Big Vocabulary

The other day I decided to sit down and make a list of every word that Brennan knows and says on a regular basis. She'll pretty much repeat anything you say so that is why I only chose words that she says regularly. I think I have it pretty much completed and she says almost 150 words! I never did this with Ethan so I was shocked at the number of words. She's definitely a talker! :)

Yesterday Brennan was getting into something she wasn't supposed to so I kept asking her to stop and don't touch. She wouldn't listen so I got down to her level and told her to stop again and she slapped me in the face. Hitting is an immediate time out in our house so off she went. She sits in timeout for one minute and then I go over and tell her why she was put in timeout. I told her she needed to tell me sorry and she just stood there looking at me. I repeated the word a couple of times and she would not say sorry. (Ok, let me say she has said sorry before so I know she can say it.) So I tell her if she can't apologize she has to sit in time out longer. So another minute in time out and then I ask her to say sorry again and she won't. This girl is so strong willed! This went on for 30 minutes (and I'm not exaggerating). Finally she said "sorry" and gave me a hug and kiss. I was seriously thinking about giving up but I'm so glad I didn't, it would just make it harder the next time.

Our little girly girl

For Christmas, Gammi & Poppy gave Brennan some money. We decided to hang on to it and buy her a kitchen at some point. I knew which one I wanted and waited for it to go on sale but it never did. So a couple of weeks ago I decided to order it. The day it arrived, I put it together while she was having lunch and set it up in the den. When she got done and walked into the den she was so excited to see her new kitchen (see picture above). She plays with it nearly every day and loves the little baby seat on the end so she can feed her baby. Thank you Gammi & Poppy!!!



















A week or so ago I painted Brennan's toenails for the first time, she loved it!











Then one night Grease was on so I turned it on (of course!). Brennan was instantly mesmerized!!! One day we will be watching that movie together singing all the songs!





Also we had to buy Brennan some new sandals. She's always walking around on her tiptoes and we joke that she's practicing walking in high heels. So I bought her her first "high heels" I wasn't seeking them out or anything, just came across them at the store and thought they were cute.

Loves the Jet Ski

Last weekend we went to Lake Blackshear to a friends lake house. I think this is the 3rd or 4th year we have gone and last year Brennan wasn't old enough to go on the jet ski. So when Stephen took her for a ride last weekend she instantly fell in love. He took her to a bridge where a lot of birds hang out and she was excited to see so many of them. Right now she is all about the birds. Whenever she sees one she gets excited and says, "BIRDS!!". When Stephen brought her back to the house she said, "ride". So he took her for another ride. Everyday she had to ride a couple of times. I think she would have stayed on all day long if we let her.

Brennan didn't much enjoying swimming in the lake. She loved her borrowed life jacket from her friend, Taylor, but wasn't excited about being in the water. She would stay in for about 5 minutes and then tell us she was done.

A friend's birthday party

Brennan was invited to a birthday party for her friend, Taylor. The party was at Gymboree and Brennan has never been there. She had such a good time! There were so many things to climb on so our little monkey had a blast. She wasn't so interested in the organized activities they had, she just wanted to do her own thing. :)

This girl loves yogurt

Brennan loves vanilla yogurt and she wears it well!! :) I thought this was a cute picture and had to share.

The Zoo

We have been so busy this month, I'm behind on blog posts so hopefully I can take some time to catch up. A few weeks ago my friend, Michelle, and I took the kids to the zoo since my zoo membership is about to expire. The kids had a great time! We did skip a few things because it was pretty crowded, there were a ton of school children there on field trips. Towards the end of the day we spent some time at the playground and Brennan was excited to slide. After the playground we ended our visit by riding the train which is always the kids' favorite.

Great-Grandma

I just had to post these pictures, I thought it was really sweet. This is my grandmother who Brennan is named after. Brennan was being really sweet and giving Grandma lots of hugs.