Who says I can't read?

I peeked into Brooklynn's room the other day and it was such a great sight! She was sitting in her chair with stuffed animals and a big blanket, and she was "reading" to her animals. It's so fun to listen to her create words on the fly as she shows her animals all the pictures.

"Peek-a-boo Backer!"

Our good friends Traig and Megganne came to visit this past weekend, and this time they had a third with them...their 8-month-old son Baxter. Brooklynn played her shy game for the first couple days, but by the end of the weekend she was playing peek-a-boo with Baxter while scaring him to death as she screamed each time. We had a really good time, and even made it to the zoo as the weather was unusually warm! Brooklynn loves the zoo, you know.

Our little stinker!

This past weekend Brooklynn wore her new pink dress that had quite the appropriate animal on it...three little skunks. She was also so excited about her new magic turtle that grows when you put it in water. She's showing her impatience though because she always wants to hold the turtle. It's never going to come out of its shell.

(Washable) watercolors.

Brooklynn got some pretty cool art supplies for Christmas including a little easel that we haven't quite broke out yet. But we did get out some of her watercolor paints and she just had a ball! It's so cool to see her really concentrate as she creates her work of art.