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Last week was Brooke’s third birthday.

We’re still working on appropriate smiling for the camera.

I blew up several balloons for the occasion and Brooke had a great time piling them all up on the couch and jumping in them.

My parents came down and took us all to Pirate Island to celebrate.  We almost didn’t make it through the doors; a talking skeleton greeted us and Brooke was scared to move any farther.  It took several minutes for her to summon the courage to enter.

Brooke’s favorite ride was the mini-carousel.

Caroline loved the ride, too.

The other day Brooke gave me a hug and whispered, “Mom, I’m so glad you’re here.  I love you.”  That was one of my favorite moments as a mother to date.

I love you, too, my little Brooke.  Happy birthday!

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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.

6 Comments

  1. Jacob
    June 8, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

    That’s so sweet! I love it when my kids say things so sincerely like that. Happy Birthday Brooke!

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  2. Natasha Cullimore
    June 8, 2010 @ 7:33 pm

    Your girls are so very adorable!

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  3. sarah
    June 9, 2010 @ 1:44 pm

    Cute! That looks like it was fun. You got some good pictures for me. Happy third birthday Brooke!

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  4. Catherine Clyde
    June 9, 2010 @ 3:46 pm

    Your girls are so cute! Are you guys still doing mom and tots? If you are you should let me know when or we should get together sometime. Oh and Happy (late) Birthday Brooke!

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  5. Dallas
    June 9, 2010 @ 9:58 pm

    Catherine–yeah, we still do Mom and Tot activities. They’re doing it every Wednesday at 10:30. It usually alternates between being held at the park by the school or the clubhouse. I think this next Wednesday it’s at the clubhouse. You should come! We’d love to see you again!

    –Rebecca

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