Santa's Village.... ho, ho, ho

Ray met a buddy at the fair:

Amazing view from our hotel room:

Gym.....nastics!

Ever since we told Maddy she would be starting up gymnastics soon she has been running around the house asking everyone to clap after doing a little jump and jog routine. Problem is.... she says... CRAP!

Conversation with Robert on Saturday:
Maddy: Robert, Robert, look at me... gymnastics. Crap!

Robert looked at me like a deer in headlights.

Maddy: CRAP Harder!


Oh silly Maddy :)

Maddy's Answers

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Spiderman

When does the ice-cream truck come to school?
Friday

How many dollars do you need?
one. two. three. four. five.

What's Mama's name?
Manda

What's Dada's name?
Way

How old are you?
Four.

What's your favorite color?
Purple

Do you go on the potty?
Yeah, I big girl. I go on the potty. No poops.

What do you want to watch on tv?
Dora. Diego. Calliou.
(I have yet to find a Dora Diego Calliou show.)

Toddler Yoga

Weekdays sometimes feel like chaos. After dinner is finished, baths are given (or just a wipe down with a cloth!) and the next day's clothes and lunches arranged, I just want to sit on the couch. Some nights the battle to fight this urge is lost, last night felt like it might be one of those. As I positioned myself to collapse onto the couch and turn on Dora I came across a Toddler Yoga program. Hmmmm, I thought... Maddy might like this and it also could satisfy my need to sit on my bum and not move- I mean Toddler Yoga? Piece of cake.

...25 minutes later....

I am sweating like a Toddler Yoga pig, just barely sitting upright to do the last Namaste pose all while Maddy insists... "again!"

Lazy Park Days

Police Are Coming

Just another Saturday night in Maddy's world...

After picking up Maddy Saturday night at Nana and Papa's after my birthday dinner, Nana Pam tells me this story:

Papa steals Maddy's pretend phone from her.
Maddy then procedes to grab the phone back from Papa and pretend to dial me.

Maddy: "Hi, Momma.... yeah... Papa took my phone. Police are coming."

29.... T-minus one day.

What a wonderful weekend.

Absolutely. Wonderful.

I came home Friday to a beautiful package of chocolate-covered birthday strawberries from Auntie Susie-Q:

After a Friday night tent party...

Kathleen, Maddy and I took a drive to visit Jaime's brand new house... Jaime and Kathleen then treated Maddy and I to a fabulous Mexican lunch.

After Ray took me out for a perfect dinner Saturday night, today we went to Nana and Papa's for BBQ and cake.

Like I said, absolutely. perfect. 

Oh, and do you see how amazing these pictures look? Well.... that is thanks to Ray, Maddy, Grandma Bridgie and Papa John. I received the most INCREDIBLE lens as my big 2-9 birthday present.