Chateau part 3,400, 000

Once again we went to the Chateau for a little exercise. At Grammy's request, I grabbed the camera and took a few pics. She looooooves feeding the ducks and horses, and of course jumping in any mud/water puddle possible!

Fun in the Fall

Just a few pictures from the Chateau this morning

Just Passing Through

Thoguht I would share a few pics of Brooky before school this morning :)

OK OK, One More for Kathleen Bass

Kathleen asked that I share one more amazing video before getting back to my personal posts, so here ya go. Amazing!!!!

Have to Post Something Right?

Ok, I stumbled across this and felt it was a must to share. It may just be my immaturity, but I have laughed so hard at some of these! Ebay has never been so funny!
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&frompage=-1&memberid=tryork5ifp&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthers&page=3&userid=tryork5ifp&iid=-1&de=off&items=25


PS And I do intend to blog properly soon, work is just killing me right now!

Back in the Saddle Again

"The Wicked Witch was very mean to me! She was scarey and she got my eye!"- Brooklyn crying as she woke up from her nap


Hmmmm, so I sit here and think of all of the reasons that I may or may not have had for not writing on this blog for over two weeks. I have come up with a few creative ones, however I think it is best to just tell the truth. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so hopefully this will anser all of your questions and you will forgive my absence for so long:

That's right, Brooklyn and I have been running Disney, which has since changed the name to Matt Disney World. As you all know from Mandy's Blog, Brooky turned two on July 30th, so we took her to Disney Paris. Had a blast. Can't remember what pictures Mandy posted, but here are a few from our trip to go with the first pic. AMazing that they actually made statues of us like that, just can't figure out why they only painted our faces.

When at Disney, why not drop the straps and tan right? I mean this is an adult theme park right?

Mandy and Brook riding the horse that looks like it's choking on something. Cute pic though :)



Daddy and Brooklyn on Dumbo. It had a lever that allowed you to go up and down which she loved!

Brookys forst roller coaster. Notice how her arms are in the air...shes fearless!!!

Brook digging into her B-Day treat at Planet Hollywood...and she did not leave any!Thats right! Forget baby dolls and junk. I'm so proud to say her favorite toy is: Buzz Lightyear!

I only did this because Mommy said sit down, be quiet, put this on, look straight ahead or you get no lunch....yeah...yeah...I'm pretty sure that's how it went.


Aliya, Brooky and Madi after a long night of swimming




As some may know, Mandy decided that she wanted to try her hand at Mountain biking. SO after many arguements and many visits to the bike store, we finally found the bike that had great components, was light, and of course fit her color needs. I am very happy in her choice of bikes, she did great. What impressed me even more was her first time out on the trail. I think I have a pic here:

OK ok, here are the real pics. As you can see, we also got Brooky a new helmet and a cart to ride in. Unfortunately the cart will not fit on my bike, but with a litle work, my goal it to make an adapter to make it fit on my bike so I can pull her too.

Brookys New Pool

Saaaaweeet! She flew down this time! If only I could rig the slide up a little higher I think she could carry more speed and get further in the pool


What's a pool without a slide? SO I put the slide in the pool, first time down I think I gave her 2nd degree burns on her rear...forgot to wet it down. Didn't help that I couldn't find her swimsuit so I let her swim in her birthday suit.


Brookys turtle



Brooky swimming. The water was beyond cold but she insisted on swimming. So I dumped as many buckets of hot water in there as I could....still freezing!



So seriously, what do these headband things do and how do you make them work? I put it on her, but I don't think it was serving any purpose...I'm such an idiot!



Brookys new swimming pool waiting to be filled


Brooky and I listend to the Wiggles, and the song Fruit Salad came on. So Daddy made some :)


Just me wondering what I'm doing in this tree and how I got here....Belgium beer is great!

Follow Up Picures From Chateau De La Hulpe

Here are a few picures from Chateau De La Hulpe where we went walking today

The bottom picture Mandy took this morning before leaving work. Brook and her Bailey pup

Chateau De La Hulpe

"Daddy when I go potty I get 3 cookies and movies"- Brooklyn bartering with Daddy

So many chicks IMing me telling me I need ot post more often, so I thought I better do so before they showed up at my house and caused my wife to wonder.

This morning Brooklyn and I went to Chateau De La Hulpe http://forums.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden717.html (only link I could find in English).

Unfortunately the camera ran out of battery after one picture, but probably for the best since Mandy was unable to upload any pictures and had to clear the card to make it work. So Brooklyn and I will be going back tomorrow to get pictures and exercise. The grounds are beautiful, the chateau is incredible, and the trails....I'm bringing the mountain bike this weekend! There's a number of ducks at the various ponds, so we will be sure to bring bread so Brooky can feed them tomorrow.

Since I have no pictures to post today, I figured I would just post a picture of something random.

I really like this bike, and Brooky keeps saying "Daddy buy the Ellswooth", but I keep telling her no, her education comes first.

'Roughin it'

"I need to go out and chew on that tree" Brooklyn


This morning Brooklyn and I got up and went to a forest area not far from our house that has some amazing mountain bike trails. Brooklyn got muddy, Daddy wished he had his bike with him so all was great :) I'll try to convince Mandy that Brooky needs a four wheeler to ride there, but somehow I doubt she will go for it.