Braska Bear

I got some great blocks for Christmas from Grandma C. And she built some with me. Best way to do it, I say. ( M ommy note: I can't manage to do this bogging thing like I want to do... Documenting and pondering and discussing... So I'm thinking a snapshot format might work... Thoughts? We shall see...)

Braska reporting : Thursday was a very big day. Halloween AND Grandma C’s birthday.  There was a bunch of fun stuff that we can show you so I won’t talk too much… This is my class, well, one of them.  I also go to Mr. H’s class but it’s a LOT more kids. Mommy came to the party and brought my cheer outfit to be my costume. We kind of forgot to get new costumes this year. Since it was raining a lot, we didn’t get to have our parade outside. So we went to the gym. It’s kind of a long walk, but I did a good job following the class. (Sometimes I like to not follow so well…) Then we sat in the gym for a little bit to see all the costumes. Jack was Spiderman and Dashlyn was a cute black kitty. They’re both in my class. We’ve been friends for a long time. We’ve had halloween pictures with them for a few years. Their mom, Miss Julie, did some super fun games and we made neat things. She also got out silly string at the end....

2007: Pygmy allosaurus 2008: Darling Duck 2009: Puffy alien/monster creatures… unsure exactly but cute.

  Me and KiKi are going to church camp this week with Grammy and Auntie Ju.  We went to see Grammy and Papa this morning so we could get in Grammy’s car. Here’s Kinlee with our Papa.  She’s looking funny because it was bright outside and she smiles weird lately.   I don’t think Daddy liked that we were leaving on Father’s Day, but he knows we’re gonna have fun with all those big kids.  And Mommy had to have a goodbye picture, too, before we left for 6 days. We’re gonna play outside A LOT and swim and play with little kids and big kids and sleep in a great big place with lots of bed.  And Grammy and Auntie Ju are gonna be there the whole time.  Kinlee was sad that Mommy would miss us, but I think they’ll be alright.

We got to see Grandma C on her birthday this year! She usually goes to have a birthday visit with Miss Karen, but this time she stayed home.  So we went to have dinner with her and then we went around her neighborhood to a few places with nice people. Wanna peek at last year and the one before?? See if anything looks familiar? Here’s when KiKi was 1 1/2 and I was almost 4. (2010) And here’s when KiKi was 2 1/2 and I was almost 5. (2011) And here’s this year, KiKi’s 3 1/2 and I’m gonna be 6 in a few weeks!! I’ve worn the same bumblebee for 3 years!  The same one, not a bigger one.  And KiKi wanted a ladybug again, but she couldn’t fit in the one from before, so we found another one just like it only a little bit bigger.  Next year, we’re going to try something new… Hope you had a great day!

For America’s birthday, we like to go to Miss Cindy’s house, so this year… we did again! We were SO glad to see Grandma C.  KiKi squeezed a little too hard though. Miss Cindy always has the best snacks. She even had neat things to keep the chip dip cool while we were outside when it was 105 degrees! Since we were going to be in hot sun for a long time, we wore our outside swim suits. They keep our arms safe from sun.   We like to hang out with Mommy in the water.  She kept trying to relax on the lay-down thing, but me and KiKi climbed on top of her.  We called it the Mommy Boat. Mommy tried to help me work on my floating on my back. Because I do NOT like that at all.  But I did pretty good this time!  We counted to 10 each time we practiced, and we did lots of practice times! KiKi had to do it, too, of course.  She did a good job! We were in the pool ALL day and had so much fun!...

Father’s Day is when we make Daddy feel extra special. So we give him lots of kisses. He likes kisses. We went to PaPaw John’s church since he’s a father, too.  They gave away POPsicles. Get it?  POP, like for Daddy.  Funny. KiKi ate hers when we got back to Grandma C’s house.  Mommy made her put her play clothes on first.  And go outside to eat it. And wear a bib. And put a napkin on her lap.  Silly, I know.  Mommy really doesn’t like to get clothes dirty.  This picture is to show her  how silly it is… We had a nice Daddy POP day!

Today was Mommy’s day.  We took some pictures before church. The best present Mommy asked for… smooches! We went to church and saw Grammy, that’s Mommy’s mom.  Then we went to Grandma C’s house after church.  She is Daddy’s mom.  It’s kind of their day, too, I guess. KiKi and Grandma C made cookies. And the best part is to lick the yummies after the cookies are all mixed. That’s what KiKi likes. After we left Grandma C’s, we went to cheer, and I did so good!   I stood up tall when we did stunting practice.  I didn’t even hold on!   I just did a big high V like I’m supposed to! I really like cheer… Yay!!