Say hi say hello say something!

max's most absolute, positively favorite thing to do these days is talk on the phone. actually, he prefers to just carry the phone around for hours on end, but not talk! sometimes he'll babble on and on, but most of the time he just walks around with the phone to his ear. then he gets upset when you take the phone away from him! ah, the simple things.

31 days down!

yeah! does it get any better? january is OVER! spring is insight, well, at least on the far end of the horizon, but it's something to chirp about!

new year new things to do

we're already having lots of fun this year and it's only the ninth of the month!
- mads got her little pink and green cast off! yeah! it healed well and she only has two more weeks of wearing her splint!
- uncle todd and audrey got engaged over christmas! we are all so excited. mads is a little confused since she thought she was going to marry todd at the wedding.
- hillary lost in iowa!
- max's vocabulary is expanding daily! up down out bye more daddy mommy baby
- mad's already counting down to her 5th birthday (in october). today she asked when she'll turn 11.
- alex got to see another cu game in person this season.
- mommy is cooking alot and working on a new business with her friend, amanda!
so much happening in only nine days!

and santa came!

santa came bearing all kinds of good stuff. trash trucks, barbie and princess dressing tables. fun fun fun.

yippee!

max he came! santa came! I'm so excited! they were beside themselves when they came down stairs this morning to discover that santa had come! the noises they heard last nite really were the reindeer on the roof!

the littlest angel.

well, this year she was determined to be an angel at the christmas pageant. never mind that she wasn't asked to be in it. she just crashed the party...

dance class and the swimming pool

ahh, it's been a busy summer. a shortened vacation due to mommy's illness and surgery, lots of classes - swimming, dance, and gymnastics. vacation bible school and soccer camp. and all Max got to do was tag-a-long.

today was the last day of dance class - ballet and tap. what a little ballerina we have. still dancing to her own drummer. she asks everyday if today is "the day" or dance day. now we'll have to wait a few weeks until our next class starts.

to beat the 100 degree heat we all headed to the pool to cool off and so mads could could show off her new skills as a swimmer...max just floated around minding his own business. we're headed back tomorrow.