School Days

Maddy also received a very special birthday day surprise from her Auntie Christen and family :)

Look at all the prizes... there were even some in there for baby brother and mommy! :)

We also got two of the most adorable knitted hats for the new little guy we have coming from Grandma and Grandpa. Ray and I definitely have very lucky kids.

Mommy Lessons

There are times as a mother that I am not proud of. I need to remind myself that as long as I learn from the un-proud moments maybe something will be accomplished. Yesterday Maddy woke up maaaadddd. She was mad getting out of bed, mad getting dressed and mad eating breakfast. Everything was a struggle. When I picked her up from school the bad mood continued, and since I am not a beacon of good-mooddiness lately, well I got in a bad mood. Maddy's bad mood and mommy's bad mood can be eerily similar sometimes and after the hundredth time of asking her to do something I lost it and yelled my head off. While yelling I watched as she looked scared, and then laid down on the floor... So, taking her lead I laid down next to her. She said sorry. I said sorry and we talked about our bad mood Tuesday. Next time, maybe I can just lay on the floor and skip the yelling.

Gymnastics!

It is gymnastics time again!

Last night Maddy asked me if the baby had a baby couch in my belly.
I was very tired... and said yes.

Canobie Lake Fun!

With Maddy's recent Canobie Lake ticket win she wanted to take Sabrina to the park this past Saturday. You can tell from the pictures just how much fun the girls had!

Sweet, sweet girl

Maddy... Brush Your Teeth!

Labor Day Fun

Well, it seemed to rain all weekend here... but in between the rain drops we celebrated a marriage (a really fun one that involved mustaches & kazoos!), a birthday (Happy Birthday Robert!), fun times with friends, and a hair appointment. :)