Christmas Dance Show

Tuesday night, Maddie's dance class performed for the parents. It's fun to be able to go in and watch things up close and personal! We were able to see several dances they've learned and some of them had a fun Christmas theme to them, like Jingle Bell Rock. Cute!! After performing, each dancer got a Santa toy which Maddie loved!

The "Stuffins"

Last weekend, 3 of us had a rough stomach bug. It was every bit of TERRIBLE! Once we got through that, we all started to struggle with a cold or as Brooklyn calls it-"my nose is stuffin!" No fevers...but we are all coughing with runny noses and just feeling kind of puney. When I went to wake Easton from his morning nap, I saw my sweet boy sleeping harder than I've seen him in a long time. Poor baby, his mouth was wide open and he was loudly snoring because of all the nose congestion. :(

I sure hope that this week provides us with some good, germ free days.

Outfit

I love that Brooklyn has all of Maddie's old clothes to wear. This morning, I put her in one of Maddie's cute little Christmas outfits. She looked so cute!

And yes...if you look closely, some lights on my tree just went out. Perfect, juuuust perfect. :/

The Polar Express

Madz has had so much fun with all the Christmas activities they've been doing at school! A few weeks ago, they had Grinch day. This past Friday was The Polar Express day. All the kids wore their favorite Christmas jammies and brought a stuffed animal. They watched the movie, did fun crafts and incorporated The Polar Express into their learning for the day. She had a blast!

 

Brooklyn Update

Blah...my camera is broke so all my pics are phone pics these days!

Anyways...... 

Brooklyn is quickly moving towards that 3 year mark and still surprises me with a lot of things. She speaks so well and knows a lot of advanced words and phrases. I think we have her big sister to thank for that! ;) 

She's very into school things because of Maddie and enjoys doing her "homework" and wearing her back-pack when she goes to Sunday School. 

You are potty trained...praise Jesus! We wear a pull-up at night but panties during nap time and we've even reached the point where I allow her to wear panties when we leave the house! Yay!

You are my pint-sized child. People call you a nugget and you can still have a baby-look to you at times even though you very much act like a big girl. Our conversations with you are SO funny and I'll have to write a separate post just to include them all!

You are a mama's girl and continue to be pretty shy. You are not the take-charge type and once you find a toy you like, you are locked in and will stay quiet for a while.

You don't have a single athletic bone in your body!!! You are girly as the day is long.

We love you so much, Brooklyn Hope! You are a sweetheart and we are so grateful for our baby girl!