Brinly update

It is way past due for an update on this cutie!

Brinly is now almost 16 months! I don't know if I'm in denial about her getting older, but I swear she is catching on to things faster than her older siblings.  Here are some things about her:

1) She LOVES chairs. She is always trying to sit in them. One sunday we were walking the halls, and there were two little chairs out. She was perfectly content climbing on and off of them for the remainder of the hour.

 

2) She can fold her arms when we tell her too. (We TOTALLY did not teach this one. I just noticed one night  when we were about to bless our food, that she was folding her arms too! I took the opportunity to teach my kids about how their examples are affecting her. SCORE!)

3) When she sees a tissue, or a roll of toilet paper, she'll take a little piece, put it by her nose, and blow. It is seriously the cutest thing. EVER. I've GOT to get it on camera before she grows out of it.

4) She can say: Mama, Dadda, MOM! DAD! (all four are very different words to her.) Nigh Nigh (for Night), SHHHH for Shoes/Socks.

5) She also will point to the side of her nose, under her eye, and say "Nose!"

6) She does not really care for Pears, but really likes peaches and LOVES mandarin oranges

7) She can out eat her siblings. 

8) Her mullet is long enough for pigtails! But the top is still looking like a comb-over. :)

9) She has the large Hadfield feet and the long Perry toes. Perfect for nibbling.

10) She has this look that will get her anything she wants. Heaven help me...

11) She wants to grow up and be like her brother and sister.  She follows them around and tries to do the things that they do. I sat her down and told her there is NO RUSH. But, she's not listening to me...

Puyallup Fair

Are you still trying to figure out how to pronounce that? Or is it just me.

When I see it, I think Pooey Allup fair. But, it's PEW Allup. Silly, I know.

Anyway, we went up to see Dan's parents this weekend, and go to the P. Fair. (There, we'll just make it easier on everyone.)

When we lived in Portland, we saw them almost every month! I didn't realize how long it's been since we've been to their home. Too long. It was so nice to be back.

The weather was a little cool in the morning, but warmed up beautifully. They always enjoy helping Grandpa feed the fish. 

Grandma always has cool leftovers from her job as  a 2nd grade teacher.  This time, they made puppets and a puppet stage.

 

I love this picture of Michael...talk about an evil eye...

The P. Fair's theme this year was...

 "Free your Glee".

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(crickets)

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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 

I know....it must have been a late night, close to the theme deadline...to have to settle on that one. 

Anyway, even more disapointing then the theme, was the expense. The rides were CRAZY expensive, so we had to limit the kid's to about 4 or  5 each. 

 

Michael chose the "race cars"...

Chelsea wanted the spinning bears. They had that thing spinning like crazy, before the ride even started!

The flying swings...

And of course, the Ferris Wheel.

They weren't quite big enough to go alone, so Dan splurged and went with them. 

He offered to let me go, but I don't do well on things that go in circles.

Luckily, they did have some free things..

like cool face painting...(spray paint)

Notice Michael's mouth? We caught him looking at his reflection and he kept making these funny faces with his mouth to try to see his cool spider web.

We only had 10 tickets left, not quite enough for both kids to go on another ride, so we let them pick one  "game to play"

Michael chose the strong man hammer thingy. 

You should have seen his face when they handed him his prize:

I think he finally "Freed his Glee". (snicker...)

He was one happy kid. I, personally, was relieved that he won something. We purposely tried to pick something that you could "win every time". 

Phew.

Next up, Chelsea:

Yes, another "win every time" game. Pick a duck, and win a Small, Medium, Large, or Jumbo prize.

She won a LARGE! WAHOO!!

My personal highlight of the day:

Just warms a mom's heart....

I wish we had a picture with mom and dad. We had a great day!

First day(S) of school

Chelsea is in 2nd Grade! AHH! Really?! I totally remember being in 2nd grade. She really wanted a bookbag on wheels, so we'll see how it goes. Her class is on the second floor, so I'm not sure how she'll like carrying it up and down everyday, but she's stuck with it for 2 years! :)

so, THIS is actually, the first day of school, but I wasn't on the ball enough to take a picture before she left. Notice the old backpack, and Michael's race-car lunch box. Her new bag and lunch box were ordered online, and didn't arrive until that afternoon. She was a great sport about it though!

This IS Michael's actual first day of school. We took this while Chelsea was waiting for her bus at 8:10 AM. He was so excited for school, he did not take off his backpack and kept asking me every 30 seconds if it was time to go.

He too, wanted a backpack on wheels. 

I'm pleased to say he did AWESOME on the first day! NO tears! Hallelujah! He cried every single day last year, except the last two weeks. We're off to a great start!

Here the cuties are together.

Michael was funny. Before I took it he said 

"K, Chelse. Here's what we're gonna do. I'll lean my head in this way, and you lean yours in that way. Then smile!"

I think he's got this picture-taking stuff down!

Chelsea's birthday room

This is what you see when you open the door.

We ordered this vinyl tree and leaf kit from a company on e-bay. Then, attached pictures with ribbon to a few of the branches.

The pictures are just of Chelsea and Brinly, in different ages.

This was one of Chelsea's requests. 

Flowers in picture frames. 

I love how they turned out!

When we "revealed" the room, these boxes were just plain boxes I picked up at the dollar store. I got her some embellishments, so we she could decorate them. I think she did a great job!

This is the wall opposite her bed. 

Part of me is very tempted to paint the crib white, since it is sooo chewed up, but there are just soo many projects on my list, that this one just isn't a priority.

This is her favorite spot. 

Her own little reading nook. 

It's a favorite place when friends come over as well.

And the wall, opposite the window, with the closet.

This is my second favorite part of the room. (The tree being the first, of course)

I love these sweet little butterflies we found at Craft Warehouse. They are made from white feathers!

Hope you like it! I had a blast doing it, and look forward to working on the rest of my house!