is that aunt brookie...or mary friggin' poppins? we couldn't tell, as all the wee babes (here ivy and best bud cousin zolani) flocked to brooke and her magical storytelling ways!

cousin/brother/boyfriend tristan squealing in delight at the tactile tinsel experience! maaaagical!

read it again, aunt brookie...i simply can never get enough of "the wheels on the bus!"

ooh, now it's my turn to delve into the tinsel...shiny...stringy...fun to drape on everything around the house (but only after i have systematically removed each ornament from the tree that mommy, daddy, auntie megan, auntie kate or aunt brookie has just hung. i like to chase them around as the fall and roll, laughing and shouting "ball, ball!" eem cute. (by the way, mommy forgot to take an actual picture of the finished tree, so that'll have to come in a later post...hey, she's pregnant!)