First Day!

She is such a sweet girl!

Maddy, MD

After a long day schlepping Maddy to doctors and dentist appointments for me, Maddy was definitely in doctor mode when we got home. I walked into Ray's office and saw her typing on the laptop asking her doll if she was scared?, did she have pain?, want any paperwork?

PTA Mom?!

Last night Maddy, Daddy, and I packed up the car and took a trip to "the big school". Maddy's new elementary was holding a sort of teacher meet-n-greet and we jumped at the opportunity to get familiar with our new academic environment. This meet-n-greet was nothing like I ever had growing up. When I was young (of course after walking to school uphill both ways) we met our teachers the old-fashioned way -as we walked in the door on the first day of school. Last night was completely different though, and we loved it. Maddy got to check out her new digs with cotton candy, face painting, and her ultimate favorite... Kona Ice... all while a DJ mixed current pop songs in the background for the crowd!

When we first arrived to this crazy-fun-carnival meet-n-greet a crowd of PTA moms were at the gates, clip boards in hand ready to start signing parents up. Ray quickly darted right, onto the lawn to avoid the peer pressure. I must have lingered to long, because before I knew it... they had my name and number. One of the moms must have seen the fear in my eyes because under her breath she reassured me that it would be ok and that with every sign-up (and $10 fee) you got entered into a raffle they were holding. Well, what was my cosmic reward for signing up? We received the phone call later that night... we won a 4-pack of tickets to Canobie Lake! PTA is not looking so bad after all...

Weekend before school...

Maddy starts school on Thursday, and needless to say that Mommy has been a little anxiety-ridden over it. She seems so little to be getting on a bus and entering such a big building... So, to keep Mommy calm we spent the weekend... go, go, going.
We made sure to pack our weekend with dinners, silly games, visits with the Moore's and Ikea.

Broken Phone?

Remember when my phone "broke" a few months ago? Well... mysteriously the broken phone that was pushed aside in a drawer started "working" again... hmmm... Maybe Maddy is a phone genius and just decommissioned the phone temporarily while Mommy and Daddy made plans for new phones. This is what I found on my photostream this morning. (Must have been taken with Maddy's new phone.) Doesn't she look proud of herself?!

 

Fired?!

Scene from the Lewis Family car on Friday...

A voice from the backseat bellows... "Mommy, you're fired."

The aforementioned ...now supposedly fired.... mom from the front seat: "WHAT?! Why am I fired?"

Maddy: "Mommy, you are on fire."


And now I don't know what to think!

Transformations and Summer Weekends

Saturday Maddy and I had plans to go visit a good friend and her brand new baby. Unfortunately our plans fell through and Maddy was a little upset. (She loves new babies.) So, in a last ditch effort to save the day... I offered up Plaster Fun Time. Maddy even got dolled up in her dangley earrings for it.

 

While Maddy and I were off painting the afternoon away, Dad and Papa were moving the rooms around. Here is the transformation:

And thanks to sweet Mimi, we even have a crib on the way!

 And what could be the best finish for a nice, relaxing, transforming, paint filled weekend? Ray's Blackberry Coffee Cake!