Ewww!

Last night the kids were playing in the back yard right before bed time. Cole and Tyson were on the trampoline and Bryn and Nathaniel were throwing balls at them. They were having a great time and there was lot's of laughing and yelling. I was folding laundry in our room as I listened to the kids having a good time. It was one of those happy moments, like life couldn't be any better than it is. 

Then I hear this SCREAM from Brynley....she is loud and she is M-A-D!! So I peek out my bedroom window to see what is happening. The boys are laughing and having a great time playing, they are all ignoring Bryn as she is sitting on our deck on the stairs screaming and crying to the top of her lungs. I yelled out our window to Tyson to stop and see what is wrong with Bryn. I could only catch a few words she was saying through he crying and screaming  

"toes, gross, Buddy, poop!" 

I thought please no, please don't let it be that she stepped with her bare feet in some of our dogs poop in the back yard (that by the way had all just been picked up after school). 

As Tyson got closer he was asking her what was wrong and she lifted up her foot and said 

"wook, wook at me foot!" 

Tyson yelled  

"GROSS, Brynley stepped in Buddy's poop with her bare feet. Mom, I am NOT cleaning this." 

He ran and got back on the trampoline and all the boys are making nasty sounds and saying how gross that is. And of course then it sets off Brynley even more and she starts crying and screaming even louder than she already was...{{sigh}} I did NOT want to go clean her up, but I knew I had to.

Poor Bryn was sitting there by herself so disgusted with the poop that was all squished between her tiny little toes and caked all over the bottom of her foot. It was N-A-S-T-Y to say the least!! I had brought out wet wipes with me ready to clean it up. As I cleaned her up she as crying and yelling at Buddy saying,

"Buddy, wook at me foot, you poop on my foot, bad boy Buddy!" 

I was trying hard not to laugh listening to her blame it on the poor dog. I calmed her down as I am sure the neighbors were thinking we were beating her or something like that LOL. Once she was cleaned up I told her that that is why she is to wear her shoes when she goes outside and to go get them on...nope, off she went and started giggling throwing the balls at the boys on the trampoline like nothing had happened...silly, silly girl!!

The joys of motherhood ha ha!!

sweetness

This little girl of ours has quite the personality. She has THEE roughest, growly voice and doesn't have a "quiet button!" She is a Stanford through and through with how LOUD she is ALL the time LOL!

Brynley LOVES to play dress up! She can run (really fast even) in her princess dress up shoes. And she walks quite loudly on the slate floor with them as she likes the clicking sound they make ha ha.

Brynley would go out in public all dressed up like this if I let her...but I am a mean Mom and I don't let her! It is quite the fight to get her out of it all when we are needing to go out.

Kent, Brynley and I were all laying on our bed when Brynley put one of her dollies crowns on Kent's head and said,

"awww Daddy, you so cute!"

 She kissed him over and over and was just giggling looking at him with this crown on his head.

Brynley and Daddy playing dress up.

I have to say I regret ever painting Miss Brynley's finger nails and toes nails. Because now when ever the paint is chipped (which is within minutes) she wants them "fixed" again! So I have had to hide the finger nail polish as she was out of control with wanting them done all the time ha ha!!


She is SO rough and has always been this way. She has made her brothers cry before when she has been playing with them and...she is almost 3 years old and her brothers are 13 1/2 years old and almost 11 years old! She seriously laughs the hardest when she has hurt someone...she thinks it is so funny!


For some reason lately Brynley is always stripping down. She loves to be naked! Trying to get her clothes back on is quite the task as you have to be able to catch her first...she is a FAST little sucker!!

Since around August Brynley every now and again will call us by our first names, Barb and Kent. She hears everyone else call us that (including our foster kids) so she figures that is your name and that is what I will call you. So I told her to call me Mommy and she said, 

"ya, you Mummy Barb!" ha ha

She cracks us up multiple times each day with things she does or new words she is saying. Like now she says 

"oh my goodness" all the time...so funny! Another word she says a lot is "sheesh." She says it like we are annoying her...like "sheesh Mum" or to whomever is in her way at that moment LOL!

If something ever stinks she always says, "Cole did it" and then she laughs and laughs. We all laugh so hard and poor Cole doesn't know why she always thinks it is him that did it. 

She always has to hug and kiss each one of us goodbye or good night...even our foster son Nathaniel doesn't escape her big hugs and wet kisses. She will run out the door to whomever is leaving and chase them until she gets a hug and kiss goodbye...the boys think she is crazy LOL!
  
In August we are at swimming lessons and Bryn and I were watching Ty and Nate swim. I was trying to take pictures of the boys swimming when I got a tap on my shoulder and a man asks me if that is my daughter? He pointed up on the water slide (which isn't in use and is dry)...yep, there is Brynley tip toeing up the water slide with the biggest grin on her face!!! NICE LOL!! She is so mischievous.

One day when Kent was leaving for work Brynley was having a bath. She heard Kent saying goodbye to me and she said with the sweetest little voice,  

"Daddy hum (come) here a hug and kiss me bye!" 

Kent and I couldn't help but smile and laugh. She helped start Kent's day off with a BIG smile and feeling so loved!


Brynley is a dramatic, energetic, feisty, cuddly and fun loving little girl! As exhausted as I am at the end of each day from trying to keep up with her...I wouldn't change a thing!

Gymnastics

I decided to put Brynley in a Gymnastics/Tumbling Class out here in Crossfield. They have a great Gymnastics and Sports Training Facility right here in town called Trickt Out. Brynley is almost 3 years old and needs to be in something to get her energy out. She had her first class yesterday Tuesday, September 13th 2011.

 

I have to say I was really impressed with this place. It is really, really nicely set up.The lobby is like a really nice sitting room with tables and couches. So when the kids are doing their class you can either sit in the gym and watch or go sit in the lobby and relax and get comfy!

 It is run by 2 ladies who are twin sisters. When I first took Bryn back to the gym area her eyes lit up as the colors are so bright in there and it is a big place. She was smiling ear to ear and said, 

"Mum, I go play, please, I go play?"

 My friend Kelly put her daughter Kamryn in as well. Kamryn is only 2 months older than Bryn. They were so cute as they both were a little reluctant to be there and as they were unsure what was going on.

When the instructor called them to come over to begin the class Kamryn grabbed onto Bryn's hand and they walked out there together...it was SO cute!! They kept looking at each other smiling and giggling.

 I was surprised with how shy Brynley was with the instructor. The instructor would do something like show them how to fall on the mat and Bryn would just look at her and then slowly turn and look at me like, what the? It was really funny! 


Whatever Kamryn did Brynley did. I had to laugh as Brynley would all of a sudden take off and go jump on the trampoline or go down the slide. It was so funny to see her in action and so, so happy! She got a lot of energy out. 

 Brynley really enjoyed the balance beam and the little obstacle course they had them do. They did that over and over and over.

I had to laugh when Kelly and Kamryn arrived as Kelly had bought Karmyn this cut little gymnastics sparkly outfit. She looked so cute! We may have to go and check out one for Bryn as it was just too cute.  


When Brynley was done and we were on our way home Bryn said, 

"Mum, me play there again, please?" 

She LOVED it!! This was her first time being in anything structured like this (besides nursery at church). She will get the hang of it. Watching her made me realize how big she is getting. Our baby girl is growing up so quickly. {{sigh}}

Rainbows

All my life I have loved rainbows and all their beauty. They almost seem heavenly to me. As a child I remember loving it when it rained as usually that meant there would be a rainbow afterwards. To me, as a child, a rainbow was magical.

 This is a picture I took of a rainbow that was in the sky by our town one evening. It was a full rainbow and it was so pretty! I made the kids all come look at it and they thought it was pretty cool. It is hard to see in the picture, but there was even a second rainbow right beside it.

As a child I remember watching this video and being so touched by it. I loved the message it was telling and then it also made me look at rainbows very differently.


I was so excited to actually find this song and video. It is very old school, but it brought back a lot of memories. It is an old LDS media message that we used to be able to watch when I was about 10 years old. Does anyone else remember this song?

Sis. Hinckley says it best!

I have been meaning to post this for a while now. I received this  from another email I received from my Mom with wonderful quotes and sayings that make ya think...I love that!

"Be a Mother who is committed to loving her children into standing on higher ground than the environment surrounding them.
Mother's are endowed with a love that is unlike any other love on the face of the earth." 

"The family is eternal.  Love must be nurtured.  It must be spoken.  We must put away our pride, our haughtiness, our shyness, our misunderstandings, and with humility say, "I love you.  Is there something I can do to help you?" You can never be completely happy under any other circumstances."
-Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." 
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"Think about your particular assignment at this time in your life. It may be to get an education, it may be to rear children, it may be to be a grandparent, it may be to care for an relieve the suffering of someone you love, it may be to do a job in the most excellent way possible, it may be to support someone who has a difficult assignment of their own. Our assignments are varied and they change from time to time. Don't take them lightly. Give them your full heart and energy. Do them with enthusiasm. Do whatever you have to do this week with your whole heart and soul. To do less than this will leave you with an empty feeling."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead"
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

  

"We are all in this together. We need each other. Oh, how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young, and hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old...We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other. These friendships are a necessary source of sustenance. We need to renew our faith every day. We need to lock arms and help build the kingdom so that it will roll forth and fill the whole earth."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"I know it is hard for you young mothers to believe that almost before you can turn around the children will be gone and you will be alone with your husband. You had better be sure you are developing the kind of love and friendship that will be delightful and enduring. Let the children learn from your attitude that he is important. Encourage him. Be kind. It is a rough world, and he, like everyone else, is fighting to survive. Be cheerful. Don't be a whiner."
— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

 "Elder Neal A. Maxwell once said, "We are here in mortality, and the only way to go is through; there isn't any around!" I would add, the only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

 "Try a little harder to be a little better."

~Gordon B. Hinckley