The Potty!

Somebody just went pee pee on the potty for the first time! It was right before her bath, we have made a habit out of sitting on the potty before bath, but she hadn't actually gone on it until tonight. So proud of my big girl!

Ouch!

Maddie gave herself a black eye today at grandma and grandpa's house. I never knew how evil toy boxes can be, but when you spin around, lose your balance, and tumble into a corner... You come out the loser! Poor baby, it swelled immediately and turned purple. Plus, she has a little scrape where the direct impact was... We spent the next half an hour curled up in the chair together with an ice pack, and then she was right back up and playing! You can't see it in this picture because of the rag, but it's her right eye. She snuggled up to me with her blanket and Harrison the monkey. Although I hated the circumstances, I loved the extra snuggles.

Evil Madeline

Maddie will make this face where she puts her head down and then looks up at you with just her eyes. Brad caught it on camera while at lunch on Friday.

Feelin' Artsy!

The end of January and month of February was a very "artsy" time in my life apparently. Recently we discovered a place that was called Sips-n-Strokes, it has since changed names to Uptown Art Uncorked, we prefer the first name. Basically you pick a class based on the painting you want to create, pay your money, receive a blank canvas, instructors walk you through creating the picture, and 2-3 hours later... Voila! Art!!

Oh and did I mention you get to drink wine while you do it?! Good times!!

I first took my mom for her birthday, we painted beach houses. 

 I went back the next night with my GNO group and we made a Fleur-De-Lis. (See the wine in the picture!)

And finally a group from school (including our principal!) went and painted a field of poppies. A lot of us have used the pictures of each step for writing lessons (minus the ones that include the wine) as a way to show sequencing, developing details, etc. So the whole thing has become multi-purpose.

If you haven't been you should try it, we had a great time each time we went. I hung the Beach Houses in our bathroom... still searching for locations for the other two, but I love having something I did!

An Early Easter on Meadow Lane

We were invited to an Easter Egg hunt by the lovely Anna (the maker of the personalized shirts you see the kiddos wearing in most holiday related pictures). This was the first real egg hunt for Madeline and she did pretty well. I would spy and egg and call out to her, she would come running and put it in her basket. Other things also went into the basket... like dandelion blooms and empty candy wrappers... we'll have to work on those later.

 Anxiously waiting for the hunt to begin. 

She only wore the ears for about 2 seconds. 

Our hunting partners, Ellie and Ashtyn. 

On your mark, Get set, GO! 

 She's on the move!

 Found one!

 Checking in to see what Lucy found. 

 Examining her loot. 

She was excited for some Skittles!

Ready to roll!

Last night I told Madeline, "Let's go to Lowe's." I needed to get some flowers and some weed spray. Without missing a beat she ran into the playroom and grabbed HER keys and phone. This kid...

OCD Much?

Madeline loves to have things lined up just so!