Winter Days

We don't really do much in January, so I've been struggling the last couple of days not really knowing what to write about. But here's what I love about our little family: we all love being in our home with each other finding laughter and adventure in spontaneous moments.

Madelyn is at that age now where she loves to be tickled but then begs you to stop only to ask you to start again. Repeatedly. This same pattern also applies to playing chase and hiding in dark rooms and popping out at her.

Maddie wearing a BeeBee toga.


This book, Oh Baby The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss, is Maddie's hands-down favorite book right now. She totally gets the fun of rhyming words, and I think she really likes this book's small size and many tiny illustrations. "Oh Baby" goes everywhere with us--grocery stores, friends' houses, church, in the car, to the potty, etc. We often deliberately mess up the words when reading it to her and she will correct us--correctly--every time, which is saying a lot for a Dr. Seuss book! Hearing a 2 year old say "fizza-ma-wizza-ma-dill" is really quite great :)


Our beautiful daughter...

Happy 2010!

We had a great time celebrating Christmas and New Year's with Kurt's family on New Year's Eve this year. I've decided this is the best way to make the most of the holidays--just extend them as long as you can so you can really soak up every moment! We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, as you can see:

Sharing a secret with Auntie Kari!

Playing with Baba's pens. Baba can always be counted on for such treasures as pens, magnetic name tags, and camera phones!

Making Kari "snuggie buggie."

Thrilled with her new line up of dress-up shoes! And Maddie was pretty pleased, too! (Ha!)

VIEW MASTER! I'm not sure who was more happy about this gift: Madelyn or Kurt and me!

Lately, this is how we find Madelyn in little spots all over the house (including the potty).

Madelyn feeling the beat and cutting a bit of a rug (to a song called "Bitty Boppy Betty" by Pink Martini about a cross-dressing DA. We think it's the irony and playfulness of the lyrics that really gets her going).

Wonderlust

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