Stitches again!

Today was another rough day for Brie. While playing upstairs with a balloon in the hall she fell and opened up her knee. She had a pretty bad scar there from a fall 2 years ago. The skin must have been thin and it did not take much to open it up. So it was off to the hospital instead of swimming lessions for Brie.

This time was more difficult because she knew what was coming. She was a trooper again and got 3 stitches in her knee. She wouldn't let the doctor do it and cried when he came in the room, so mommy had to do it. I cried with her as I was putting those stitches in. I have both hundreds, maybe thousands of stitches in, but these were definitly the hardest. She did well and held still, but this time she cried. She has been babying her knee all day so I am sure it is sore. Hopefully tomorrow she will be feeling better.

Nature park

Today Shelley and I took the girls on a trip to Lake Tobias Wildlife Park. http://www.laketobias.com/ I was concerned it would be like a little rinky dink park like some others we have been to, but was suprised at how nice it was. It is in the middle of nowhere about and hour and a half from our house and it was one of the better zoos we have been to. You can actually get up close to the animals. There petting zoo was one of the better ones we have been to and they had an awesome safari ride.

You were able to get very close to the animals. In fact you could pet this Zebra.

Here are the girls feeding the goats.

and the llamas

Sophie was not a fan of the donkey. As you can see she was trying to get away.

On the safari, the animals came right up to the bus. In fact a few buffalo and elk actually climbed up the steps of the bus.

The girls had a great time. I am sure we will go back for a second visit this summer.

lord's prayer

lord's prayer
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Over the last few weeks Brie has been working on the lord's prayer. Here she is before bed the other night

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