No need to spend lots of money on her!

We recently purchased a new computer and FINALLY took it out of the box today! Brin has soo much fun with the box…no need to purchase expensive things.

Good Morning Master B!

This morning as I was cleaning the house, Brin was walking around the house with one of my necklaces on. Nick always makes fun on this one, and it now seems to be one of Brins favorites! She was reading books and dressing up most of the morning! She CRACKES us up!

Help your self!

Earlier this week, Ii was talking on the phone, not keeping my eyes directly on Brin…I knew she was in the kitchen and knew she couldn’t get in to anything too terrible…after a few minutes, I decided to check on her…and to my surprise I found her dumping cheerios on the floor, tring VERY hard to get them into the bowl that she had located in her drawer of stuff.Lola seemed to enjoy the extras as well!

Washin dishes!

While at Chris and Nona’s for Sunday dinner a few weeks ago, Brin insisted on helping Nona with the dishes. I couldn’t help but snap these pictures. She LOVED to have her hands in the water! 

Dollinger Pumpkin Patch

Today we spent the morning at the pumpkin patch in Minooka with Nona and Sofi. We went to the same place that we tried out last year…free to get in, lots of things for the kids to climb in and on, beautiful creek running thru the middle of the farm, flowers, animal petting are, tipee, PUMPKINS, shop, corn maze and hay rides. We took the play route, petting animals and snapping a few cute pics. We let Brin pick a pumpkin and then decided to save the BIG pumpkin shopping for a cheaper place. After spending about 2 hours there, we loaded the 5 of us back into the car and met Mason and Chris at Portillo’s for lunch. Thinking back on our trip to Dollingers last year and our trip this year, it is AMAZING at how much Brin has changed in 1 year. Life is moving so fast!! Take at peak:

2010     2011

Here are some pics of our day at the patch!

Scarecrow BrinScarecrow Sofi!Brin and Sofi atop the hail bales!Petting the goats. She picked out a good one!Our attempt at getting a family picture. Brin kept throwing the pumpkin on the ground. She was SOO not into smiling or even looking at the camera! Sofi LOVED the hay bails! She still had staw in her hair when we got to lunch…and she thought it was probably in her underwear too! hahaha  Brin and Mommy! We had a great day at the patch!

Books before bed

She LOVES to read…they love to read together. Her favorite book lately is To Market, To Market…I think this is one of Nicks FAVORITE times of the day! I know it is one of my favorite things to watch!

What?? Don’t you wear swim diapers on your head?