Today

Today it snowed and made the trees that line our street even more beautiful.

Today I am hoping I can muster up more willpower during Thanksgiving than I did for Halloween.

Today I made a conscience effort to sit on the floor and play with my kids without trying to do 17 other things at the same time (change the laundry, start the dishwasher, make those phone calls...). It was fun. I should do that more often.

Today I remembered how yummy it is to eat a bowl full of strawberries with whipped cream from a can (even if the strawberries weren't that good before).

Today Robert went to the Jazz game.

Today Mackenzie got to play with her cousin Dakota who she loves, even though she doesn't share very well with him. He shouldn't take it personal.

Today Brooklyn is getting that much closer to being weaned.

Today I'm glad to live in America.

BOO! A little late

A few trick or treat night pics

Trunk or Treat

We had a neighborhood trunk or treat last Saturday. We were feeling like our trunk was pretty lame but then we got there and we were the only ones who had any decorations so we were feeling pretty awesome.

If you can't tell Brookie is Elmo, Kenzie is a pink puppy, and the trunk is a face.

Cousin Hallie: Mackenzie, are you a poodle?
Kenzie: No! I'm a puppy not a poo poo!

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.