End of September

It’s been a busy month of school and activities. Reese has been having a great time at school, is meeting all kinds of new friends and doing a good job on all her school work. Brynn and I have been having fun at home, enjoying storytime at the library, running errands together and playing. Brynn’s favorite time of day is when Reese comes home. Reese joined Daisy’s the youngest division of Girl Scouts. So in the spring please let me know if you’d like to order cookies!

Brynn waking up from her nap. I had snuck in there to wake her up since it was time to get Reese and she looked so sweet. I went to get the camera but when I got back she was already up. Brynn is usually a great napper.  She skipped it on Saturday and both yesterday and today has cut her nap time down to 1 hour instead of 2…this Mom is NOT ready for a short nap time. I’m hoping it’s just a fluke. If not I am in trouble.

Reese was able to attend a cheer camp at the local high school on the 21st and learned some cheers and a dance. Last Friday night she preformed at half time and cheered with the cheerleaders. I handled Brynn in the stands on my own, since Ryan was officiating a game elsewhere. I vow never to take Brynn to a high school game alone again. To say my entire body was sore from dealing with her in an understatement. I was a broken person on Saturday. It hurt to sit down. From holding her, to the metal bleachers, chasing her up and down stairs and wrestling with her in my arms my back felt like it was in a million pieces. She’s wild!

Saturday we celebrated Reese’s birthday with Oma and Opa. They came for the day, we went to lunch at Cici’s (Reese’s pick) and they played with the girls. Fun was had by all. I attempted a funfetti cake from scratch. Our oven is horrible and never cooks evenly…so in an attempt to get the center of the cake to cook the rest of the cake dried out…it was horrible. Reese told me she hated it. Epic Fail.

Last night for dinner we used curry powder. I had JUST opened a new jar. After Brynn was done eating we let her out of her seat while the rest of us finished eating. She came running over to Ryan and I saying “big mess right there”, and pointed to her handy work. The entire bottle of curry on the floor. Kong strikes again. Today while grocery shopping, I got to have the discussion with Brynn about why we wear clothes in the store. She got herself out of her shirt twice. I often think how calm Reese was a a child. Brynn is making up for it. Yeah.

Brynn’s 2nd Birthday!

On Sept. 8th Brynn turned 2! It’s crazy to think she’s not a baby anymore (although I probably still baby her too much).  We celebrated on the 7th since Ryan was leaving for a week long road trip on the 8th.

Leslie decided on a last minute trip to Corpus. The girls were so excited to see her and we had fun on Friday night making cakes, and watching Full House. I used to watch countless episodes of Full House on TGIF with Leslie in my parents bed while we were little. It was fun watching it with her again along with both my girls (sadly I still know what is going to happen in every episode).

After the girls went to bed we made lots of buttercream and peanut butter buttercream icing. Yes, you read that correctly, peanut butter buttercream icing. It’s life changing, in the way where it’s so addicting you don’t realize how much you ate until you feel like death the next morning, but it was so good that you wait all day to eat the cake that has said frosting on it. It’s probably something I would ask to be included in my death row meal (not that I plan on having that happen).

Said peanut butter buttercream icing. The color was prefect for Mickey’s face. We just had to make different colors for the mouth and ears. OMG was that cake good. Oh and it was a peanut butter cake too. Life changing!

On Saturday afternoon Marlu and Roger came over to help Brynn celebrate her birthday. We cooked lunch, opened presents and had our first cake of the day. A GREAT cookie cake with buttercream icing (just regular). It was a huge hit. Leslie and Ryan voted it number 1. So dang good. I hit two baking homeruns on those.

A backpack from Kyle, Megan, Lucy and Nora

Mickey book and other Mickey things from Leslie

super cool dino hat from Leslie

Leslie had gotten her a card with a dog on it, and she ran it over to show Thurman.Blocks from Oma and Opa

Tinkerbell costume from Meems and Grampy

old school blocks from Mommy and Daddy. King Kong LOVES to “knock it down” as she repeats over and over

She was so excited for her cake

She loved everyone singing Happy Birthday to her and blowing out the candle

Family picOma and Opa and the girlsAunt Leslie

After everyone took naps, or maybe just Leslie and I, we ate dinner and then our great neighbors The Fergusons came over. Brynn and Reese LOVE Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson. Ryan and I do too. It’s great having neighbors you enjoy. They joined us for cake and football.

Brynn and Mrs. Ferguson (Brynn says Ferguson in a super cute way)

Two sets of sisters!

On Sunday, her actual birthday, it rained off and on, so we stayed home and played. After dinner I got out the small piece of cake that was left (Mickey’s ear) and let the girls have it. We sang Happy Birthday one more time and had Brynn blow out some more candles. Brynn must think it’s her birthday everyday!

Brynn had her 2 year check up this a.m. She’s once again topping the carts of height. She is in the 90% for other kids her age and in the 75% for weight. Reese better quit picking on her now, because Brynn is about to be bigger than Reese and I think that will be sooner than later.

We are off to College Station this weekend for the BIG ‘Bama game. We’re not actually going to the game but we are going to be tailgating and Uncle Bill is coming in for the big game as well. Mom and I will probably take the girls back to the condo to watch the game, as Kong would probably run all over campus with me chasing after her. We’ll have yet another cake this weekend to celebrate Brynn’s birthday one more time.

I can’t wait to be back in Aggieland! It’s really one of my most favorite places in the world, even on a game weekend with a million people there.