Life As We Know It

Next Stop: Kiddie Park!

Kiddie Park is a special place! My parents used to take us here when we were little. Most of the rides actually date back to 1925 when the park first opened! So cool! The park was closed for a while recently, but is now back open for business. We were so glad to have the opportunity to experience Kiddie Park again.

We met up with my cousin Casie, her boyfriend David, and the kids. Brooke loved every single ride! The babies' favorites were the airplanes, small cars, and carousel. The rides were the perfect size for the girls.

I will have to do some picture digging, but there is a picture of me riding this exact same car at about Brooke's age! I will have to find it and add it here.

There is another picture of my cousin Casie and me riding this exact same ride (even the same red car) when we were little. So of course we had to recreate the moment.

Keely in pink, Claire in purple.

Brooke and her new friend Elaina. Both wanted kitties on their faces. Brooke would NOT let me wash the paint off of her face.

The group! David, Logan, Claire, Mom, Keely, Dad, Cason, Brooke, Me, Ethan, Casie, David, and Elaina.

Brooke checking out her kitty face in the mirror in the car.

What a fun day!

Next Stop: Grammy & Grandpa's House

For my birthday this year, my awesome husband took the day off from work, we packed up the crew and headed to my parents' house for a really fun weekend! It was a very wonderful three days! So wonderful that I had to break it up into three different blog posts.

Thirty minutes into our five-or-so hour drive, Brooke got carsick and threw up. Poor baby. Thankfully she felt completely fine the rest of the trip. Every time we would stop the car she would say, "Next stop: Grammy & Grandpa's house!"

Here's how Claire feels about the long drive.

We made it to the Braunf in time for dinner Friday. I (of course) got the red plate for my birthday dinner. My dad gave me some beautiful yellow flowers and I also got some Yellow Box shoes, among other cool things. Love my oreo cake! Delicious.