Brynlee’s First Haircut
Category: Brynlee Maria
Maui, Hawaii
This is Three
We had the most amazing time celebrating Brynlee’s third birthday in Maui. We ogled at fishies during the day at the Maui Ocean Centre & enjoyed some deep dish at Lahaina Pizza Company in the evening. To top off the day our little was serenaded with Happy Birthday by the entire restaurant before enjoying a scrumptious birthday dessert.
Our little girlie has big thoughts, wild dreams and a crazy imagination. She loves horses and wants to be an astronaut (& a million other things) when she’s older. Her favourite colour is blue, she loves hard and is adored by her entire family. She is eager to learn, help and explore the world around her. She is compassionate, thoughtful and often the loudest one in the room. When you hear her full bellied laugh or see her ear to ear grin, you can’t help but smile & chuckle to yourself.
She made me a mama & this is three.
Favourites
Colour: blue & green (just like Daddy)
Number: 5 4 2 3 4 5 blast off
Book: Oopsie Daisy Here Comes Maisy
Food: chocolate & orange spicy chips (Mexican Doritos)
Drink: chocolate milk and white milk
Animal: all of them. But dogs & horses and cows
Toy: Bunny Bunbun & blankie
Shape: triangles
Thing to do at the park: go down the slide & under duckie on the swings
Thing to do in the backyard: throw a ball for Floydie
Best friend: all of my cousins
Silly words she cannot pronounce
- elevator : alligator
- ambulance : angalince
- school bus : scoobus
- hospital : hostipull
- animal : aMimal
- nutella : hella-tella
- paw patrol : paw t’trol
Banff, Alberta
Earlier this month we headed down to Banff, Alberta. Both girls did exceptionally well on the drive and Jessie saw the Rocky Mountains for the first time ever! Mom & Dad were able to snowboard for the first time in F O U R years and it was [thankfully] just like riding a bike! Papa & Lola treated us to some delicious dinners and before heading home we made the mandatory pit stop at the Banff Candy Store for some delicious goodies!
Ps – if you ever want the Banff Candy Store/Banff Ave all to yourself, visit on a weekday at 10am!
Valentines Cookies
Brynlee’s Favs These Days
Favourites [as per January fifth 2018]
Colour: still blue
Game: cheek kisses
- ask her to kiss your cheek & at the last second turn your head and plant one on her
Food: toast
Drink: milk (of the cow, chocolate & snowman variety)
Best friend(s): Addy, Morgan, Eli, Molly & Sam
Thing to do: ‘play in my ice cream stall’ aka her fort
Princess: Princess Jessie!
Animal: elephants, horsies & elephants
Book: bedtime stories about Princess Brynlee (obviously!)
Thing to wear: pink snowsuit & donut jammies
Still obsessed with horses, trains & her baby sister. Insists daily on going outside to play in the snow & jump on Mom and Dad’s bed. Loves to ask people what their name is, their favourite colour and what they’re ‘doing here’. Still debating between becoming a baby doctor, astronaut & princess
Our Life Right Now
Brynlee Lately…
Favourites [as of November first 2017]
Colour: blue
Food: fishies
Drink: chocolate milk
Best friend: Addy
Things to do: dance, skip & run
Place: the park
Thing to do at the park: build sand castles
Princess: Rapunzel
Why? Because of her castle
Animal: giraffe
TV show: Peppa Pig
Song: Twinkle Twinkle
Blanket: her duvet & sheep sheets
Book: Up Up Down by Robert Munsch
Quirky things she says these days
“Hmm… very interesting”
“I’m just doing my best!”
“Yes, I promise!”
“Why?……. Because????”
What’s your favourite colour?”
Navigating Life With Two
This week my Mom and I took the girls to the Muttart Conservatory. I’ve realized that planning activities in the morning – whether it be a special outing or a quick trip to the park, makes life with two kids much easier. I’ve recently made it a priority to stick to routine and be back home by nap time. This is because Brynlee experienced a significant sleep regression when we switched her to her big girl room and again when Jess showed up. Nap time was hit or miss for a few weeks in our house and it was extremely hard on all of us. Now with a newborn, I definitely count on Brynlee’s afternoon snooze to catch up on some zzzzz’s myself.
Anyways, back to the Muttart. I had only been there once before but knew it would be a hit with Brynlee. While we toured the pyramids, I wrapped Jess up in our Solly Baby Wrap and had an amazing time checking out the pretty flowers and cool and interesting trees and plants. Unfortunately we had picked a time where the feature pyramid was undergoing a change so it was filled with a bunch of beautiful flowers. Brynlee insisted on having a tea party with Lola complete with milk and fishy crackers in it since there were wrought iron patio sets scattered throughout. She is just too adorable.
Brynlee’s favourite parts about the Muttart:
– hanging out with Lola [always a fav]
– watching the water falls
– spying on other children
– and the koi fish in the pond to which she said “takeit … home”
Perhaps we will look into getting her a pet goldfish.
Brynlee These Days
This little girly is growing up so quickly… here’s a little update
– says she wants to be a doctor when she grows up
– obsessed with singing “happy to you” and getting people to blow out “cannels”
– has stopped jamming the soose in Jess’ mouth
– when we ask her what color something is, she always says pink… followed by blue?
– has successfully escaped her crib twice. Time to take down the railing
– loves being outside and “wunning” in the backyard with her pup
– will accept crackers as cookies and thinks yogurt is ice cream
– requests songs about dinosaurs and choo choo trains before nap and bedtime
Melissa Hunt 