A July Pictoral Journal
Anyone who has seen the new Toy Story 3 movie will recognize Madelyn's new friend: Lots o' Huggin' Bear. He's the "villain" in the story, but that doesn't seem to bother Maddie...perhaps she chooses to see the good in all living creatures :) Anyway, Lotso was her reward for staying in her big girl bed (or at least in her room quietly) for ten nights in a row. Fortunately, our girl responds very well to incentive charts, so we've been keeping track with stickers and every ten no-put-back nights (until the problem has gone away) she gets a trip to the toy store. Who knows who will join us next time...
We are total blueberry snobs, and we ONLY pick the freshest, most organic blueberries at Olmsted Acres up in Vancouver :) Baba and Mimi have 7 gorgeous blueberry bushes, and Maddie loves to pick 'em and eat 'em. Baba was endlessly patient, as always!
Kari indulging Maddie in a game with her new Toy Story ball (sensing a theme?). We always have such fun with Kurt's family!
The wonderfully shady tree in our backyard. It's still not quite done (which is why we haven't done a full spread of photos yet), but nevertheless we still spend quite a bit of time back there and are so grateful to have the space.
It won't be long and I won't be able to bend over like that anymore!
Us!! (I told Maddie to give the camera a "toothy grin." She complied.
Silly faces :)
Love love love that we actually have grass to roll around on in our very own backyard! It's the simple things, really. We don't have a patio yet, but that hasn't stopped us from eating dinner outside almost every night. Then we roll around on the grass. Well, Kurt and Maddie roll. I get one roll and can't go any farther, so I just take photos :)
Anyone who has seen the new Toy Story 3 movie will recognize Madelyn's new friend: Lots o' Huggin' Bear. He's the "villain" in the story, but that doesn't seem to bother Maddie...perhaps she chooses to see the good in all living creatures :) Anyway, Lotso was her reward for staying in her big girl bed (or at least in her room quietly) for ten nights in a row. Fortunately, our girl responds very well to incentive charts, so we've been keeping track with stickers and every ten no-put-back nights (until the problem has gone away) she gets a trip to the toy store. Who knows who will join us next time...
We are total blueberry snobs, and we ONLY pick the freshest, most organic blueberries at Olmsted Acres up in Vancouver :) Baba and Mimi have 7 gorgeous blueberry bushes, and Maddie loves to pick 'em and eat 'em. Baba was endlessly patient, as always!
Kari indulging Maddie in a game with her new Toy Story ball (sensing a theme?). We always have such fun with Kurt's family!
The wonderfully shady tree in our backyard. It's still not quite done (which is why we haven't done a full spread of photos yet), but nevertheless we still spend quite a bit of time back there and are so grateful to have the space.
It won't be long and I won't be able to bend over like that anymore!
Us!! (I told Maddie to give the camera a "toothy grin." She complied.
Silly faces :)
Love love love that we actually have grass to roll around on in our very own backyard! It's the simple things, really. We don't have a patio yet, but that hasn't stopped us from eating dinner outside almost every night. Then we roll around on the grass. Well, Kurt and Maddie roll. I get one roll and can't go any farther, so I just take photos :)
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