Various August Pictures

7 year old beauty...

Haven made leg holes in a walmart bag and turned it into an outfit...

Love Monopoly Jr!  All the girls can play!

Lake day with Papa's office!  Tubing with my girls!

Addysen certainly has a love of books...

Now that Brielle turned 3, she could finally participate in gymnastics instead of just watching her sister.  She was SO excited!

And seriously...she is the most adorable little gymnast!

Cousin sleepover!

And I'm quite sure if the cousins were all boys, this would not be a part of their sleepover :-)

Superhero cape Haven made at school

Birthday celebration for the 3 year old at preschool!

The best part about school birthday celebrations...getting to pick the number of items of your age from the prize box!

Story time with Yia Yia...who would have thought the stairs would make a good reading spot :-)

House Coloring

One of the greatest gifts Brielle got for her birthday...a play house to color on!  Hours of fun...and big enough that the girls each had their own space to color on!

Love that Brielle makes "H's" all over...been watching big sister just a bit? :-)

3 Year Old Brielle

At 3 years old, Brielle...

--Is independent - she sees what her big sisters can do and she is determined to find a way to do anything and everything they can do also.  Age is not a factor to her.  She loves being able to do things on her own and whenever she can do things without help, she wants to do it without help.

--Is strong-willed - my Mom prayed I would have a child that was strong willed like me when I grew up.  God answered that one...three fold. :-)

--Says things in the cutest ways - between trying to imitate the way her sisters talk and how expressive she is, the way she says things is so cute.  I'm constantly giggling at things she says...yet often, if I were to write them down, they wouldn't sound like they would be funny / cute...but the way she says them is just completely adorable.  Add in that she still doesn't say her "r's" correctly and it's just the cutest thing! :-)

--Loves shoes, clothes, jewelry, nailpolish...all things girly. :-)  My other girls get clothes as a present and they practically throw them aside after opening them.  Brielle on the other hand, will lay out an outfit on the floor to be able to see how it all looks together. :-)  She wears her play princess heels around the house, saying they are her "work shoes" and she's going to work.  She's the first (and often only) one of my girls who notices when I get new clothes or accessories and comments about how "pwetty" they are.

--Wants to be called different names all the time.  Most of the time it's wanting to be called "Elsa Princess" or a fairy's name from the Tinkerbell movies, but one day she even told me "Mommy.  My name isn't Brielle anymore.  It's Emmie."

--Loves to snuggle when she's upset or tired and still wants me to rock her before she goes to bed every night.  She tells me that even though she's a big girl, I can still carry her.


Brielle,

3 years old?!  How did that happen!  It's such a joy to be your Mommy!  Thank you for the joy and laughter you bring every day.  You are a treasure!  I hope you always know how much I love you and how God loves you even more!  He made you such a beautiful little girl, inside and out, and I pray that you will come to know Him personally and follow Him all your days!  Praying for a great year ahead for you my precious one!  Happy birthday my big girl!  I love you so very much!

Love,
Mommy

3 Year Old Interview

What is your favorite color: Pink

What is your favorite toy: Frozen ball

What is your favorite tv show: Veggie Tales

What is your favorite movie: Frozen

What is your favorite food: Pizza

What is your favorite thing to wear: Bunny (shirt) – that one that has a skirt

Where is your favorite place to go: Chick Fil A

What is your favorite animal: Sparkles (Stuffed pony)

What is your favorite song: Veggie Tales song

What is your favorite book: The one that we got from the library – the Frozen one that we got from the library

Who is your best friend: Elsa

What is your favorite cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios

What is your favorite thing to do outside:  Play with chalk

What is favorite drink: Ice and water

What is your favorite holiday: 4^th of July -  I was super super sick

What are your favorite shoes: Frozen flip flops

What do you want for your birthday dinner: Spaghetti, pear salad, peaches, strawberries, corn “in” the cob with the white things (holders for the corn)  - those white things are super super sharp, Hawaiian Rolls

What do you want to be when you grow up: Do a big big job – clean up the animals

Who is the coolest person on earth: Elsa

What is your favorite thing to learn about in school: Read books

What do you do the very best: Playing games, I beat the teachers to the end

If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go: The dollar store

What is your favorite season: Summer when it’s hot

What is your favorite snack: Fishies

What is your favorite board game: Candy Land

What do you like to take to bed with you at night: “B” and pitah

What is your favorite fruit: Strawberries

Brielle's Birthday

The big 3 year old was so excited to start off the day with her sisters and Mommy singing happy birthday and balloons...especially the Elmo balloon!

Brielle talked for weeks before her birthday about how if she gets anything she wants on her birthday, she wanted her own cup of coffee...and she likes her coffee "stwong!" :-)

Birthday breakfast included cinnamon twists, lucky charms and of course...coffee!

All ready for the day with her requested hairstyle...an Elsa braid!

Brielle decided she wanted to go to Monkey Bizness for her birthday...

Painting lessons from Papa...

Little Monkey at Monkey Bizness!

Then we came back to the house for the girls to watch Brielle's movie of choice...Frozen!

Then to Papa and Yia Yia's to have dinner and open presents...

Brielle's dinner of choice included spaghetti, corn on the cob, peaches, strawberries and pear salad

Brielle requested I make her an Elsa doll cake for her birthday.  Your wish is my command. :-)

She was beyond excited...makes all the work getting these cakes ready to see how excited they get!

Such a fun day celebrating the big 3 year old!!

Last Day as a 2 Year Old