Ms. Knapp's Headache

Brooke told us that she was very worried about her 2nd grade teacher, Ms. Knapp.  She said she was feeling very bad on Friday so she prayed for her all weekend long. We asked Ms. Knapp how she was feeling and this was her response:

"Brooke took such good care of me Friday afternoon. She had wet paper towels on my head, she was delegating responsibilities to the kids :) as in you rub her shoulders, no don't push on her head like that. Ha!! Also, Brooke managed to score me an ice bag and mints from the nurse. She also offered to get me a substitute if needed (I love her so much! She makes me smile everyday). Now keep in mind, I just had a headache, but I loved it. What a good hearted baby. She told me she had worried about me- so sweet!"

Brooke Baptized

Well, we couldn't have asked for a greater Mother's Day gift than this.  Brooke was baptized today!  She asked Jesus into her heart about 5 weeks ago and after several long conversations about it, she convinced us it was indeed the real deal!  I'm amazed by this awesome little girl God has blessed us with.  She has been telling the world about Jesus ever since she was saved!  She has told her teachers, principals, class mates, friends, cousins, and just about anyone else that'll listen.  She is even telling her friends who claim to have been saved that they need to be baptized.

Brooke played Upward Soccer this year.  Out of 400 kids, only one boy and one girl received the most special award possible... the "Most Christlike" award.  When presenting the award, they said that the girl who won this year was saved during the course of the soccer year and most people knew about it.  Why?  Because she was telling everyone!  That's why this year they chose Brooke for the award!  I just can't express how proud of a daddy I was.  Meanwhile, mommy was crying her eyes out and beaming with pride. We can all learn from Brooke's example of how to reflect the image of Christ to others.

Frustrated Brooke

Brooke: Mom, I'm frustrated.
Holly: Why are you frustrated? 
Brooke: I'm not sure. 
Holly: What would you like me to do about that? 
Brooke: Give me whatever I want.

Ella Houdini!

I learned the other day that they call her "Houdini Baby" at preschool.  They said she can work her way out of a high chair in no time at all!  We noticed that ability at home too, but nothing could prepare us for her most recent disappearing act!  The "Exer-saucer" is the greatest child-containment device ever invented.  No child has ever escaped its grasp since being commissioned for child restraint years ago.  The toys and bright colors are there to make the device look fun and friendly, but make no mistake about it; the real purpose of this device is to keep children restricted to an area while parents attend to daily chores and seek a moment's rest.

Well, Ella was in her seat while Holly was cooking and I was putting a new picture into the family photo frame.  I looked up to check on her and she was GONE!  Vanished!!!  I located her elsewhere in the living room and told Holly, "I didn't know you took her out of the exer-saucer."

"I didn't!" replied Holly.

We have no live visual evidence, but based on the scene, I'd say she pulled herself over the side and landed safely upon the purple bean bag as she made her escape.  I bet she did it like those covert ops special forces do in the movies... all diving and somersaulting and stuff.  We may need to call in local detectives to recreate the scene and look for additional evidence.

Flowers for Mr. Remy

Mr. Remy is Brooke's bus driver. He is a very nice man and we are lucky to have him watching over her on the way to school. Mr. Remy is a rather large black man who, to a 6 year old girl, you would think looked a bit intimidating.

Not to Brooke though. She has her routine every morning as we wait for the bus. She picks some purple "flowers" (aka weeds) and carefully bunches them into a bouquet. She hops on the bus and with a huge smile and hands the purple flowers to Mr Remy. He kindly accepts them every morning and places them on the dash of the bus.

One particularly cold morning, the flowers were frozen. This didn't stop her from picking them for Mr. Remy as she endured the frosty cold dew on her hands.  When Brooke got on the bus, I noticed she paused a moment before going up the steps to the bus driver. She had cupped the flowers in her hand and held them in front of the heat coming through one of the vents to warm them up before handing them off to Mr. Remy!!! Love that girl!

Bumbo Joyride

Brooke vs UTI

Well, looks like we're going to the doctor's office today. Brooke was up last night almost in tears from a urinary tract infection (which says a lot with her high tolerance for pain). This morning's conversation with Holly:

Holly: "We are going to see Dr. Slay to get some medicine for you."
Brooke: "Um, no... I'm all better today."

Holly: "No, you were up all last night hurting."

Brooke: 3 seconds of silence... "God healed me!"

Brooke vs a Telemarketer

So, the phone rings today while we are eating dinner. Brooke decides to answer this time. Here is how the conversation goes:

Brooke: Hello?
Foreign Telemarketer Man (FTM): Hellos is this Holly?
Brooke: Yeah!
FTM: ... begins reading his telemarketing script...
Brooke: Haha! I joked you! It's me, Brookie!
FTM: What?
Brooke: Is this Papaw?
FTM: No.
Brooke: Uncle "uss?"
FTM: No this isn't...
Brooke: Can I talk to Audrey?
FTM: Silence
Brooke: What's your name?
FTM: ... tries to go back to his script...
Brooke: Hahaha, it's me Brookie!

click.

Brooke's "Job"

Brooke didn't want to get ready for bed tonight. She was talking back to Holly about it and Holly told her that if she had a job and a paycheck, she might get to have a say so at this house. Her response?!? "My job is to be cute."

Brooke and Karate Sparring

So, we take Brooke to her karate class last week. The class before her is finishing up and they are sparring. This is the first time Brooke has ever seen them actually punching, kicking, and taking each other to the floor. Some were throwing some pretty hard punches and kicks and I noticed Brooke's eyes getting big as she watched them. I'm sure that she is thinking, "Oh my! I don't want to get hurt!"

So, I ask Brooke, "Do you want to do that someday?"

Brooke replies, "No. I'm afraid I might hurt someone!"

Bahahahahahahahahaha!