Five

Brooklyn turned 5! What? I swear she was just a curly haired toddler learning how to talk! 

We started off the day with her favorite breakfast in bed.

French toast, eggs and hot chocolate. Yum.

We ended the day with another one of her favorites, donut cake and presents.

Then we ended the birthday week with a huge backyard unicorn birthday party

It was a bash and we had a lot of fun... hope she doesn't expect this every year... or even two... I say every 5 years.

Brooklyn, you are our stubborn girl

                     You are a natural leader, sometimes you even boss around your big sister

You are such a girly girl. You love makeup, nail polish and dressing up.

You get embarrassed at funny things, like going to the store in your jimmies... I may have had to tell you that it was pajama day in the store to get you to go in.... sorry!

You are a very fast runner. You beat your whole preschool class in the dash around the track.

You love collecting rocks. Sometimes I have to tell you that you can only bring one or two rocks in the car because you usually have a pile!

You are a fun girl. You always tease and flirt and jump on people. Sometimes you don't know when to stop!

You make friends wherever you go

You still love to pretend. You use anything and everything to pretend. It takes you forever to unload the dishwasher because you are using the spoons and the forks for pretend.

You have turned into a good little hiker. We were worried when you were little because you always wanted to be carried, but you can go far nowadays without too much whining.

You are always excited for things. Christmas morning is the best with you!

You add syllables to words. You think the word "ghosts" is pronounced "ghostesess" I don't correct you because its so cute!

You are my picky eater. Yes, you love sugar, but you also love weird healthy things like Quinoa (we call it fung fung), peppers and tomatoes. You don't like eating the main course ever, so maybe you are a vegetarian?

You are a really good big sister to Isla

You love to dance all of the time. You have been rocking to the beat since you were a baby. We put you in dance.

You always want to do crafts

You loved to be snuggled and tickles

You probably cry most mornings while I do your hair, and I threaten you every morning that we are going to cut your hair... but I never would. I love your hair!

You are my one and only sleeping in child. You also fall asleep on long drives in the car.

You don't like to be in a room by yourself. You make Isla come with you to clean your room.

Brooklyn, you are our middle baby. This family would be strange without you.

We love you!!!!

New Things

So far, our endeavors of 2016 have been Avery starting Tae Kwon Do, Brooklyn starting dance and Isla graduating from the high chair to the pan. Pretty exciting so far!

Its gonna be a good year!

Baby Berkeley

Sadie and Berkeley came to visit us. We had so much fun playing with Berkeley. She was a trooper with the noise level and physicality of my girls. Come back soon!

Snow in Globe

Remember how we lie in warm Arizona, and this is the time of year I usually rub it in people's faces that it is nicer here and sucky everywhere else? Well karma came last night.

We scrounged up what leftover winter stuff we could find and played all day... or until the snow melted. 

And then magically, two days later, we were bored, and we drove 20 minutes to find more snow so daddy could play too.

I don't even know

We explored, we wrestled, we played and we had hot chocolate afterwords.

When the snow melted two days later, and there was no sign of it, I have to say that this was the perfect Winter. It was cold enough to wear a light coat, we turned our fireplace on, we had good times in the snow, but then it was over and done with. I will take that!