The words you don't ever want to hear from daycare....

I generally call daycare every day, mid morning to check on our Princess. When I called on Thursday I was horrified to hear "Brooke bit Thomas on the cheek" .... I swear I almost dropped the phone. While Brooke is one tough cookie, a "biter" she is not.
As you might imagine she had a time out when this occurred and then apologized to Thomas and his Daddy. When I told Paul about it he shared that same deer in the headlight look that I had when I heard. He then asked "Did it leave a mark?" and "Are we going to get sued?" Yes, it left a little mark and no calls from lawyers yet.

Brooke's First Haircut

On September 24, Brooke went for her first haircut. She walked into the salon like she owned the place and was happy to take a seat in the booster in the big chair. Then much to the amazement of all, she sat right there and never moved. It really wasn't a haircut, it was just a trim. It is still curly and looks adorable in pigtails. She looks scared, but she really was quite interested in the whole process. Here's a video of the finished product.

Pee-Pee on the Potty !!!!

Since late July, we've been working on potty training. We have potty DVDs, books, and a little potty in the kitchen, family room, upstairs bathroom AND a portable potty seat to take with us when we are out and about. In other words, we are WELL equipped. All that being said, she will NOT go to the potty for Paul or I or anyone else really but Carol (Brooke's daycare teacher). In the beginning we fought with her to "try" and over the last few weeks she has been a more willing participant - but still NOTHING in the potty. WELL that all changed tonight! I started the usual routine "Please try to go potty before you eat dinner", she went to her potty and sat and within in a minute I SWORE I heard something .... but wait, can it really be? Brooke looked at me with a big smile and said "Pee-Pee on the potty Mommy, all done" Maybe we reached a turning point???? I am going to pretend for at least tonight that we have!

Who doesn't love a cowgirl????

Where the deer come to eat and play ......

We routinely see deer in the yard at dusk. They gather under the pear and apple trees to feast on the fallen fruit. Brooke has come to expect them and yells "Come back, come back" when they start to run off.

We made it through Tropical Storm Hanna

Well as luck would have it the day we had planned to hold Brooke's birthday party Tropical Storm Hanna was predicted to make landfall. So much for the outside party enjoying our beautiful yard. We took advantage of the front porch, turned on every fan and opened every window. We set up tables and chairs in the garage (thanks Robin & Bob) and while we all could have been cooler - we lived through it. The heavy rain and winds came, but not til the party was well underway. All the really good pictures of Brooke in her cowgirl outfit and blowing out her candles are on Gigi's(pronounced Gig-e) camera so we'll post those later. Here she is trying out her new black cowboy boots ....... don't you wear your cowboy boots with your denim shorts and tie-dyed tee shirt????

Don't Blink, just like that Brooke's TWO years old .......

Its official - today we are the parents of a TWO YEAR OLD. We barely remember when she was that tiny and really enjoy watching her grow and develop. She has such a great personality and fills our house with laughter and love. She is definitely like her parents and not particularly fond of mornings as evidenced in the photo below from before she left for school today.