A Perk

I happen to follow these two to school frequently.  Brett says it would not be cool if I followed him to school.

A very fabulous perk of being a stay at home mama is that I get to spend many days volunteering at their school.

Or maybe just stop by and eat lunch with them.

I get to meet their new friends.

I will be forever grateful for the time I am allowed to be a stay at home mom.

They are only little once.  

I will blink my eyes once and they will be all grown up.

Grandma and Grandpa

Ahhh Tom and Sue!!!!  They don't make it often so when they do it sure is special.

Brylee is a total Grandpa's girl.

We happen to love some Apple products.

There was homework to be done.

They were lucky they had 3rd grade math.

Helping Brett with 7th grade advanced math took hours.  I need a refresher course.

Followed by some football watching.

Then some tickling.

Brylee had a homemade ice cream making lesson.

That ice cream is Jake's favorite treat in the whole world.

And Grandma's famous strawberry cake.

We were able to drag Grandpa along to IKEA but not along with to Stillwater, MN.  We left the boys at home and had a girls afternoon.

Brylee was less than impressed with antique shopping.  She did not appreciate the smell of antiques and walked around plugging her nose.

Lunch outside right on the river.

Fun shopping.

The view after climbing 100's of stairs.

See you later pictures.

TOUCHDOWN!!!

The play...

waiting....

open...

the catch...

the run...

all the way for the touchdown!

Secret Diary

Dear Brylee,

I promise when you are older I will never make you take a picture with your "secret diary"

But you are getting so big and I never want to forget you at this age.  You are just adorable hanging out on your bed writing in your "secret diary"

Yelling out for help spelling words.

Sometimes I stand right outside your room listening to you sound out words and peek around the door to see you kicking your feet and looking way too grown up.

I promise to not expose all your deepest secrets.

Except this one.  

Because you are as cute as they come.

Love,

Mom

Serickrt!

A list of your favorite things.

Jesus

Zoo

Dogs

Dance 

School

Babies 

Toys

Music

Pretty Things

Princess

Crowns 

Stuffed Animals

Purple

Blankets

Plume Pens

Barbies

Mom and Dad

Hearts

Chocolate

Butterfly

Scentsy

My Room

Hello Kitty

Perfume

Friends

My Little Pony

Not My Favarit!

Boys!

Bees

Transformers

Ironman

Stinky Farts

Armpits

Grasshoppers

Superman

Strangers

Throw-Up

Fish 

Dragons

Spiders

Spikes

Minnesota Zoo

The zoo is just minutes away from us.

This guy is an animal lover.

The zoo is his idea of fun.

The zoo is not this guys idea of fun.  But he is always a trooper.

This girl thinks the zoo is stinky.

He finally found a snake.  His favorite.