Mom's a Riot

When Ray and Maddy left this morning for gymnastics... I came upon a Pinterest idea that was too good to pass up. 

I told Ray I made Brown-E's, this is what he found on the stove:

 I also tried to tackle more responsible items of business.

Maddy's bedtime has always been a struggle. Although I'm not sure she is the problem, she's easy- if you stick to a routine she does great. BUT... that's the catch, it has to be a strict routine. At 7:30 on a Wednesday night my routine of cleaning, cooking, sitting on the couch and not moving until it's way too late and I have to crawl into bed is just not always in line with her rountine. SO, I made this. 

This should help me remember. :) 

This will be a great little poster next to her bed.

She loved her poster so much she drew a picture to thank me. Of me. So... maybe I'll fit going to the gym in that bedtime routine also!

Funny Faces

Maddy is definitely a little lady now. Almost all of the baby features... well, besides the Pooh-belly, are harder to see. One of my favorite things is when she passes me in the hall a flashes me a hysterically, contorted, funny-face. I then make one back at her and we giggle.

Blizzard of 2013

I don't have any of the cool Nemo Blizzard photos... No there will be not any photos of Maddy jumping in a two-foot pile of snow. Why? Because we stayed inside! Here is a photo from the porch.

We instead snuggled close by the fire, gazing at the beautiful Spring-like purple flowers Mimi bought us...

And then hunkered down in the kitchen to cook pasta with Grandma Wilson's special pine-nut treat we got for Christmas.

We then went stir-crazy because we were in the house too long! In the rush of going outside, we left the camera on the couch. (Although Maddy still didn't jump in any two-foot piles!)