Good Manners

So this morning I asked Bryndi if she wanted some milk. She yelled, "No! I do NOT want some milk!" I told her calmly so say "no thank you, Mommy". Which she did, and then she looked up at me and said, "I sorry I scream at you, Mommy."

Then later we were at a friend's house and it was time to go. I said, "Bryndi, come here," and she came up to me and said, "Yes, ma'am?"

If I give Bryndi something that she likes (like candy), she almost always looks up at me with a smile and says, "Thanks, Mommy! Thanks!" without any prompting from me.

We have a neighbor family from Mexico who doesn't speak much English. The nine year old girl, Nancy, who Brydni calls Dancy, comes over frequently in the afternoons to have me translate the instructions to her homework. She always brings her 4-year-old cousin Melissa along. Bryndi lights up whenever she sees Melissa and says, "Look, Mom! My best friend!"

This evening Bryndi's stuffed lamb fell off the bed. She picked her up and said in her sweetest voice, "You okay, Lamb? You go bonk? You got owie? I kiss it better." She gave her lamb a kiss and cuddled her. She does that all the time to her dolls or stuffed animals if they fall down.

Snowshoeing

Richard and I went snowshoeing on Saturday. Not something I'd ever done before, but I enjoyed it quite a bit! We went up Provo Canyon and had fun breaking up undisturbed white fields and following the deer and other animal tracks in the snow.




Well, Bryndi didn't go with us, but I think this picture of her dressed up as a magenta snow marshmallow is great :)

I'm cool.

Bryndi found a head lamp, like the kind you would wear in a cave and put it around her neck like a necklace. She then came up to me and said "Look, Mommy. I'm a nurse!" I guess the headlamp reminded her of a stethoscope. So I said "Great Bryndi. Did you know that I'm a nurse too?" She replied, "No," thought for a minute and then added, "Cool."

Quiet 2-year-olds ??

This is Bryndi and her cousin Mariah working on their Dora workbooks while sitting on the new Princess table Bryndi got for Christmas. Have you ever seen such studious 2-year-olds?


Yeah, that's more like it!


Bella with her aunt Wendy and little cousin Xander (3 months old).


Posing for the camera!

View of Bella trying to get the camera :)

Bella Rose is already six months old!

Bella was six months old on December 23rd. She weighed in at 19 1/2 pounds, 27 inches long. AND, she rolled over for the first time that day. Way to go!



Bryndi wanted to be in on the picture too. She is such a good big sister to Bella. This next pic is from Chuck E Cheese. Bryndi was making sure Bella was okay on the ride.



This is her friend Marian. It was Marian's birthday party that brought us to such a fun place :)





Speaking of fun places, Richard took Bryndi to Kangaroo Zoo the other day. What a perfect place for our little jumper to get out all her jumps.

Merry Chirstmas

Okay, so I know it's the day after Christmas, but better late than never. Merry Christmas!! I just love this picture of baby Jesus (aka Bryndi). The Christ child must have been so sweet lying there in that manger.

Laughter

I absolutely love, love, love Bella's laugh. In this video she is laughing at a playful balloon which is being managed by her aunt Daneen.

Bryndi has a fun laugh too. And she loves to jump. She will jump anywhere. She prefers the couch or the bed, but the floor will do just fine too.

Bryndi is sick today. She was up crying with a fever last night. Since she has had strep throat twice in the last year, I took her to the doctor this morning. But no, she just has a generic "bug".