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.

My Girl

This girl has my heart. 

When we are standing together in the bathroom getting ready together....

she is copying my every move.

  Her husky adorable little voice says, "I will be right back mama!" She runs to her room to put on matching clothes.

Those are the the times I think to myself....wowsers I have been entrusted with a precious soul and she will follow my example.  I remind myself that it's not the advice I will give but the example by which I live my life that will make all the difference in hers.

Out of J's mouth

 I take notes on my phone of what comes out of this kids mouth.

He cracks me up.  He just talks out loud as he is thinking.

In my recent notes....

He was in the shower obviously thinking of how cool it would be to have a dolphin.

"If by chance a dolphin was in our shower I will fill it up with warm water and feed it fish until it is 5 feet.  Then I would let it go in the ocean or call someone to pick it up."

Note number 2....

"Mom, when I'm an orthodontist I am going to buy you a king size bed made out of the same stuff that is in my pillow and it will have sheets on it and be able to move.  And I am going to buy Dad the fanciest treadmill they have.  Will I still have money left if I buy it for you?"