Fingerpainting

Unsupervised Bathroom Time

Out for a Walk

Madigan and I have lots of little and big walks planned for this summer. Here's one from pretty early on. She's starting to walk quite a bit and I have no doubt next summer she'll be hiking up mountains herself.

Meeting the Tooth Fairy

Madigan got to meet the tooth fairy! It was pretty hectic with lots of kids, but we did get to brush the alligator's teeth.

Proud Mama

Madigan drew her first baby at dinner about a month ago. I had meant to get this up sooner, but kept forgetting it was in the scanner. So, I'm sure you can see it. But if not, it's the circle in the bottom left with 4 arms, 2 legs and 2 eyes. So cute, huh? It was one of those things were Kyle and I were talking and she was drawing and I looked over and said, "whoa, Madigan drew a person herself!!".

Grateful Jar

This little jar is changing our lives. It's our grateful jar. About a month ago I started writing a little note starting with "I'm grateful for..." and sticking it in the jar. I thought Kyle would catch on, but it took him awhile to add anything. When I asked him about it, he said he was always thinking about what he was grateful for since I set up the jar. So,he too started added little slips of paper. I haven't come up with what we're going to do with the paper yet- not sure if I want to read them aloud as a family or quietly savor each addition to the jar myself. But it does have us thiking about all of the winderful things we have each day.

Graduation Party

Madigan's school had a little graduation party for the kids who are moving on. Kyle and I went to Circle Time and then I stayed for a pizza lunch outside. Right when we got there, a little boy accidentally bumped into Madigan and she fell down. She was very upset and hence Circle Time did not go so well for her (or us). It was still nice to go and sing some songs together. There's a few teachers that we will all very much miss. Below is one of Madigan's bestest friends; Paulina.