Sleepy Time Icecream Cone

Maddie loves herself some icecream, even half asleep.

PS - this video contains the added bonus of The Office playing in the background.

Not Lacking Creativity

Let's just say, because of this routine of Maddie's we ALWAYS buy washable.

Got a little carried away! The other day before church she actually colored in and around her belly button. My other favorite was recently when she colored all over her face in black and she was all proud and excited to show Anders and Eddie and they got scared of her, then she got scared they got scared. Meanwhile, Brig and I are watching it all unfold trying not to laugh.

It's also been fun recently to have my brother Kevin staying with us. The kids love having him and my two cousins Brady and Clark around.

Here's a couple more recent creative gems.

The other day Anders made a book at school. Maddie kept asking if she could make a book. So I got a stack of paper stapled it together and gave it to her expecting her to scribble on each page. A few minutes later she came and found me and asked me to write what she asked on each page. I was shocked and amused.

Here is Maddie's first book.

My great grandparents had a pump organ and that's one of my favorite memories about going to their house. That and learning to play checkers. My parents recently bought this pump organ and it was so cool to see Anders get into it right away.

Watch out it's catchy, it'll probably get stuck in your head.

Meet Olivia and Archie

Maddie is a very lucky girl. My very talented friend did this post a while back about these dolls she fell in love with.

This is the result.Thank you Adrianne, you rock!


And by the way, Anders aka legoboy started a blog ... all I do is type, the rest is all him.

Baby Bird

Today outside the kitchen window was a hummingbird. It stayed by the bush for about 5 minutes, which is good because it took the whole 5 minutes to convince Maddie it was not a "baby bird", but an "adult bird" that was small. I think we could have used another couple minutes because a few times tonight she's inquired about that "baby bird."

Hummingbirds are crazy, they're not quite an insect but they're also not quite a bird.

Another conversation that I have with Maddie about 8 trillion times a day goes like this.

Maddie: Mom I need ______.
Me: OK I'll get it.
(1/2 second later, as if she's been waiting hours.)
Maddie: So, do it mom.

(This is a picture taken by Anders yesterday. There's another whole post about Anders latest photo shoot. He's quite the budding photographer.)

Letting go ... a little.

Anders is my friend. And today my friend went to kindergarten.

There was a lot of backpack showing off to do.

70's

When Maddie takes a bath right before she goes to bed the next morning her hair always looks like this.

Everytime.




And I always think of this.Everytime.

On a Roll

I think this is the first time I have ever posted three days in a row, but I had to get rid of that last picture being the first thing I saw. I did that last post about midnight, what was I thinking?

So here's an update that I don't have to put the word WARNING in the title.

One of the many things we love about this town is the pond. This summer has been the first time We've really been able to enjoy it. The first summer we moved here in July and after getting settled in the summer was turning into fall. Last summer I had Eddie in August so we went sometimes but it was difficult to get there everyday. This summer ... the pond has not disappointed!

Here's some pictures from a few weeks ago.