Madeline churns these out at a rate of one a min. Usually a beach scene with ocean coming up to the shore & palm trees or a house on a hill with mountains in the background. These are her staples of free draw. Recently she has begun to add a tire swing to the palm trees! =)
Madeline's two front teeth are very loose, and she is very excited to have the tooth fairy leave her two dollars at the same time! Her great-grandpa Pop says if she can keep her tongue out of the hole a gold tooth will grow in and this time she is determined to have a gold tooth come in the front! The last two times she tried very hard to keep her tongue out of the holes but couldn't do it. =)
I love love love getting school supplies ready! These are Madeline's that I had to gather together and get her name put on so it will all be ready. When I was young I loved picking out my Trapper Keeper (does that tell you how old I am!) and deciding what folder color was going with what subject. (Science and History were always yellow and Math was always red which was my least favorite color/subject). To quote a movie, "there's something about the smell of new pencils in the Fall". =)
We hit 20lbs months ago, but are just now able to turn the carseat around now that he's 1yr old! He LOVES it and is always looking out the window at everything. He didn't know what all he was missing! ha ha
Here's what I found when I came back into the living room from putting Matthew to bed. Madeline was passed out from playing so hard! She went swimming at Summer Fun then came home and went immediately from the car to the neighbor's to play with their kids. Then she decided to take those kids down 3 houses the other way to introduce them to the kids there so she could play with them altogether (up until this point she would try to choose on the way home who she wanted to play with!). She has the best of both worlds because one neighbor has a trampoline and the other has a swingset/playhouse combo. She's a wheeler dealer for sure!
I spent quite a while trying to explain to Madeline about rotary dialing. We got out some baby toys of hers that we boxed and saved for Matthew and this little classic was in there. I told her that its ringing sound is what phones sounded like when I was little and she asked where the buttons were. I showed her how we had to choose each number and spin it around to make calls and she thought that was crazy!! Am I really this old???? =)
Yum! We had another house showing tonight so we had to be gone and decided to eat at PF Chang's. Matthew loved it! He ate just as much as Madeline! We don't know where he puts it all!! He ate a large helping of rice (big hit) and 4 pieces of Crispy Honey Chicken.
When I was little my Mother and Grandmother called me Miss Astorbilt (mix of the Astors and Vanderbilts). Here is Miss Astorbilt Jr. decked in her 'mix match' finery as we await an oil change at Wal-Mart. We never know what she's going to dress in next.
He wasn't crazy about the crown, but I just needed to get a few pictures...
He was not interested in the cake AT ALL, didn't even TRY to smash into it or get messy. Sigh.
I love his Mr. ONEderful shirt! This was my idea and I went to WalMart to get a plain color shirt then took it to a monogram shop to have the wording done. Too cute!
More of those toy 'heads' he loves.
Aunt Melanie, we saved this present until his birthday so he could open it with his other gifts. We loved it!
The Grover puppet from Aunt Nancy was a big hit, especially after the party. He likes for it to pretend it's going to 'get him'!
Ball Popper from Lollie, can't wait to open this!
Aunt Nancy and her 'Napolean' ice cream cone!
Matthew loves his Ma-Maw!
Love the shirt and crown!
Everyone making their own ice cream creations. Madeline said she got all the toppings on hers except the ice cream flavored jelly beans.
Thought since he was not remotely interested in his cake or ice cream that he would like a plain cone to chew on. Nope. He was heading me off at every turn for picture ideas.
Loving on Aunt Sue.
Sissy and her birthday treats.
The soda jerk gang - wait, how did Aunt Nancy escape this?
Cousin Hanna Banana
Cousin Emily
Big Sister, in all her finery along with the hat....
