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Our special girl had a special day.  Brooke is now four!

Festivities began with a card from her ever-thoughtful great-grandparents.  The card turned into a fun castle toy:

Festivities continued with a birthday dinner from her ever-obliging grandparents.  The restaurant of choice was Texas Roadhouse.  Brooke loves the peanuts and riding the saddle and everyone else loves the rolls!

At first Brooke was a little apprehensive about the saddle:

The apprehension mixed with a healthy dose of shyness brought us this face:

Finally we got a smile.  Third time’s a charm:

Here’s a rare specimen these days – a brave Caroline!  She had no problem hopping up on the saddle:

Spencer was there, too.  Too little to ride the saddle this year.  Good thing Grandpa was there to hold him:

Sorry Mom.  No picture of you.  I thought I took one, but I guess it disappeared.

Moving on…

Several days before Brooke’s birthday, I asked her what she wanted on her cake.  Her response?  “I want a picture of me going to a pet store and getting my dog and then I’m walking my dog, and I’m at my friend’s house, and we have hearts above our heads because we love each other, and Mom’s there, too because we love Mom.”

Well, here’s what she got.  Stand in awe at my awesome cake decorating skills:

So apparently all of Brooke’s wildest cake dreams didn’t come true.  Maybe next year.  I’m not exactly sure what’s going on with the dog’s legs.  Or arms.  Ignore them.  Also ignore Brooke’s uni-eye.

We invited Brooke’s friend, Emma, to Provo Beach Resort to play:

Oh, what’s this?  Someone was too scared to play?  Instead she preferred sitting on her Dad’s lap listening to his iPod play her favorite song – “Sweet Caroline”:

They had bowling lanes that were just right for little kids:

Finally, the carousel ride:

We sure do love our little girl!

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Golden Art

I’ve been storing up kid artwork for a while, so here’s a post dedicated to our aspiring artists/graphic novelists.

Brooke’s school papers continue to be used (for better or for worse) as her sketch pad:

Holidays bring out her creativity:

She saw our bananas and couldn’t resist giving them a little personality:

And then we have the endless doodles and comics she draws on every scrap of paper she can find:

Caroline isn’t quite as prolific of an artist, but she does do cute drawings as well:

Spencer enjoys drawing also. Here we have a self portrait:

Another child who can’t resist doodling at school:

Spencer went through a phase where he was really into flags. He’d look up pictures of different flags and recreate them in miniature:

Lately Madison has been joining the artistic ranks.

Madison drew this one in church. Her friend Norah is sad, so she’s giving Norah a doll to make her happy:

This princess got caught in a rainstorm and wasn’t happy:

Madison brought this paper home from preschool. I was shocked at the adorableness of that zebra and had to text her preschool teacher to see if Madison actually drew that. Turns out she did draw it all by herself. It’s especially surprising how good her zebra is when you compare it to the other two animal blobs beside it.

One day we played Pictionary as a family. We told Madison she could draw whatever she wanted. The category was “animal.” She drew this:

After guessing every animal we could think of we finally asked Madison what it was. Her response? A giraffe. I continue to chuckle to myself every time I think of her neckless giraffe.

4 Comments

  1. Kim
    June 5, 2011 @ 9:10 am

    That first picture of Brooke is absolutely adorable! WOW!! on your cake decorating skills. What a fun cake. Brooke’s story of what she wanted on her cake is hilarious. I was thinking about how unafraid Caroline had been to jump onto the saddle. Maybe that gives you hope that she won’t grow up afraid of every single thing.

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  2. sarah
    June 5, 2011 @ 12:29 pm

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKE!!

    It’s so teacherly of you to put up the number of the age they’re turning. I might have to steal that idea. I love the first picture of her Vana Whiting her fours. And of course I love the pictures of her on the saddle. And the cake! I bet she loved that. This post was a gem and lit up my early Sunday morning.

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  3. Laurie
    June 7, 2011 @ 6:47 am

    Great post and I’m so happy to see Caroline wearing shorts! Brooke’s faces were hilarious and I saw a little Emma in her in the third happy one. I loved the cake story and the cake, so funny!

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  4. Diana
    June 7, 2011 @ 10:09 pm

    Love the cake!!! You did great! Your kids are so cute. Thanks for letting me hold your little guy the other night!

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