Parker is always my little helper. Sometimes helper isn't really the right word for it, but he tries. We decided to go outside today while Brooklyn was asleep. It was a beautiful, sunny, cool day so we were going to find something to do outside...and try not to get too muddy. I got out the rake to get the leaves out of my flowerbed and Parker decided he wanted the "tweezers" (pruning scissors) to help me trim the bushes. Of course he wants to trim everything so I have to keep an eye on him. He trimmed a little and then played in the leaves that I raked up. I tried getting a picture of him jumping in them or kicking them but I snapped the picture at the wrong time in every picture. Oh well. He's at a good age where I can go outside with him and don't have to keep my eye on him the whole time. He knows not to get in the ditch with the water or get in the street...plus he's typically so noisy that I know right where he is.Brooklyn has started taking steps. She's not really officially walking yet because 95% of the time she's crawling. For almost a week now there will be a couple of times a day where she'll stand up and take some steps. She's very careful with it. Yesterday she got up, took a few steps, stopped to catch her balance and took a few more steps. I think so far she's taken 5 steps in a row before plopping down. She looks way too little to be doing that already. Parker was walking at 10 months, I think she'll be earlier than he was. She's 8 months now and is catching on really fast. I haven't caught it on video yet but as soon as I do, I'll post it.
A couple of weeks ago we went to the mall and got Brooklyn's ears pierced. Jeremy had to hold her body and her head so she didn't wiggle while the lady was doing the piercing. It tramatized Jeremy almost as much as it did Brooklyn...well, maybe more. Once we were out of the store she was just fine, no more crying. Jeremy still wishes we would have waited to do it. It is so hard to clean her ears because she's so interested in what I'm doing that she won't keep her head still. She wants to grab the cotton ball. Silly girl!
Parker got a recorder for Christmas from my mom and lately it has been one of Brooklyn's favorite toys. She's so musically talented. :) Here's a video of her playing...
Well, that's all of the news that I can think of. Hope that everyone has a great weekend.
3 comments:
Wow!! She's better at the recorder than some of the kids in my music class in elementary!! :-)
She's just as good at the recorder as her Aunt Sweet Pea was at the flute! ;)
Cute, cute!!! I love the ears pierced, she looks adorable. I so micc ya'll and can't wait for next month when we get to see you!
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