Making Sister Laugh

Mackenzie is the best at making Brooklyn laugh.
But sometimes Brookie does her high pitched happy shriek and Kenzie gets so mad yelling back at her to be quiet. She yells at the baby who thinks it's a game and so the baby yells more and louder. Kenzie proceeds to get more worked up...and on and on...
Quite amusing that they are already such experts at pushing each other's buttons.

Spaghetti Sisters

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Mackenzie eating spaghetti at 10 months.

Brooklyn eating spaghetti at 10 months.


This is the most still I could get the girls to hold while I took a picture of them in their matching dresses. They are pretty cute but not too into pictures.

As far as updates, Brooklyn loves to climb on things. She gets such a kick out of crawling up the stairs. Mackenzie was walking really well at this age but Brooklyn is happy just crawling and walking along things.
I never thought Mackenzie would give up her binkie but a while ago we started only giving it to her at bed time and she survived. She has now been to bed without it 2 nights in a row. I think she is going to survive yet again. What a big girl!

The Dog

Izzy likes to sit on these chairs outside. It's  pretty cute. She's a decent dog. I think she could be a good dog if we gave her more attention and exercise and training. We do what we can-well we could try harder to be honest. The girls love the dog, especially Brooklyn. I often put Brooklyn on the floor by the sliding glass door so she can look out at the dog. Sometimes Kenzie gets upset with Izzy and I try to convince her that we should give her to another family. She never agrees. I'm probably going to keep trying.

CJ

This summer Mackenzie went to the Gardner Village petting zoo and rode on this horse named C.J. She also has a cousin named C.J. and now she frequently says "I rode on a horse named C.J. like my cousin." She thinks it's hilarious.

Quirks

Wikipedia says quirks are odd habits. I wish I had useful quirks as some of my friends seem to-- must keep their homes clean and must be cute when going out--no such luck here! A few quirks I'm willing to share though...

1. I always think I know exactly how long something should be in the microwave and I put 27 seconds or 39 seconds- weird amounts like that.

2. I brush my teeth a lot (but I still get a lot of cavities).

3. I love teen books. I always have to have a book I'm reading.

4. My favorite food is cereal. The specific kind changes but right now it is Honey Nut Cherrios.

5. I do not like to shop.

6. I rarely forget a face and but I'm just decent with names.

6 b. I like this one so I'm going to share it...Robert is very careful when it comes to his last bite of his meal. He always saves the perfect bite for last and gets all upset if he saves the wrong thing for the last taste. What a weirdo :)

If you haven't shared 6 quirks on your blog and you're willing, do it for me.

Raw Raw Raw Raw Raw Goooo Cougars!!!

So true.

The Haps

Brookie is at the age where the t.p. is not safe on the roll and the toilet must always be shut. I love it! She loves peek-a-boo and music makes her bounce.

Here is Mackenzie on her first day of her little 2 year old preschool day. She loves to sing and her favorite song is still the ABC's. She likes to do art "projects." She makes jokes like "I want to eat some dog" or she'll purposely call you the wrong name. She already thinks she's funny.

Last weekend we went to the BYU-Washington (also known as "UDub" which is short for U W if you're confused like I was because there is no "D" in Washington). We've been going to one away game for the last few years and this year it was Seattle. It was really fun because we went with lots of friends. The game ended dramatically perfect and the weather was also perfect. Perfect doesn't describe the girls but they were pretty good :)