Arrivals

It seems Spring has arrived! As I'm sure everyone else has been doing, we've made it outside to enjoy the weather every night this week so far. 

The other arrival was Brynn's new baby cousin, Benjamin! We were able to go to Bismarck last weekend and see him in the hospital. He is so cute and sweet; Brynn was so excited to meet him. She was a little wary at first, and before we left I had asked her if she was going to hold him, she told me "No! I'm only four!" But the second day we went to visit him, she was much more confident and wanted to hold him, touch him and give him kisses. She kept commented on how cute he is. Of course she had a million questions for my poor sister. Brynn learned a lot last weekend because my sister answered them all for her.

First ride on her new bike.

Yes, she is wearing five headbands.

Fun with sticks!

Riding to the park.

Down the slide with Monkey.

I foolishly thought she would be done with the baby swing this year. Alas, she actually still fits.
Although I think she looks like a giant in there now. 

There's that smile for her favorite park activity.

I don't know if they've been working extra hard on their manners at daycare, but Brynn has been calling Dana "sir" this week. And I handed her a cup in the car today, and she responded with "my pleasure."  A little backwards, but I'll take it.


Then we were in Wal-mart today and this conversation took place:
Brynn to me: Hi, Sir!
Me: I'm not a 'sir,' I'm a 'ma'm.' 
Brynn: You're not a man, you're a gril (what she calls a 'girl.') 
Me: No, ma'aM, not man. A sir is a man and a ma'am is a woman.
Brynn: I just want to call you woman....

We get home and finish eating supper. She brings her glass up to the counter and says, "here you go, woman."  :-)