Tie Dye!

Story behind the tie dye is that yesterday while at Nana and Paw's, we tie dyed this shirt for her and she asked NON stop if she could wear it today....so, yes I washed and washed so she could wear it today without turning colors herself. So, here is our hippie chick!

It was HER that wanted to tie the shirt at the bottom.....she's been around too many junior high and high school girls lately!

Meet the teacher!

Meet the beautiful Mrs. Starkey! Brooke is SO excited that school is starting soon! Her only problem is that it doesn't start TOMORROW!

This is the woman we will hand our precious child over for at least 7 hours a day, 5 days a week....GULP! She is a real sweetheart and I look forward to seeing how she nurtures our child!

She thinks they're just farmin'.

Have you ever heard the song by Trace Adkins "She thinks we're just fishin"? I think of this song every time Brooke rides the tractor with her Daddy.....and SHE thinks they're just farming!

For those of you who aren't on Facebook, I will explain the outfit. Only MY child would be riding a tractor in a nightgown that comes to her ankles, flip flops, flower head band and jewels out the wazoo.....life is never dull around this kid for sure!

If you haven't heard it, here's a link. It's an awesome Father/Daughter song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O328z4F7WlM

Never Grow Up

EGAD, yep....I am more emotional than I thought I would be about Brooke starting Kindergarten in less than a week. I am not really sure why since Pre-K last year was all day long as well.....

I heard this Taylor Swift song on the radio yesterday and turned into a blubbering idiot.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da0JBKlyu8Q

You're little hands wrapped around my fingerAnd, it's so quiet in the world tonightYou're little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming So, I took you inTurn on your favorite night lightTo you, everything's funnyYou got nothing to regretI'd give all I had, honeyIf you could stay like that Oh, darling don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow up Just stay this little Oh, darling don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow up It can stay this simpleI won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heartAnd no one will desert you Just try to never grow up, and never grow up You're in the car on the way to the moviesAnd, you're mortifiedYou're mom's dropping you offAt, fourteen there's just so much you can't do And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shotsBut, don't make her drop you off around the block Remember that she's getting older too And don't lose the way that you dance around in your PJ's getting ready for schoolOh, darling don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow up Just stay this little Oh, darling don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow up It can stay this simpleAnd no one's ever burned you Nothing's ever left you scarredAnd even though you want to Just try to never grow up Take pictures in your mind of your childhood roomMemorize what it sounded like when your dad get's homeRemember the footsteps, remember the words said And all you're little brothers favorite songs I just realized everything I had is someday gonna be gone So, here I am in my new apartment In a big city, they just dropped me offIt's so much colder than I thought it would be So, I tucked myself in and turned my night light on Wish I'd never grown upI wish I'd never grown up Oh, I don't wanna grow up Wish I'd never grown up Could still be little Oh, I don't wanna grow up Wish I'd never grown up It could still be simple Oh, darling don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow up Just stay this little Oh, darling don't you ever grow upDon't you ever grow up It can stay this simpleI won't let nobody hurt youWon't let no one break your heartAnd even you want to Please, try to never grow up Oh, whoa Don't you ever grow up Oh, whoa Never grow up Just never grow up.....

We acknowledge it completely!

We get told ALL the time when people talk to and look at Brooke that we are going to be in BIG trouble when she gets older. Steven and I fully acknowledge that, and laugh and worry constantly about the things this precious angel will......um, allow us to conquer together?!

Last night we were watching some movie on TV and a rap song came on, and Brooke stood up and just started busting a move.....Steven shook his head and said "I am so in trouble"....for one, we don't know where she got that rhythm....but also a lot of that is because she acts at age five as if she has never met a stranger. She talks to anyone and everyone, and non stop at that. She has no filter at this age and will ask questions that are SO embarrassing to me as the parent in the background. Anything from "why are your teeth brown" to asking a man "why are your boobies bigger than my Mommy's" she keeps me red faced regularly!

This spectacular five year old (yes, I fully admit to 100% partiality) reads, although we are working on her confidence. As she is right now she will only read to myself, her Daddy and her Granny....she gets too embarrassed (after reading the paragraph above that puzzles me) and will beg the adult to read it to her instead. Her writing is getting better and better all the time, but I have noticed if I am NOT paying attention like she is asking me to, she will manage to write a lot of letters backwards, then hand it to me with a smart alleck grin.....like I wouldn't notice?!

This picture came from the photographer asking her to kiss her Mommy....she did it so fast that this is all she got.....

But, she has NO problem kissing her Prince. She has told me on NUMEROUS occasions that she needs a bigger bed in her room. When I ask her why she replies "because when I get big and marry my Daddy you will want a bigger bed to sleep on in my room." Not only is she going to marry her Daddy, but she's going to kick me out of my bedroom and into hers.....she thinks things through totally!

Brooke is a very happy child. The ONLY time she isn't is due to exhaustion or hunger....same as when she was a baby. She talks NON stop and we try to utilize the quiet game a lot....the only problem is Steven and I try to get in a conversation while she is being quiet, so the entire time she is Shhhhhhing us.

She is 100% girl, but 100% curious girl at that. I see a lot of her Daddy's curious ways in her. She will take anything apart, try to work on anything, watch new things operating to see if she can figure it out.....she gets that technical stuff from Steven for sure because I don't feel that curious about things now as long as they work! I got an awesome Cricut (craft contraption for those of you who don't know) and she is fascinated with that thing. Not only does she watch it, but she is already telling me why certain pieces are moving and what they are about to do.

The term Bittersweet was certainly coined by a parent in my opinion. I love watching her grow, learn and try new things, but I want it to slow down a little too! She will start Kindergarten one week from today. She is very excited and looking forward to "learning math and time with her friends" her words, not my own.

More family pics to share.

No, this isn't even half of them....and yes, I love them all. If you need a good photographer in the Hub City area let me know and I will hook you up because J'Lynn rocks! Here are just a few more.....

Sneak Peek!

I am posting these pictures for several reasons: for those family members who aren't on Facebook to see, for any friends or family members that have seen them to know they are just sneak peeks you will get more when we do, and of course because I LOVE them!

A friend here in New Home does a small photography business, so we asked her to take our first professional family pictures since Brooke was 13 months old.....it was probably time.

She took over 400, but left for vacation the day after our shoot....so, to be sweet she emailed me these three pictures for a sneak peek!

I can hardly wait to see the rest!!