Firecracker...Boom, Boom, Boom!!!

"Oh Cool"!!

"Pops" Blackmore got me this

ride on tractor and firecracker balloon!!!

Thanks "Pops"!

My one minute of "chill" time with mommy

Watching fireworks with my family

"Isn't it SO cool daddy?"

My first ear of corn...yum yum!

"Sweet Dad's" corn is the best in Indy!

Beating up on BruBru again

(this is what Brooks likes to do to the dogs when I am not watching....ride them!) Poor dogs.

I was trying to get him to say his new phrase, "where's da ball, get da ball". I guess he picked that up from us. It took me awhile to figure out what he was saying...then it all made sense. I'll try to get it on video another time.

-Happy 4th of July!! We had a wonderful weekend. It started Friday when "Pops" Blackmore came to visit with his bulldog, Kap'em. Brooks was greeted with a firecracker balloon...he LOVED it and is still taking it EVERYWHERE with him! By the end of the weekend he was saying "firecracker". We had a few cookouts, went to a festival, played in the sprinkler, took a few walks, went to the farmers market, and set off some fireworks at Aunt Tammy and Uncle Brian's home. Brooks was shaking at first when watching the fireworks and kept saying, "all done?". Then (as the sleepiness set in) he was loving them. He would say "oh cool!" and "firecracker". The last few days he has actually been saying, "firecracker...boom, boom, boom". It cracks me up!

-Brooks ate his first ear of corn. He wanted to be a big boy and do it himself. He LOVED it. It was just the cutest. Nothing beats fresh corn from the farmers market! Well....maybe fresh tomatoes ;) I just love the summer time food. Fresh veggies, fruit, specialty tea, bread, dips, etc. scream out "SUMMER TIME".

-Brooks has been better this week as far as being crabby...thank goodness! But, boy does he like to test the waters. He has been hitting the dogs (and me) and throwing everything. He is everywhere and rarely likes the sit and play unless it's to read a book. He is trying to adjust to one nap a day (yes...he would prefer to take 2 naps still) and for some reason now sleeps less for the one nap. It has been frustrating, but I have not been consistent with it. If he seems tired earlier, I revert back to 2 naps. Oh well...it will happen eventually. Those short naps only make it for a long evening. Just when you think you have it all figured out.....ha!....it changes.