And she likes to sing

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We obviously just came home from church. Football is already on, Maddy wants to sing and say a prayer (plus apparently she needs a clean diaper, nice touch Adam)

We have been doing stuff

I spent several days making really cute aprons for 14 YW. Maddy figured she should help. She kept shoving the fabric and trying to push buttons

Madeleine fell in love/obsession with anything Toy Story. Mana sent her a Buzz Lightyear and he didn't leave her side for days. She now has a Woody doll, and a smaller figurine of every character, 16 Toy Story books, all three movies, reusable sticker book, Color Wonder Toy Story book, Buzz Lightyear slippers, Woody tee that says, "Most Likely to Save the World", Toy Story fruit snacks on demand. We may have gone a little overboard, no? Ok good.

We played in lots of snow. Madeleine just wanted to lay in it or let Adam pull her in the sled, not go down the hill, just lay in the sled and be dragged around.

Maddy learned to really cruise on her Skuut. She was so cautious at first but by the end of summer she was quick. We are really missing the outdoor activities that used to fill our days.

It's been so long my browser doesn't even remember this address.

Potty training is a joke, right?

This was our first attempt. A full day outside with the potty readily available. She sat on it for a minute then just swam all day. Refused to go number two and I never saw if she went number one. Ok.

Day two. So now I'm forcing my child to watch Sesame Street? She's never watched TV before but for potty training...anything. She didn't stay entertained long. As soon as she got up from the potty she peed in Adam's office. Then sat for a while again. When she got bored she went and jumped on my bed and peed. So so fun.

Anyway, I don't get it.

San Diego 2010

Mana spoiled Madeleine and me for a full week. She made sure Maddy got in the pool at least once a day. She made sure Maddy had enough clothes for our CRUISE in December (especially matching dresses with her only other girl cousin). She made sure I had way too many gluten free treats. She made sure we watched lots of cat fights (um, hello Real Housewives of NJ!) She made sure we played with lots of cousins. She made sure Maddy jumped on the trampoline a lot. Needless to say we had a wonderful time.
Anywho, here are some pics in no particular order.

July Fourth 2010

We got to spend the fourth weekend with Nate and Des in Creswell.

We try to snag a little candy at the parade.

Maddy was a little freaked out by the fireworks.

We ate yummy food.


We bummed on Nate and Adam's fishing time and came to Dorena Lake for dinner and a little boat ride.

Madeleine slept on her own bed on the floor for the first time. This is what happens when Uncle Nate put her to bed. My entire suitcase unloaded. That little ball in the corner is Maddy.

My mom came to visit and I'm sure she thinks I'm super boring. She is always in project mode and I'm just kinda lazy, I guess.
But we went to the Cherry Festival and quilt show in Emmet, we went to the farmer's market and got some yummy gluten-free lime cheesecake, we saw Toy Story 3 and really recommend it, we played in the pool, we tried lots of new recipes, we spent too much money on baby girls at Carters and we let Madeleine boss us around.


Adam got home from Minnesota just in time to stress over one of the soccer games.

FINALLY

It got warm enough for my peonies to bloom. Now I have blooms all over the house.


And today it was warm enough to be in swim suits and play in the kiddie pool ALL day long.


And for Aunt Kakie (who is in ITALY) we wear our hat all the time, best F21 purchase in a long time.

Hanging out with Che

That mess is from ONE cupcake

This was her fifth trip down the escalator with Mana

Just being cute

Uncle Josh finally made it to Boise!

Just another trip to Lowes

Mother's Day with my favorite girl

Look at all these cute kids that came over for dinner!

Just a couple projects

Those both cost a total of $2.00. I have an amazing visiting teacher who has taken hours of her time to teach me to sew. And I've been using up every scrap of fabric I happen to have laying around.

I made this lemon curd and put it in a trifle with angel food cake, whipped cream, strawberries and blueberries. Yummy but the curd was pretty tart. My young women loved it.

I could eat this carrot cake with a thick helping of cream cheese frosting everyday.

I know Easter was over a month ago but our little centerpiece was cute, no? Twigs with yellow birds and nest (via Kate of course), teal, felt 'flowers' (leftovers from one of Liz's wedding projects). I think every party I ever do will be teal and/or yellow.

Easter Egg Hunt

Maddy's sweet friend Audrey invited her for an Easter Egg Hunt today. This is the first time Maddy has hunted for eggs, pretty cute. She was not terribly efficient, she'd leave her basket in one spot, pick up and egg and go back and drop it in her basket. And she kept picking up eggs and putting them in other kids baskets. Needless to say she had a blast. All the jellybeans and laffy taffy and cookies didn't hurt the fun.

Nap time

This is what I walked in to after Maddy had been "napping" for over an hour.

Does an apple EVER cancel out potato chips?

THE Wedding

It was Blonds vs. Brunettes at lunch










They are so pretty. Her dress is stunning (the prettiest Adam has ever seen, thanks)