She danced, I cried

Today was Brie's first dance recital. She walked right out on stage and danced.

It brought tears to my eyes to watch this little girl, who we were not sure would ever walk or talk, walk right out there and dance.

She celebrated later with an ice cream cake.

A little bling

After asking consistently for a few weeks about getting her ears pierced, we decided to let Brie get it done.

She was a big girl. She climbed right up in the chair and let the lady clean her ears. She did a great job. They had to do them one at a time because there was only one person working, but Brie did well. She shed a few little tears, but when she saw them in the mirror the tears were gone and she had a great big smile on her face. She even called daddy to tell him all about it a few minutes later.

When we got home the first thing she wanted to do was look at them in the mirror!

Camping

After a busy morning picking strawberries, we headed to Wellsboro for our first camping trip of the season.

The girls had a great time playing in the tent

What a wonderful spot for a camping trip . . . a pond, a fire pit, and Grammie's house just a few feet away. The weatherman was predicting rain so close proximity to the inside was needed.

The weather held out. We played in the paddle boat.

Made hotdogs on the fire

and smores

As you can see Brie enjoyed the marshmallows. She did eat the chocolate and graham cracker, but separate from the marshmallow.

Strawberry picking

Saturday morning the girls and I went to pick strawberries.

Aunt Shelley and Uncle Brian came along to help. At the last minute daddy had to work.

Sophie ate a lot of strawberries, some still containing the stems.

She played with the baskets. But didn't put a single strawberry in them.

Brie had fun picking the strawberries.

She filled a few baskets, but mostly walked between the rows asking questions

Here she is happily carrying her full basket

Our Brave little Princess

How many 3 year old's do you know would hold still without shedding a tear while they got these done?

Brie was a trooper. Last night she got up for a drink and ran into the side of her dresser. Hitting her head and opening up her forehead. I thought about just using a little dermabond at home, but it was pretty deep and I was worried because it is her face so we headed into the ER. We decided that stitches were best because she is a bit clumsy.

She did much better then we could have predicted. She was afraid to let the doctor put in the numbing medicine, but was okay with mommy doing it. She held still and didn't even flinch as I put in the lidocaine. She then stayed in daddy's lap as she got 7 stitches in her head.

Today she got to pick out her price for being so brave. She got a yet another doctor set, this one for her animals. Pretty appropriate given the circumstances of the prize.

Picnic

Yesterday we dodged the raindrops and went for a bike ride on the Williamsport bike trail. We decided to take a picnic dinner with us.

This was the first real picnic for both of the girls. We ate sandwiches, the girls had PB&J and mommy and daddy had ham and cheese.

It was a little windy and chilly, but still alot of fun.

Ice cream Anyone!

After a nice bike ride today, we stopped for some ice cream.

Sophie dove right in and enjoyed her cone.