"Bonkies"

This is a little embarrassing... but Auntie Mimi says I have to let everyone know... because it's another 'first' for me... here goes:

Last night Mama put me on the potty before bed. We do this every night now. Mama strips me down and sits me on there and I always point to the sink and say "tee! tee!" obviously I'm asking for my toothbrush! And Mama knows this so she puts a little dab of toothpaste on there and lets me go to town! I sure do like cleaning my teeth! Anyway, something a little silly happened last night- like I said- for the first time. I went 'bonkies'! For those of you not in the Brooks clan, we also cally this poopy. A loooong, loooong time ago Mimi called this going 'bonkies'. Or so I'm told.
Mama was VERY proud of me and clapped and cheered! I'm not sure what all the fuss was about. I was just upset she wouldn't let me play with it! No fair- it's mine, after all!

xoxo ayda

Potty

I may be just shy of 17 months old, but I am already learning to pee in my pot. Last night before my bath Mimi put me on my potty. She told Mama to stop running my bath water while we peed. Mimi sat on her potty and went pee. I heard it! I concentrated reallllly hard and then I went pee too!

Mama couldn't believe it when Mimi told her what I had done. She rushed over and gave me lots of praise. I got up and showed her my pot. Then I closed the little lid -- like a good girl should! I think I like peeing on the pot!

xo ayda sue.

Wheee!

Who said you can't have fun with a silly 'ol piece of box? Daddy and I went 'sledding' at the Common Ground Fair on a piece of cardboard. Doesn't this look like fun?!

Of course, I wouldn't be me if I didn't have to try it out ALL BY MYSELF- well, almost. Daddy helped me a little :) I am, after all, a big girl.
xoxo Miss Ayda

Common Ground Fair Fun

Mama, Daddy, and I went to the Common Ground Fair in Unity on Friday. Boy did we have fun! And I was a very good girl.


We got to see a whole bunch of really neat things. My favorite part was the animals! I made lots of new furry friends :) It made me cry every time we walked to a different stall!
This is Nadia. She's a Scottish Highland calf... doesn't she look like a cuddle little teddy bear? I just wanted to nuzzle her SO bad! But Mama said 'no'. She's no fun.

We got to do lots of other fun things too- like watch a puppet show, eat bean-hole-beans, listen to music, and run around in the grass!
Daddy and I took some silly pictures too! Don't we make cute veggies?

Mama and Daddy got to do some things they wanted to do too. Like talk to some interesting people about veggie-oil for engines and alpaca farming.

We bought some delicious apples on the way out and of course, I had to have my very own to hold. Good thing Mama let me have hers... I may not have made it to the car without throwing a hissy-fit. I was sooo- tired!

All in all- it was a pretty darn fun day!

xoxo ayda

"Good Girl"

I'm a good girl! I even said so last night in the bathtub after I picked up all my toys....

xoxo A

Retro Baby

I hear the 80's were pretty great- so to salute them, I've started wearing these fantastic leg warmers!

Maybe I'll be a 'Baby Trendsetter' and all my friends will want leg warmers too... or maybe I'll be a Fashionista all by myself.


Either way, Mama says I'm pretty FABULOUS!

Ciao Darlings-

Miss Ayda Sue

Big Day!

I had a big day today guys!
Mama and Daddy spent Friday night at the coast so Nana and Papa spent the night at MY house that night. On Saturday I got to spend the day at Nana's house. At around noon I started to get a little sleepy. So what did I do? I pulled my sleeping mat out from under the futon in the computer room. Papa put a sheet on it and Mimi laid me down and I was out like a light. I'm such a big girl to know when I'm ready for a nap.
Later on the afternoon I did my first big girl pee pee in my potty! To be honest I didn't really know what was happening -- but Nana showed me what I did and made such a big deal out of it that I felt really special.
I stayed up WAY past my bedtime tonight. Mimi has a friend in town that I am completely ENAMORED with. She's just so...so...INTERESTING! I followed her around all night. I was up until almost 9pm! Holy Moley!

Big Girl Ayda Sue.

Family Day at the Base

Today was family day! One of my favorite days of the year!


I get to go see Dada at work and have a picnic. I also got to sit in the cockpit of a plane today. I thought all the buttons and stuff was really cool. Mama couldn't go because of work so Nana and Papa took me. We got lots of free stuff including a new purple dress and hot pink sneakers! Wow!

a.s.

Potty Time!

Nana got me a potty. I sat on it for a while this morning. Nothing much happened but then again, I'm not sure what IS supposed to happen. We read a book and looked through Nana's make up bag and made a lot of psssspsssssst noises. Am I missing something?

ayda sue.

Bath Time Fun

Mama took some silly pictures of me in the bath the other night... how embarrassing!

Rocky Mountain National Park- yeehaw!

So we went to this great big park in the Rocky Mountains. It took us a little while to get there and we just kept driving up, and up, and up! I slept for a good part of the drive, but when we finally stopped, we climbed up this trail to the very tippy top!

I was the highest one of all up here on Daddy's shoulders! I could see all the way back to Maine!



Aunt MiMi gave me this snowball to play with. Daddy kept making funny noises when I touched his head with it... I wonder why?

XOX Ayda