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I did a post all about Madison and meant to follow it right up with this post about what everyone else has been up to…and it’s taken me weeks to get to it.  Better late than never?

We happened upon fire safety day at the library and Spencer got a hat.  He wore it everywhere we went for two weeks straight.  Once we were in the car headed to the store and he realized he had forgotten his beloved hat.  Oh the tears.  I must admit – I loved my little fireman errand buddy.

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We enrolled Caroline in a gymnastics class.  She loved it and I was so impressed with all she learned.

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The kids had their dental checkup.  Somehow I heard the words “no cavities” from the dentist after which I nearly had to be treated for shock:

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When the weather was nice the kids really got into making chalk cities on the driveway:

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The kids love play-doh and while it does make a mess, it also keeps them happy for hours so I love it, too.

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Every morning I have two peanut butter toast for breakfast.  One morning Brooke made the toast for me…and positioned them into a heart:

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I got to go on a field trip with Caroline to the farm:

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Dallas trying to get Madison to crawl:

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Brooke wanted to sketch Caroline’s portrait.  She got her dressed up and is working to position her in the right pose:

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The kids have been playing school a lot lately and it’s adorable:

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We like to walk to school when the weather permits.  We bundle Madison up so only her eyes show and we never know how Spencer will accessorize for the journey.  Usually it’s with his fireman hat and clutching his lawn mower, but today it was goggles and a butterfly net:

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The girls had crazy hair day.  Brooke won a prize for her crazy hair!

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We went to the Discovery Gateway Museum.  Brooke made this:

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An employee passed by and glanced over.  She stopped in her tracks and exclaimed, “Oh my gosh!  She made a horse!”  Yes she did.  She can turn anything into a horse!

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The Kids Said…

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Caroline (when Madison first started smiling):  “She’s not a MADison.  She’s a HAPPYison!”

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Me:  “Did your schoolteacher read you Charlotte’s Web?”

Brooke:  “Huh?  No.  I’ve never heard of Charlotte’s website.”

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Spencer (singing to himself):  “If you’re happy and you know it then you’re so dumb.”

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Caroline (giving me no context whatsoever): “Can you guess what I’m thinking of?”

Me: “Uh…no…”

Caroline (flourishing a paper on which she drew a huge dollar sign across it and saying greedily):  “MONEY!”

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Enter Caroline screaming.

Caroline:  “I wanted the camera and Brooke threw it at my head!”

Enter Brooke.

Brooke (innocently): “Caroline was crying because she wanted the camera.”

Me:  “Yeah. And you threw it at her.”

Brooke on her way to time out (mumbling to herself a little too proudly considering the situation):  “Yes and I had good aim.  It bounced off her head just like I wanted it to.”

Kindness and compassion.  We’re working on it.

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Me:  “Tomorrow we have to move the clocks back.”

Brooke without missing a beat: “Okay.  We’ll move Dad’s clock to my room, the kitchen clock to Spencer’s room, and the downstairs clock back up here.”

Me: “We don’t actually move the clocks.  I mean we have to move the time.”  I commence trying to explain the concept of Daylight Saving.

Brooke: *blink* *blink* “That really makes no sense.”

 

Happy Birthday Emma!

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We love our friends, the Fraziers.  Brooke and Emma have been friends since birth.  Brooke was thrilled when Emma invited her to her 7th birthday party.  We met up with the Fraziers at Hollywood Connection and partied all day long!

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Brooke learned pretty early on that the more friends you invite to a party, the more presents you get.  When she heard she was the only friend Emma was inviting to this party she decided to make Emma several gifts so Emma would still have a lot to open.

Brooke colored a picture of Olaf and Emma acted like that drawing was EXACTLY what she wanted.  Her reaction was priceless:

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Brooke also made a multi-level house that Emma could use for her ponies:

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Emma was so cute about appreciating all of Brooke’s handmade creations.  She is such a good friend for Brooke.

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Later that day Brooke discovered her true calling in life as a roller skater.  This was the first time she really took to skating and she never wanted to leave the rink:

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A Tooth

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A couple of posts ago I mentioned Brooke had a loose front tooth. Evidence:

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Her tooth finally, finally, finally came out.  Oh blessed day.  I was busy with Madison so Brooke asked to take a picture of the gap on her own.  Her selfie:

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After she took that picture she got really embarrassed and said, “I can’t even look at that picture!  It looks so weird!”

Maybe she’ll like this picture better:

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Brooke needed to let her friend Ania know she lost her tooth so she drew her a picture:

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Brooke was thrilled to loose her tooth.  She’s sort of obsessed with money these days and views teeth-losing as her only source of steady income.  She was also anxious to try to catch a glimpse of the Tooth Fairy.  Before bed we noticed she was fiddling with her toys.  Upon closer inspection we realized she had placed her tooth in the center of her pony castle with every pony face down around the castle.  Brooke told us the ponies were getting ready for the Tooth Fairy’s arrival and were bowing.  Then we noticed she had a hidden video camera all set up focused on the her tooth ready to catch the Tooth Fairy in action.

Can you believe she actually got the Tooth Fairy on camera?  Amazing!

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