Sometimes I forgot that this little girl...
is now this big girl...who's still pretty little but THINKS she's pretty big :) She might have daddy's curls, but look who got mommy's green eyes...
Bryn is so fun at 2.5 years old. She loves pink and purple and is still OBSESSED with all songs by Rihanna. She knows at least 3 of her most popular songs by heart...def not my choice of role models, but I think Bryn does "shine bright like a diamond" just like her favorite song, so what can I say? :) She is eating us out of house and home...every morning I make 4 servings (cups) of oatmeal for the kids and myself. I eat one, Liam eats one...and Bryn eats 2. And she will ask to see the pot I made it in to make sure that there is none left because she will ask for it :) Her favorite foods lately (other than oatmeal) are eggs, red peppers, peanut butter, and squeezable applesauce packets which she calls "appletizers". She's our garbage disposal who cleans her plate at mealtime...not sure where she puts it all since she still hasn't even broken 30 lbs! She loves her princess stories before bed and playing her Minnie Mouse dominoes and Hello Kitty bingo. She still plays anything Liam plays including Sorry or Scrabble, and I'm amazed how well she keeps up. Bryn has to wind up her music box (which was mine as a child, made by my Grannie before I was born) every night before bed and still sleeps with Oliver, her bear (who wears a butterfly shirt :) She loves "lip gloss" and stocks multiple tubes of chap stick all over the house (in her dress-up center, junk drawer in kitchen, diaper bag). Unfortunately, I don't think Bryn will follow my footsteps with a medical career. She freaks out when anyone has a boo-boo or even seeing a band-aid. She doesn't want anyone to wear a band-aid and when she saw one on Nora's heel, she wouldn't come near her till we removed it. Oh well. I've always said Bryn is fiesty and now she's got the mouth to back it up. I wouldn't say she's disrespectful...but she does get us with some good comebacks. When she spilt her cup of water while trying to put it in the sink, Nick came up to say "That's okay Bryn, you tried to put your cup in the sink". Bryn looked at him and said, "That's okay Dad, you tried to do my hair" He had tried (and failed) to put her hair in a ponytail. I would have yelled "zing!" if I hadn't been trying to stifle my laugh. She also has lots of new phrases when you ask her something like "probably not" or "not at all". Lately she wants to do even more by herself. She goes upstairs with Liam after breakfast and they each get themselves dressed and brush their teeth...and she does it all while I wait downstairs. She's already better at matching her outfits than Liam, but I maybe it's a gender thing :) I feel like I let her do a lot more than I let him do at 2 years old, but then she's trying hard to keep up with her big brother so I get it. She's still Daddy's girl, but we've had lots of bonding this summer together and she tells us all the time that she dreams about Daddy and Mommy at night :) Bryn is so sweet and so sassy...and I wouldn't have it any other way!
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