We're sick- please come take care of us

I promise to put pictures of Madigan hunting for eggs up ----as soon as we're feeling up to it. We all got hit hard by a very bad cold or flu and we're on day 5 of it today. Madigan went first, then Dad, then Mom. We've all been home from work and school, have no appetites, runny noses, deep coughs and overall misery. Madigan doesn't even play. There's been lots of television and juicepops for all us. Would you come and take care of us??

Dancing with Friends

Madigan & Chloe

Madigan's day care closed this week for Spring Break. Her teacher, Tiffany, took her on Monday so I could go into the office. Tiffany has a daughter, Chloe, who is a week or 2 younger then Madigan. They played at Chloe's house and went to the park-and Tiffany gave me a cd with pictures of their day...here's some of the pictures....
Chloe and Madigan couldn't be any more different. Chloe jumps off swings and climbs everything in site. Tiffany summed it up when she said "Madigan's the type of girl who likes to lay on the floor with her elbows propped up and read books". This is certainly true lately, but Madigan has been getting a little bolder with her old age.
Tiffany said having the girls together for the day was so nice. They like each other and people always ask if they're twins since they both have toeheads and round faces.

Life is Downtown

Madigan and I headed downtown last week on my day off. We had a couple of things to pick up and drop off and the weather was so pleasant. We've been spending lots of time downtown since we moved back into town. I remember when we lived in Belgrade and would come to town and see everyone walking around downtown, and I felt a pang in my heart that I wanted to spend my weekend mornings downtown too. Well, now we do. Bozeman's downtown is so nice and has a bit of everything. Madigan likes to walk herself on sidewalks, say hello to every dog, play in the kids area of the coffee shop, go to the library, play at the Children's Museum, pull everything off the shelves at Ace Hardware, and just enjoy the sunshine. We're only a 10 minute walk or a 5 minute bike ride to downtown. I usually walk and Kyle just about always bikes down with Madigan in the bike trailer. Kyle and I tell each other often that we're so happy we moved back into town and although it was a little rough on us for awhile, we're glad we "made it happen'.

Such A Big Girl

Madigan seems to be such a big girl lately. She's trying to repeat lots of words- especially ones that start with a 'b'. She understands when we tell her to "sit on her bottom" or "go get a bowl" -simple little things like that. She lays down and studies pictures in books and retreats to her chair in the living room many times a day. Her and Barnaby are bestest of friends and she loves being outside. The weather here has been very spring like for a week or so and we've been outside every day playing and walking.

Barnaby-The Willing Participant

Misc February Photos