Another Play Date

This week it was Madi's turn to have a friend over. Madi had Aubree (lives next door) over to play. As you can see, they had fun playing together....

 

 

Brushing

We caught cute moments of the girls brushing their teeth...

 

 

Playing Outside

Darryl brought Alice's bike (notice no pedals) on the trip. The girls had fun riding their bikes...

 

Look at Alice coast down the hill...

 

After biking, they jumped on the scouters. Emma let Alice borrow hers. She picked it up quickly...

 

 

Note: I noticed Emma's helmet isn't on correctly. I will fix it.

All By Herself

On Tuesday my brother, Darryl and my almost 3yr. old, niece, Alice stayed with us as they were on there way to Arizona (next week they will stay with us two days). While the girls were at school, I got out the Playful Patterns for Alice to play with. She sat at the table close to two hours working with the shapes. She didn't even want to stop for lunch. She did a great job.

 

If you ask Alice to smile, this is what you get.

 

Alice looking for the right shape.

 

Notice, the butterfly and caterpillar, she did.

Play Date

On Fridays the girls get out of school at 1:25PM (2hrs early). I usually run errands, but last Friday I did not. So Emma's friend, Brianna, who lives across the street, came over and played for about 2 hours. I had Madi do something else to give them play time alone, but then they invited Madi to come have "dinner" with them. Madi was super excited.

 

My Star Student

Last week Madi was "Star Student" in her class. She got to fill out the following poster and tell her classmates about herself. She also got to bring something for show and tell (the only time all year they can bring something to school, so it's a big deal). I suggested a photo album and she chose the one Grammy made her. It tells all about her family and first year of life. Her classmates favorite picture was of her face full of cake on her 1st Birthday. At conferences, this week, Madi's teacher told us that she loved Madi's poster; she did such a good job.

 

note: click on the image to take a closer look

Bowling

Last Friday, we went bowling; Chris had been off all week working in the basement (working about 6-8 hours a day, plus going to church, four out of six nights for meetings and events), so we thought it would be fun to go out and do something together as a family. Little did I know how much bowling was! The last time we went bowling was in Oregon, when the girls were 5 and 3 years old (with our church family). I know it wasn't $24, yes, that's right, I said $24. Twenty-four dollars for an hour of entertainment. We couldn't believe it! I do have to say, it was the nicest bowling alley I have ever been to, but still.
I also have to say, after we started bowling, that the time we got to spend together was priceless! We had a blast!

 

Emma remembered how to bowl; she did well.

 

Madi lifted her hand up after she let go of the ball, every time. Chris had to help her get her fingers in the holes the first couple of times.

 

Emma watched intently as Madi's ball rolled down the lane.

 

After Madi bowled, she was so excited and proud of herself, she jumped into Chris' arms. It was adorable.