Grandpa came to town this past weekend and we had a fun and busy weekend!
Friday was work/daycare, chores (I got a break from cutting the grass! Yea!) and errands. Saturday was the Magic House, nap (wish I had one!), carving a pumpkin and then a concert and hayride at night. We had a great time, and Ellie got to spend time with "Pawpa." We heard lots of "no's" all weekend, but hey...it's just part of the almost-2 phase. We still got some laughter and goofy, lovable moments out of her, too.
The Magic House
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| "Hewwow? No. OK. Bye, bye." ...over and over... This girl could have stayed, picked up the phone, "talked," hung up the phone and done it all over again... for probably an hour! |
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| Hi Grandpa! |
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| CHECK OUT the EXPRESSION on EJ's face! I love it! :) |
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| Mommy & her precious, big girl! |
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| Ooh...we hadn't discovered this part of the Magic House before: construction stuff! Mommy could have stayed here for hours with her. EJ was pretty focused on the task at hand. :) (I, of course, LOVE it!) |
Later That Day...
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| Pumpkin Time! |
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| Mommy draws the face on there... |
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| EJ's turn! (see video links below) Pumpkin Prep, Part 1 Pumpkin Prep, Part 2 |
Still Even LATER that SAME Day!
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| One last concert together with our friends CJ, Mary and "N." Cheers to plenty to go to together in 2012!! :) |
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| EJ tryin' on CJ's hat. (I think CJ is particularly excited that her initials are similar to hers. :] ) |
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| 4/5 of the Brooks family. SO glad they could finally join us for an evening out! It was GREAT to have them, and the kiddos really had fun playing with EJ (and I had fun watching them WITH EJ!) |
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| We forgot to "send Mary the memo" that us girls were supposed to where pink jackets/fleece and jeans on the bottom. :) The other 3 of us got it. (hee, hee!) |
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| Us girls on the hayride! Who knows? "Maybe" Mommy started singing, "The wheels on the tractor go round and round, round and round, round and round...." Funny part - some pre-teen boys were sitting next to Heidi on the other side and were chiming in and signing with us "uncool" parents. It was pretty funny! |
We stuck around and watched the first part of Toy Story 3 on a huge blow-up screen while sitting on the grass. EJ was very much in to the whole movie and story...and really seemed to enjoy watching all the toys play and move around. I can only imagine what was going on in her mind! We had a really fun night...and a jam-packed, full day!
Sunday
After church, saying goodbye to Grandpa, and a nap, we headed outside to enjoy the nice weather before the rain and cold came! We played with EJ's stroller, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, Junior Asparagus,...whatever we could come up with! :)
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| Check out the video link below...it's a long one, so you can fast forward it. The very last few seconds is just precious to any mommy! |
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