MY 5-YEAR OLD!

OUR SON IS F-I-V-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh. I am the luckiest mom on the planet. As I am typing this, he is upstairs in his room...four...for the very last night. (tears are flowing everywhere.) I keep sneaking a peek through the crack in the door, as if I am going to miss something. And, I am going to miss something. I already miss four. This has been a great year, full of fun, and happiness in our family, because of our little four year old. He is growing up so fast, and I know it is cliche to say this when it comes to your child growing up, but THEY GROW UP WAY TOO FAST!

At five, Brooklyn's
Favorite food is: Spaghetti with meatballs
Favorite cereal is: "Mommy's cereal" as he calls is. (Quaker Oatmeal Squares)
Favorite movie is: Anything super hero-ish
Favorite snack is: strawberries
Favorite toy is: His action figures
Favorite song is: at the moment, BINGO
Favorite game is : Candy Land

At five, Brooklyn:
is Sweet,
loves music,
is Loving,
is Gentle, and a little shy,
is Wild,
is a good listener,
is Happy,
is already hilarious,
is (uh-oh) a flirt,

And Nathan and I are so grateful EVERY DAY that we have him! Happy birthday, to my sweet little 5-year old!

Black Island Farms

We had a great time at Black Island Farms for Brooklyn's preschool field trip! What a fun place. Too bad they are putting the new strip of Legacy Highway right through the farm. It wont be around (at least the way it is now) for long. The owners say that they will continue operating the last full-working farm in the area as long as they can. I suggest you get out there with your kids, and enjoy it before it is gone!

A glimpse of our Vacation

Poor Kitty!

So, many of you know that we are cat people. When we see kittens while we are out-and-about, we almost always have to resist the temptation to pick them up and take them home. However, Nate was at the Ogden farmer's market and found this cute little guy. I wasn't there, but he sent me a few hundred texts, and a couple pictures and I was weak in the knees. He is SO ADORABLE...isn't he?? So Nate adopted him. Brooklyn named him Vader, and he is the sweetest thing ever.

At night, we keep the kitten in the downstairs bathroom, because he is too playful, and attacks our feet at night while we are sleeping! The other morning, (sniffle), Brooklyn woke up before anyone else and went downstairs to play with Vader, which he often does. Nothing really unusual. BUT... Brooklyn had just gotten his own fingerpaints and we had painted a bunch of pictures the night before. Sadly, he saw my box of fingernail polish in the bathroom where we keep the kitten, and yep. You know what happened. He "fingerpainted" the bathroom with 5 bottles of polish. (sniff sniff :( sniff.) And, he got it all over his hands. The kitty kept trying to run away, and so Brooklyn kept grabbing him, with nail polish-ie hands. And the kitty ended up looking like this...

It might not look too bad, but believe me, It was AWFUL! By the time Nate found him like this, the nail polish was almost dry. The kitty's ears and fur were completely stiff, and his whiskers were glued to his face in most spots. Nate didn't have time to clean him completely before he went to work, so when I came home from work that morning at about 8:30, I got to deal with it. Brooklyn's color palette consisted of pink, black, tan, silver glitter, and Sally Hansen's Hard as nails top coat. It was the saddest thing ever. I cried for the next 3 hours. Seriously. His toes were stuck together, He had cat litter stuck to the nail polish on his butt, and his eyes were getting stuck shut.

Anyway, I waited until the polish was a little more dry, called the vet for advice, and bathed him. The nail polish smell was overwhelming!) Then I cut off all his lovely kitten fuzz. (sniffle!) In some spots, the nail polish has dried to his skin, so I couldn't cut those off. After I cut the fur, I shaved the poor kitten with an electric shaver. He now is the most pittiful looking creature. So..so..sad. I couldn't shave his head, so it is just a mass of crustiness. I said to Brooklyn "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He said that he was trying to paint a picture, but he didn't have any paper.

We had a LONG talk with Brooklyn about this. Don't worry. He loves his kitty, and we all learned a lesson! He loves his little Vader! Even though he looks like a crusty rat. He is still the sweetest thing on the planet.

Camping!

We had so much fun camping this past weekend with the fam. We went with my mom, and Jesse and Melissa. It was a blast. Brooklyn is turning out to be a little camper! When it got late, he was the one who wanted to go to bed. So, he went to bed in the tent, all by himself, while the rest of us played games and hung out. He slept all night, and I was afraid that he would be the first one awake, which he was, but it wasn't too early! We actually got some sleep, and Nate said that it was the best sleep he has ever had while camping.
Jesse either hid his face, or made a nasty face for my camera, so this is his punishment. Mwah-ha-ha Jesse!

Our camp site was right next to the river, it was so peaceful to fall asleep to the sound of the water.
Toasted marshmallows. A perfect end to a perfect night camping. I hope we get the time to do it again soon!

Where did the summer go?

Shame on me. I have been a lame blogger this summer. BUT...we have been so busy having fun that I feel like this tired little boy down here...
I will eventually get back to it.......SOON!