The Krauska Family Blog

Today I let Brooke explore in pudding. I put her in her high chair, placed pudding on her tray and let her explore. At first she wasn’t too sure about it, but then once she got into it, she LOVED it. She didn’t know she could eat it at first either so I told her to put it in her mouth then the eating began. She really enjoyed slapping the pudding. What fun it is to watch them explore! Here are the pictures of “Pudding Brooke.”

We went on a shoot in November and got to the location early to take some of of our own pictures. We did however take a few more after the shoot and had my best friend Liz play photographer and take a few of all 3 of us. Here are a couple from November 15th 2009. Sorry that they are so late getting posted.

Brooke, Nana and I went to Grapevine this weekend to stay at the Great Wolf Lodge. Friday we checked in and then went shopping at Grapevine Mills mall. While there we ate dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe. Brooke didn’t eat much because she was distracted by all the animals, sounds and fish. Even though she didn’t eat much it was so fun to watch her enjoy looking around and loving her surroundings.

Saturday morning Brooke and Bethany joined us at the Great Wolf Lodge. All day Saturday we played in the very cool water park. Bog Brooke and I (Autumn) went down every slide. It was very fun but the water was a little chilly. After the water park and while little Brooke took a nap the twins I went did this Magi scavenger hunt all across the hotel. You buy a wand and go on quests and adventures all throughout the hotel. There is a hidden staircase you go in and man was this scavenger hunt a workout! It was so much fun and neat to accomplish all the quests.

Once my Brooke woke up we went back to the water park for a little bit and then played the magi quest again. Little Brooke joined us this time and it was so funny to see that she could do the wand. It amazes me how smart she is. She watched and then copies exactly what you are doing. She would wave the wand at the items and activate them. She would get so excited. The stay at the Great Wolf Lodge was so fun and very entertaining for the kids. I look forward to going again when Brooke is a little older so she can do the quests and adventures more on her own.

Today Brandon, Brooke and I went to Arlington for the Texas Fishing, Hunting and Outdoor show. They had a booth were kids could go fishing and try and catch tiny crappie. They had a above ground pool set up and had the kids stand around with their parents and fish. It was so cute to watch. There was a line but I insisted that Brooke and Brandon go fishing. The kids got 5 minutes to fish and try to catch as many as they could. Brandon held Brooke during their fishing time and they caught 3. She was very interested in the squirmy things when they came out of the water. She tried to reach and grab them, so cute! Once their time was up each child received a trophy. So Brooke got her first fishing trophy. She liked it a lot. Yeah Brooke, Daddy’s future fishing partner!!!