09.25.10 - First date outtake

We don't say "cheese," we say "big smile!"

09.25.10 - Exploration Place recap

Maddie also enjoyed Exporation Place on Saturday. She especially liked playing in the water in the Tots' Spot and wandering through the Kansas exhibits. I just liked hanging out with my girl. :)

09.25.10 - First date

Maddie and Daddy went out on their first father-daughter date tonight while Mommy hosted bunco. They had sweet cream with blueberries. In Maddie's words, it was "Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmmmmmmm!"

09.22.10 - Technically

After dinner, Maddie pulled a package of opened cheese off the counter and dumped the contents on the floor. She was quick to say "uh oh" but quickly joined Harley in trying to eat the evidence off the floor. "Technically," Angie said in her defense, "that cheese isn't on the floor it's on the other cheese."

Don't worry. We didn't let her eat all of it!

09.12.10 - The Maximizer

Maddie was a good helper today. She carried clean kitchen towels from a basket in the living room to the appropriate drawer in the kitchen.


She did this a few times until she realized it would be easier (faster? more efficient?) to slide the basket into the kitchen to save herself some steps. Maddie's a maximizer!


It only looks like she's folding them!


Get in there!

09.06.10 - Future engineer

Here's to hoping that this is the day we look back on and realize Maddie was destined to be an engineer. She loves to build things and demanded "out!" of her stroller at the Carter Outlet Store today when she spotted the Lego table.

09.04.10 - Driving Miss Maddie

Maddie loves the toy cars at day care so we pulled her Little Tikes Cozy Coupe out of the garage recently and sat it in the backyard. As soon as she saw it, she took off like a little speed demon! You might remember this photo from about a year ago when a high-pressure garage salesman pushed it on us or this photo from last fall when Maddie only drove it in the basement.


She's so grown up, isn't she? I'm sure it won't be long before she's really driving.

08.26.10 - You can't call the law on me ...

I am the law!

Some days that's true.

08.24.10 - Another milestone

Maddie is 20 months old today. Today also marks the one-year anniversary that Maddie has been going to daycare at Lisa's house. One year ago, Angie had to hold on to her so she wouldn't fall over. Today she had to hold on to her so she wouldn't run away!

08.22.10 - I pusha button, no you pusha button, no I pusha button!

Maddie has discovered the shutter button on my camera and insisted on snapping some photos tonight while I was trying to photograph Nate. I gave her a pair of lens caps to play with and she tossed them aside and said, "I don't want those." No kidding. Those words came plain as day out of her mouth. Today, she asked her mom "why?" when she told her to leave our bedroom and go play. Why? Because we said so, that's why!

And it starts.