Brooke

Brooke’s artwork has continued to bring a smile to my face.  One day she came home from school talking about music class.  As she was prattling on, she drew the following picture.  I was amazed that she knew the f meant to sing loudly and the p meant to be quieter.  She even had the crescendo and decrescendo drawn out!

This is a house that she drew.  The green triangles are bells.  They are attached to the doorknobs by strings so when you open the door, the bell rings:

Occasionally I will find doodles on Brooke’s schoolwork.  That’s a seesaw that she drew under her name:

I asked Brooke about the following doodles.  She said that in the brown box she was trying to draw Wall-E to show the girl sitting next to her but she ran out of space.  The blue rectangle was a game board and the smaller rectangle is the deck of cards to draw from:

What are those scribbles above the R?  A roller coaster:

Here’s Dallas coming home from work.  That’s a heart above his head:

Here’s Brooke in her bed at night thinking about her best friend, Ania, who we moved away from.  Brooke is still deeply mourning that loss:

And finally, Brooke made a robot:

We had parent teacher conferences tonight with Brooke’s kindergarten teacher.  Her teacher remarked about how creative Brooke is.  I think I definitely agree!

Somehow five years have passed since I had my first baby meaning that baby is now a kindergartner!

We had to get a shot of the backpack:

Caroline has been desperate to be a kindergartner herself and therefore tried to insert her cute face into all the pictures I was taking of Brooke:

I was trying so hard to get a good shot of Brooke but she was making the funniest faces:

Brooke’s faces were causing my mom to laugh uncontrollably:

Finally a cute one:

Looking a little nervous as she had her before-school snack:

Parents were invited for orientation on the first day.  Here’s Brooke in her desk:

Here she is on the second day of school lined up against the wall ready to go in:

Brooke seems to like school so far.  She especially loves show and tell, choosing things from the treasure box, and playing with her new friend.  She’s in a French immersion program, so she occasionally surprises us by saying words or phrases in French.  I love it.

Brooke’s birthday couldn’t have come at a worse time this year.  We were living with my parents and were in the middle of spending every spare second renovating.  Brooke had such grand ideas of the huge birthday party she wanted to have and I’m sorry to say that none of her wishes were fulfilled.  I had been toying with the idea of just doing nothing for her birthday until we moved and then we’d throw her a party.

My mom thought that sounded like a horrible idea so she took matters into her own hands and planned a celebration for Brooke.  I’m so glad she did. Brooke was thrilled with the extra attention.

Here’s the cute cake:

And the cute birthday girl:

And the cute sister and grandma who saved the day:

Presents!