The Brofsky Family is Renee, Keith, Amelia (4), Simone (2), and sometimes Isabel (15). We live on beautiful Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound. Dad is professional photographer, but funny, how it seems to be that mom is taking most of the family pictures!
Amelia turned 5 on the 26th and celebrated with a flower fairy party! We did fairy crafts and a couple of games (musical flowers and pin the horn on the unicorn) and had a fairy lunch. Of course, Mommy had to make a special cake…
Amelia and her friends had a lot of fun and she was most surprised with her special present from Daddy, "Sunny" the hamster.
Now, we're recovering…
ps. Aunt Kate– Check out the birthday dress! (Thank you!)
The offspring of yuppie's: toddler playing games on the iphone!
Well, we are finally not sick! But busy as usual around here. We hamster-sat for the neighbors and Amelia fell head-over-heels. Keith actually had to put two padlocks on the cage because she couldn't put him down. There is such a thing as too much love…
The girls also had a nice overnight with Grammy (a nice break for Mommy and Daddy!) It went so well, they stayed another night and Grammy thoroughly wore them out (see above). It was a good aversion (being around Abby and Grammy) after the HoneyBuns visit!
I've been working at Churchmouse regularly now (Mondays while the girls are in school) and it's been a nice aversion for me (from the mundane)! I'm once again knitting up a storm; doing lots of samples for the store, and feeling more like a "mouse" again. To be a part of the "Mouse" club I decided to knit the Elizabeth Zimmerman fair isle yoke sweater with all the rest of the staff for the display and contest. It's so cool to see all the different color palettes that every one uses. They are all very unique and beautiful. There was a people's choice award (they vote on their fav) and guess who won! Yes, it's true! Somehow, mine got the most votes (well, I know that one of the votes was mom!) The prize was a $50 gift certificate for Churchmouse, but because I'm on staff, we donated it to the helpline house.
Well, we are gearing up for Amelia's 5th birthday next week. I can't believe my baby is going to be 5!! And on that note, Simone is at the PEAK of cuteness!! I just can't get enough of her. I wish I could bottle her little voice! I've posted two video that give a little glimpse of her. She is completely obsessed with princesses and Peter Pan (we took them to see a high school production a few weeks ago). She changes her name daily – rarely answers to "Simone." We have to call her Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Prince Philip, or Cheese (the mouse from the Tinkerbell movie). She has such a great imagination and spends countless hours playing with her little princesses and polly pockets and Barbies.
Hey everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. What – a month? or something like that! Well, it's a testament to how busy we've been. We've had a jillion birthday parties to go to; almost every weekend, it seems! Above, you can get a glimpse of a couple of them. The girls had fun going to Chuck E. Cheese on a Thursday at noon for a fellow preschool classmates birthday. I think Simone was more into Chuck E. than anyone else there! It was pretty cute. Then we went to a "ballerina" birthday. All the girls wore dress up ballerina clothes (or princess, for Simone) and there was a "surprise guest" (a teenager who danced in the Nutcracker) who came and taught the girls a few moves. But it was pretty clear that Simone was stealing the show!
I've been working a lot more at Churchmouse, including teaching a few classes. The girls don't like me being gone so much, and Keith isn't too thrilled being a stay-at-home daddy while trying to get his new photography sites going, so I'm not going to commit to so many days next month. (Plus, I just don't make enough money for all of the hasle!) Oh well, we tried!
Hopefully, I can get to taking more pix of the girls and getting back into blogging!
As I went to upload all our Christmas photos, I realized they are all on Keith's computer still. The first week of break, we were pretty much snowed in, with over a foot of snow! The second week, every one got sick (except for me). We couldn't even get together with Grammy and Papa Jack until New Year's Eve! We had a bit of a meager Christmas, since times are tight right now. Of course, the kids don't notice. It's amazing what inexpensive things you can find that impress the kids! Amelia, however, had been begging for an American Girl Doll. She was convinced that Santa was going to bring her one, although I tried to brainwash her otherwise! (the dolls are $100!) But Santa (Grammy) came to the rescue and found a look-a-like for $20! Amelia named her "Charlotte" and is totally in love with her "Un" American Girl Doll and doesn't even know the difference! New Year's Day, every one was beginning to feel better, so we went to a Klesmer Band (Sasson) concert. The kids LOVED it (and so did we!). We danced for a couple of hours – Keith felt like he was back "with his people!"
