He was on his way home from helping his friend with his car. I told him not to call me on my cell because um, it was kind of stuck in the lint dryer hole. He didn't know what to say but I think he thought it was pretty funny!! I wasn't mad, I couldn't have been... it was my own fault for letting her play with my phone in the first place. UGH.

So anyway, Chad was on his way home and I was like ok, I'm going to try and be smart about this and try to get it out myself. About two minutes later, Chad got home. While he was out in the garage getting some tools, I tried to get it out with a spatula and some tongs... that didn't work. I just about dropped the spatula down there too, that really would have sucked.

Here's Superman Chad assessing the situation:



This is what he had to do to get it out (FLIP THE DRYER ON IT'S SIDE!!):



Whew. What a relief! Thank you Superman Hottie Husband of mine! I love you!!

Time to go finish the laundry...

For Lindy!!

One of her first few bites... not sure what to think...



"MMMMMMM!!!! This is soooo yummy!!!"



She figured out she could take the sandwich apart to eat the cheese first!




Not grilled cheese... CHEEZ WHIZ!!

Busted...

Eating dog food.

Swimming Lessons!

Brynn started swimming lessons on Saturday at 10:30am. I thought this would be a good time for us to do them because Brynn could get up at her normal time of about 7:00, eat breakfast, play for a while and take a quick nap. None of us were feeling that great over the weekend AND we skipped her nap that morning. Swimming didn't go as well as planned. She didn't want anything to do with the swimming lessons until pretty much the very end, when we sang the popcorn song.

The popcorn song goes like this:

I'm a little popcorn,
throw me in a pot,
shake me, shake me,
until I pop!

It was super cute and she loved it!

Here are some pictures from her first lesson!!

Tombstone

Auntie Bri was here for 10 days, she decided she wanted to go on another road trip while she was here. In March when she was here, we took her to Sedona. This time, we were debating on Tombstone, AZ or The Grand Canyon and decided on Tombstone. It's a good thing we did... it flooded at The Grand Canyon!!

I drove for about an hour, then Chad took over. He gets bored sitting in the passenger seat. We drove through Florence, Catalina, Oro Valley and Tucson... three of the four cities, I've never been to before. There wasn't a whole lot to see from the road that we were on in Florence except for a few prisons. Catalina and Oro Valley were pretty but there wasn't a whole lot to see there either.

Once we got onto the freeway in Tucson, there was an accident and we had to get back off. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get there. Tombstone is a pretty neat little town... I'd say it's a one time trip though. There's a little ghost town that's about 20 minutes from our house that you could probably get the same effect from. But atleast now we can say we've been to Tombstone.

Here are some pictures from our fun trip!!

While we were stuck in traffic, we followed this semi. I thought it was a pretty cool website, so I had to take a picture!







Um, they spelled TOMORROW wrong...













Notice, the horses are smiling!!