http://browndepot.com The story of a modern family flying through life at dizzying speeds Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:27:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en and so it begins... http://browndepot.com/index.php/2010/01/23/eleanor-is-crawling/ [caption id="attachment_486" align="alignleft" width="332" caption="Mommy and Eleanor in their PJ\'s"][/caption]Eleanor and Mommy model their Paul Frank monkey pajamas they got for Christmas! http://browndepot.com/index.php/2010/01/09/monkey-pjs/ We did our annual Griswold-thing today and put the Christmas lights up. New this year are the Santa and Reindeer on the porch and a cool little Elf with gifts on the front lawn. Heidi did a new system for putting lights on the trees this year that is really ... http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/11/27/christmas-at-the-browns-2009-style/ When Charlotte was born we sent an announcement to the Bush White House and they sent back a wonderful letter of congratulations within a month. We did the same thing when Eleanor arrived, but apparently the Obama White House up until now has been busy with other tasks too "important" ... http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/11/21/the-white-house-comes-through/ Charlotte is Minnie Mouse (of course) and Eleanor is Bubbles the baby elephant from clubhouse. Charlotte was obsessed with Eleanor's trunk: http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/10/31/happy-halloween-3/ Eleanor has been rolling over for a few weeks, but even more now, and now she rolls with no coaxing! :) AND her first tooth broke through yesterday. I'm not sure I'm ready for her to grow out of the baby phase! http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/10/17/eleanor-rolls-over/ Charlotte and Eleanor wore their matching shirts today for the first time that Nana Wesolowski gave them at Charlotte's birthday party. http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/10/01/thanks-nana/ I wanted to post a photo of the Minnie Mouse cake I made for Charlotte. I am quite proud of this! The second cake in the background was done last minute (morning of the party) after realizing that the one cake wasn't enough to feed the number of people coming! ... http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/09/15/minnie-mouse-birthday-cake/ We had a great birthday party yesterday to celebrate Charlotte's 3rd birthday. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend! We played this video at the party, and wanted to share it with the world. Happy Birthday Charlotte! http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/09/14/charlottes-year-3-video/ Cougar Girls Rock! http://browndepot.com/index.php/2009/09/05/cougar-football-saturday/