On Wednesday Brooke, Caitlin and I drove up to Lake Chelan to visit my friend Sarah and her two boys Tristan (2 1/2 years) and Wade (15 months). We were very glad we got a chance to meet Sarah's friend Pam and daughter Dakota who is only a week and a half older than Brooke.
The first stop was story time at the library. All the kids there enjoyed the books, poems, movement, dancing and singing that was presented in a very upbeat and fast pace (perfect for this age!).
The favorite part of story time seemed to be rhythm band. This was the part Brooke was able to join in on. Most of the time she chewed her maraca, but once in a while she'd shake it like all the older boys and girls.
After story time we walked the short distance to the river and found a nice place for lunch. Sarah's fresh bread and mouthwatering brownies were the highlights of my lunch!
Sarah is such a wonderful mom to her darling boys! I'm not sure that she even got a chance to eat herself as she has a big job taking care of those two! There were a lot of cute moments but this one was so adorable. Wade was antsy and not happy about getting the brownie wiped off his hands and face but as soon as he saw my camera out he whipped out this grin with a sweet "cheese"!
Dakota and Brooke had fun "playing" with each other. They both became very interested in a wet wipe once they knew the other girl wanted it! Can you believe the coloring difference between these two!?! It was nice to see a 10 month old who was also small (Brooke was 5lb 13oz and Dakota was 5lb 7oz when born). Dakota is a beautiful cheerful girl.
Wade tried to take a walk in Caitlin's sandal. It was just a few sizes too big...
Tristan played nicely with Maisy and Maisy enjoyed the attention!
Before we walked back to the cars we took a little toe dip in the lake. It felt good to cool off but not warm enough to get these girls in! No problem for Tristan though, he went wading up to his armpits... brrr! Brooke really enjoyed the trip but at the end was so grouchy! Only once that I can remember has Brooke been upset like this when outside or somewhere new. The other time was in Mexico when we walked to the city square in the evening and the music was way too loud and scared her.
A few hours after we got home she was so upset that I could not get her to stop crying (this NEVER happens to me). For the last few days she has been very clingy and short tempered which is very unlike her (but I have enjoyed the extra snuggles!). Today I noticed that her upper tooth is very close to popping through the skin. I was wondering when tooth number three would show up. Poor girl; hopefully it'll break through soon!
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