They never cease to amaze me - Part II

Today I swear that Kristen rolled over and she is only 3 months old. Don't tell the SIDs police or the pediatrician, but she LOVES to sleep on her stomach - LOVES IT. She was snoozing on her belly and when I checked her one time she was up on her side - I'm amused but not really impressed. Then she wakes up and cries, I don't come as quickly as she likes, she cries louder. I make my way to the portable bed under the ceiling fan and what the heck she is laying on her back looking up at me and she is MAD bright red face and all! I'm not sure if that counts as rolling over since it was in stages, but I seriously think this one will be walking way before I am ready for her to.


The picture isn't from today, but this is her favorite way to nap!

Daddy's Little Girls

They both could wear Kristen's shirt - he is definitely wrapped around their finger.

Three Months Old

Can you believe this little princess is 3 Months old? We started her on the playmat this week, she loves it and has figured out how to kick and reach for all the fun stuff hanging down.

Hot Summer Nights - Live Footage

Shot with the video camera on my little digital still photo camera this is "ok" quality. Brooke Romanski, age Almost 3, reports live from Mohegan Sun's Hot Summer Nights.

When we asked her if we were going to see Fireworks, she says we are going to see Fireflys. Where does she get this stuff?

And the Flamingo I think was really a parrot from the Margaritaville booth. I tried to zoom in on it - its that fuzzy pink think on the right.....

Hot Summer Nights

For those of you who read this blog and aren't local, we live near 2 Indian Casinos. For the last several years the Mohegan Sun Casino has sponsored "Hot Summer Nights" in July & August on the roof of one of the parking garages. It starts at 4pm with a farmers market, battle of the bands and a cruise night style car show. The casino sponsors a food tent where every item is "1 ticket" and the tickets cost a buck. They give out free popcorn and bottled water too! In other words this is a really cheap night out for our family. We spend 10 bucks at the food tent and then another 6 over at the farmers market to get FRESH strawberry shortcakes. The night is capped off with a beautiful fireworks display around 9pm. Last night Daddy was home from work about 7 - one of the earliest nights in a LONG time. We loaded up the girls, the strollers, our "chairs in a bag" and headed out. We found a parking spot without much trouble and got down one elevator bank and up the next without a long wait. That might not sound like much to be excited about - but with the crowds this attracts and all the paraphernalia we carry it set the tone for the evening. Most of you know that I started back to work on Monday and I was dreading it, not the work or the people I really missed that, I was just really anxious about trying to work out a routine. I have been pleasantly surprised, everything has fallen into place. The night out felt like a little victory party for us, one everyone deserved. It has been really hot and humid here the last 2 weeks and there was a slight breeze on the top of the roof - it was nice to have a little time to sit, cool off and just be together and chat. Brooke was loving the music and was dancing her heart out in the middle of the little circle we created with our chairs and strollers. When the music stopped she was happy to climb into her Daddy's lap and enjoy her water bottle.



Hanging out waiting for the fireworks - not a great picture of me tired, hot and sweaty but it was really relaxing to just sit!



Brooke has recently become very sensitive to loud noises - we wondered how the fireworks would go. She told us she would just cover her ears and you guessed it she did!



This is how Kristen enjoyed her first fireworks display

Cruise Night

Last week we were lucky enough for Daddy to get a rare day off so we met Gigi, Poppa and Aunt Judy at Ocean Beach in New London for Cruise Night. Brooke was not all to interested in the cars but was VERY interested in the Carousel. She and Daddy went on it twice.

Brooke's Blueberry Patch

It sort of started on a whim - last summer we discovered that Brooke LOVED blueberries. She loves them so much that she would eat a whole pint if you let her. Daddy said that she loved them so much and they were so expensive in the off season that we should grow our own. Poppa & Gigi didn't think that one bush would be enough so they provided us with 6 young bushes last Spring. We had our soil tested and did research and we finally found the perfect spot to plant them. Paul took the project very seriously and carefully prepared the area, planted the bushes, weeded and mulched and fenced it in to protect it from the deer. Last September we ventured to the Big E in some of the worst rain I had ever seen so that we could get 3 things - - one being a sign for Brooke's Blueberry Patch.



So this year we weeded some more and hung the sign. We were patient and hoped that with all the rain and little bit of sun that our bushes would flourish. Lo and behold we started to see fruit appear on our bushes. Out came the bird netting to protect our precious crop (more work for Daddy!) Yesterday while Kristen napped we grabbed a container and headed out to the patch (OK so it is a little dirt area behind our shed with 6 bushes - but to Brooke it is the most beautiful blueberry patch a girl could ask for.) Daddy and Brooke carefully collected the ripe berries "Not the pink ones Daddy, only the BLUE ones" She was very serious about the whole thing.



Brooke takes a break and inspects the goods



Brooke carries her first crop to the house to be washed before she had them as a snack - well she did sample a few in the patch, but most made it to the sink.