Some Christmas Step Dancing ;)

Second Concert in as Many Days

After her debut at the annual Highland Village Day concert this past Saturday, Brenley overcame her stage fright. As we were leaving the hill, she was skipping along and asked, "Where are we dancing again on Tuesday?"

Well, it's Tuesday. And we danced at the Feis an Eilein concert series tonight.
Here you go!

Thoughtfulness of an old soul...

Before 10am this morning, barely out of bed and awake, Brenley came bounding toward me wanting to use her EasyBake Oven. She wanted to make heart cookies.

As she was preparing the mix and such, it came time to roll the minuscule amount of dough into four balls to make the cookies. She looked up at me and said,

"Huh?! It only makes four cookies? That's not enough for everyone who will be at the church!"

I had to smile. She was making cookies for the reception after her Papa's funeral.

Big heart. Small heart cookies.

Hard day at the sitters

This was an email from Charlene, our babysitter, not too long ago... pretty cute!

Gavin doesn't like to leave Brenley's side even while she sleeps. I thought this was so cute I had to grab the camera.

She said she was really tired so I told her to climb on the couch. I told him to let her sleep a little. I couldn't believe it when he fell asleep sitting up.

Thought I'd post some videos...

Brenley, of course, lives to be like Hannah Montana. However, she can't be serious when she's singing, just like her father!



Here's her tribute to Gordie Sampson's "We are Young & So is the Night":


and here's one of her dancing when she was only young:


Hope you like them!

It's been a while...

... but her antics didn't stop, folks!

Here's some of the latest from the past 2 months:

OW! Brenley! See, that's why you have to be gentle! If you hurt me like that Imagine how you hurt Madden!:

"How did I hurt you?!"

"You hurt my tooth!"

"Well, that's fine, though. It can just come out and then you can grown another one back!"

"No I can't! I'm not a little girl! Mine won't grow back!"

" No, Mamaidh... TRUST ME. If you watch my shows, like the dinsosaur one, you'd see that your tooth would easily grow back!"

"Brenely... that's a TV show... it's NOT REAL"

" Well... I'm serious, anyway!"

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We were driving in the truck and saw a huge cruise ship in Sydney Port. Brenley asked if she was ever on a huge boat. I told her she was on the PEI ferry. She said, "No, but bigger than that." I told her no, but Mamaidh & Dadaidh were on the big boats that go by Helly's house (Nfld. ferries).

"When was that?"

"Before you were born"

"Well where was I then?"

"Um, swinging in a tree, I guess?!!?"

"Well where were Rowan & Donkey (her cousins)"

"I guess they would have already been born"

"Hmph. Well that sucks. Don't you think I should have had friends with me swinging in the tree!!?!?!"

Same trip.... "Mamaidh, what are they talking about on the radio?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry Brenley, I'm not listening."

"Jeez, you got your hearing aids in today or what, Mamaidh/!?!?"

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And my little 'lady's' finest:

Brenley slides down the mountain of mud in the backyard... "Mamaidh, it looks like poop on my pants. Actually it looks like I shit myself!" :P bwahahahahaha

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While going for a walk one day, she said: "Mamaidh, mamaidh! Stop! Stop! Stop walking!"

"Why, Brenley?"

"Cuz my panties are stuck in my arse!"

"No he's not. He's pure-fect"

Driving home from supper tonight we were talking about bedtimes and when it was good to go to bed. Brenley asked, "Well, where's Robert Slaney tonight?"

"He's in Victoriaville"

"But, where is he!?!"

"He's in Victoriaville, Quebec, getting ready to play hockey."

"Well, is he in he's bed?"

"No."

"Well, he should be in he's bed! It's dark out and he should be in he's bed. Robert Slaney should be in bed."

Dadaidh: "Yes, Robert Slaney should be in his bed because he's silly"

Brenley: "No, he's not! He's Pure-fect!"

A defender until the end?!?! LOL

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While Kyle got her ready for bed the other night, she got all tucked in, and was getting "cozy" when Kyle told her she had to go to sleep in bed. There would be no joking or jumping around:

"I not going to sleep, Dadaidh."

"Yes, you are!"

"No, I not, cuz I am the boss!"

(Didn't go over so well...)

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Brenley's Latest Words of Wisdom

Here they are in no particular order:

Me to a group of people and Brenley: "What does Mamaidh call Dadaidh, Brenley?"
Brenley: "a shit"


"Dadaidh put your hood up... it's freezin out!"


Dadaidh: "You can't go to sleep in Mamaidh's bed! There are too many clothes on it!"
Brenley : "well wash them then"


At the mall... when I was talking to some parents of students, she comes into the store (she was out in the hall with Helen) and says:
"Mamaidh, get your butt out here!"


Dadaidh: "Where are you going?"
Brenley: "Mexico... Not Sydney, I wanna go to Mexico!"


"Mamaidh. I know that song. It's O Can-a-ga!"


"Dadaidh play a strath-slay" (on the fiddle)

Brenley's Dream Last Night

This morning Brenley went downstairs to see Dadaidh (who had to sleep in the basement because someone was in bed with me!) and had the funniest, most animated story to tell:

"Dadaidh, I had big, BIG mittens on. And they come off. And I was fightin'!"

"Who were you fightin' with?"

"The Geagles (Screaming Eagles)! And I play hockey with big, BIG mittens on... and a hat (helmet) and boots (skates)."

"How were you fightin'?"

"Like this... I hit on the head!"

"Did you dream this Brenley?"

"Yes" ... and it went on from there!

We're roaring!

She loves hockey so much she's even dreaming about it!

2007 r e c a p

Well... 2007 is coming to an end. It's hard to believe... but... there it goes.

It was a busy year for Brenley... it's hard to comment about all the milestones and accomplishments...

• lots of new words and expressions!
• a new piano for our house, which she loves to play
• a spring full of exploring the outdoors
• a summer full of beaching it and "simming"
• her first trip to "IEI"
• turning 2 years old!
• real trick-or-treating
• new teeth, of course
• First hair cut ever!
• and so much more!!!!!!!!

It's very hard to believe that another year for Miss Brenley has passed.

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Happy 2008 to you all!

It's been over a month so let's see...

In the past month or so Brenley's conversations have erupted!
Some of things she's said or expressed:

• Daddy just wait a minute!
• Ma is full of shit (quickly corrected... of course she was prompted and taught to say such a thing!)
• Dadaidh said No Mommy.... followed by the biggest pout and TEARS!
• The tows are up here... (tows = cows)
• Loot Mamaidh it's a tismas Tree!!!!!!
• Shoot the Puck Geagles!
• Me no like the Loalie.

There's plenty of more too, but those would be the highlights!

We took her on our "shopping trip" to Halifax in November and she fell in love with 2 things...

1. the escalators (or big slides as she called them... up and down about 20 times!)
2. Santa!

Yep.. the jolly old fella is mesmerizing her completely. Today she saw him waving to cars in Sydney and she went completely silent! She was totally taken a back by him!

I guess that's it for now. We'll post her Santa letter when we get around to writing it!

About this blog...

This is going to be the spot where I can record all of Brenley's major accomplishments, funny moments, etc.

Then, once gathered all here I can share them with family and friends!