jump up and down

Madison loves to teach school now. She will teach her stuffed animals, or her babies, or Rick and I or her imaginary friends. She loves to sing this song "jump up and down", something they sing at school to each kid. You'll notice her friends from school get it trouble too. And at the end she is gracefully as ever.... (I had to rotate the video, so it cute her head off a little. And Sadie is playing with a ball in the back ground, so that is the squeaking noise.)

Finally, she pedals...

It has taken a long time for Maddie to get the hang of actually pedalling her tricycle. I blame daycare for this. They have tricycles outside that they can ride, but for her age, they don't have pedals, they are just for pushing with her feet. Anyway, this is from Feb 20th. She can do downhill or flat pretty well. Not sure these are the best shoes for the bike, but I'm sure she insisted on it. Oh and by the way, she is riding down the alley behind and to the side of house to get the park. And the helmet is mine. She has grown out of her toddler size helmet and we have yet to get her a youth size. So for now, we just made mine really small.

Happy Valentine's Day

Madison is modeling her V-Day pjs that Aunt Renny, Uncle Brian, Luke and Ella gave her. The sunglassed and flower from the previous post are also from them.
Dad made the heart pancakes for her.

riding in style

blizzard

Back on Feb 11th we had a record 12" of snow in Dallas in less than 24 hours. It started Thursday afternoon and fell all night and most of the day on Friday. Madison and a went out in the morning and she cleared off all the snow on her slide and the chairs. We went back out after nap and it looked like we had never cleared anything off so much more had fallen.

bedtime for baby

Madison loves to read and she loves to read to her friends. Here she is reading to her baby. And then trying to pose for a picture and then trying to take the camera so she can see it.

school pics

They have taken several pictures at school over the last year but I'm just now scanning them in so everyone can see them. Its amazing now much she has changed in the last year and half.
Christmas 09
Sept 09
July 09, looks like she is having fun, huh...
Dec 08
Sept 08