Daddy/Daughter Dance 2010

Chris and Brookie made their way to their first Daddy Daughter Dance last weekend and somebody was on cloud nine! She loved getting her hair curled, her nails painted, her fancy dress on, watching dad literally dust off the shoulders to his suit, and put on her corsage. I could tell she felt special and welcomed the night of boogieing with her old man......because when she came home she was like a wound up talking toy......"mom and then I did this move" "mom and then I saw this person..." "Mom they played Lady Gaga & Taylor Swift" "Mom we had dinner and ice cream" "Mom we saw your boss" "Mom it was so cool" It is a nice event the community puts on for the girls Chris had no idea there would be a cool 800 people there that he would have to compete with , I mean which does he choose the robot or the worm?? There were girls from four years old until early teens so I can only envision Brooke thinking she literally walked into "High School Musical"....except her "Troy" was Dear ol' Dad!

Dad and his Baby girl....somehow a few spiral curls and this girl looks like she is 10 years old! Make it stop!

She obviously hasn't been taught the after labor day rule with the shoes....but she insisted because they have a heel.

Literally it was like Prom......pictures before hand.....girls discussing dresses and hair for weeks prior.....

Except they had Dad for a date......somehow these three guys will be hoping that will be the case when Prom really does roll around...

Dancing the night away....

Here is a quick video of the girls taking a break from Dad. And notice those White shoes I told her not to wear because her feet would hurt....yup that is right those heels are no where to be seen......I would never say so but.....Mom - 1 brooke - 0.

Funny little people......

These two have been cracking me up lately, Brady more on an innocent level of discovery that he can be funny and make people laugh, Brooke on more of a eye opening wow she really gets stuff level......just wanted to remember a few...

While having his hand in his pants (which is more often than not......)
M: Bugs ya gotta go potty?
B: Nope just playing with my penis....

Brooke while giving dad fist pumps after they beat me in UNO.....
Brooke: Boo-yahhhhh (while her fist did some explosion movement)
So when mom thought does she even know what that means?? Do I even know what it means? I looked it up and apparently she does because it was totally used in context.

Often Said when 'schooling'/beating your competition... almost as is you were sayin 'in Yo' face Mo'Fo'...

Brady: Do we stay home today

Mom: Yes

Brady Yes......We have a winner (said to the voice of a race track announcer)

When M&D are trying to hide our laughter when we should be acting mad

Brooke: "oh yeah baby I see a grin in there........I am off the hook"

Mom: Brady you were such a good helper for Mommy at the store today

Brady: You can say that again!

When Brady was getting blood drawn at the hospital the other day....(which by the way he was a champ and not one wimper....)

Brady: I don't want to have a hole in my arm and they should fix it.

When getting out of the bath and having a deep meaningful life convo....(haha)

Brady: If Robin is batman's best friend who is mine?

Brooke: me......

They keep us smiling (most of the time!)

Seven years running.....

So we ventured off to our annual Hockey n' Hold em weekend in Chicago with Chris' old teammates/roommates and it never ceases to amaze me, as each year we get older we feel it necessary to try and act that much younger each year. It's like we end up in this time machine where we all travel back to 1994 and think our bodies and minds will cooperate. Some do, some don't but we all give it the ol' college try. But let's just say 3a.m. for some us in our 30's don't fair as well as 3 a.m did back in the day.....but when in Rome.......

We had a great time and got to Play all weekend! Here are some photos of the WMU gang circuit 2010.....

The real reason this weekend started. A sport that these fools could once again compete against each other at.....They were lucky enough to get a few hours in before the ice started getting mushy from unseasonably warm weather in January!

Then they were nice enough to let the wives join for the annual bowling tourney....the highlight...Scott bowled a 253.....He was on FIRE!!


Chris seems to always bring a new game every year....last year box hockey....this hear horses...which was a HUGE hit we bet and played for hours.......Drew announcing the game like we were really at the track also made it entertaining....

Dave was unfortunately the first one out as he had a 7 hour drive in....but just like old times do they let the poor guy rest? Not on your life.....poor Dave was tortured all night and Yup that is popcorn lodged in each nostril...

Todd's Karoke with Weekend at Bernies.....

Lastly, the gang debating over Wii or full on band practice.... that is what you have to do when you drop out of the poker tourney too early.....

Never a dull moment that is for sure....Until next year boys!

A New Attitude

Yup that is right, just like Patti Labelle, Brady has got one NEW ATTITUDE.....ooh ooh ooh ooh ohh, and mom AIN'T "feeling good from her head to her shoes" ........So over the last month or so Brady has been coping some major tude and his Mamma is not liking it.......The sad and almost comical part is that there is no real evil streak to it, it is just completely testing, testing, testing. Some of his new phrases include...... (all said with flair a lot of umphs and usually his hands on his hips)

1. NO!

2. It's YOUR fault

3. I WANT......

4. I DID....(in reference to any question we well know in advance that he DID NOT do....)

You get the picture at any rate I knew it was coming he is 3.5 years old and we BREEZED through any mention of a terrible two stage so I guess we should consider ourselves due....however I don't enjoy being tested from "my rock" Brady has always been my constant even keeled boyfriend and I know he is still under there somewhere as he tests out this new "cover" and I know so because the other day he got mad at something, threw down some proclamation about he didn't like what was happening, and then I caught him, head down trying to hide behind his eyebrows with those puppy dog eyes looking fearful that I would get mad at him and then just cracked his smile that makes me melt every time and ran over and said "sorry momma those were not nice words"

So for now Mr. Bugs I will let you test the waters and have your say even though I dislike it with every bone in my body as long as you ultimately end up giving in and showering your momma with kisses!!

Ringing in the new year......

We laid low this year and rang in the new year with some neighbors who also didn't have any plans and their families in tow......It was fun to see the kids get excited about the holiday and push the bedtime limits. I will have to say it was unexpectedly enjoyable not worrying about making plans, finding cabs, and avoiding all the other crazies out that night! Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year!

Kids enjoying crab legs and pizza (well some kids, insert minus the Munson kids)

Daddy Munson and his "CRAB arm"

Kids had no problem monopolizing the chocolate fountain fondue pot.

Luci "oooozzzzinnggg" chocolate from every end.....

A celebratory toast - the kids thought they were hot stuff with sparkling peach juice....

Then the requests came.....Mom please, please, please can I try and stay up until Midnight??? Sort of hard to say no to her when she was trying to hang with the older boys.....They passed the time by playing Wii Fit.

We finally gave in since Brady fell asleep in whatever bed was closest at 9p.m. to let Brooke try and make it until Midnight......

She's got 8 minutes to go....

They watched Dick Clark/Ryan Seacrest and the ball drop...

One Brooke Munson was elated and exhausted that she was able to hang.....

Now one happy and tired girl realizes she's got the "I did it last year" saved in her back pocket for next year~ So do her parents.....Sigh.......

Happy 2010.....