Growing Up Right Before Your Eyes: February 2008

Yesterday was a good day. A trip for mulch yesterday set us back several hours, but with the exception of that things went well. We did not finish the swingset, but everything will be completed today.

The First Frame

By this time of the day is was nice to see something coming together.

As you can see Sammy is making sure everything is going as planned!

Big Helpers! They wanted to measure everything and kept asking if they could do anything else to help.

Our big helpers also reorganized the wood for us!

Snack time. The dads didn't get a break for snack time. Although, I think they took their fair share of beer breaks.

After a long hard day of play we took a bath, went to get something to eat, and then went to Uncle Tim's to play the Wii. Take note of the get up: pajamas, coat, stocking cap, and don't forget the ever so special "Magic Crown".

Hello to all!!!
It has been an eventful time since the last blog. The last time we showed you how wonderful she could write on the walls, and this time it only gets better.

I will start will the uneventful things and save the best for last.

These are pics of Madalene at Grandpa Bob and Grandma Jaynie's sitting in her princess chair. We went up the first weekend of February for Seth's masters classes.

Madalene as usual has to have her accessories!!!!

We went to a friends house the weekend of the 7th. I had to capture her sleeping. There are times that I wish she always looked so sweet.

Also the weekend of February 7th we went to help a freind work on an addition to his house. Madalene always likes to be in the middle of things, just in case Dad needs some help.

So now on to more interesting things. We have had a very eventful time with Madalene since I have started my student teaching. Within the last two weeks she has tested all of the limits. You saw the writing on the wall, then there was the day she emptied an entire tube of foundation on the back of Sammy,(telling me "Sammy has his makeup on) and the other night she dumped gallons of water onto the bathroom floor (we have carpet in there). So to top off her wonderful behavior on Thursday night we were at Uncle Tim's house and she does the one thing that I have been terrified of her doing. Madalene found a pair of scissors, Tim didn't even know they existed, and cut herself some bangs!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! This is what we get for saying that we have been so lucky to have a child that has been pretty easy thus far to raise. So here are some pictures of her hair cut. I have not trimmed the hair, what you see is what she did. She does not like the fact that her hair is always in her face, so we have decided to let her suffer for a little while.

She did not want me to take pictures of her hair, so she told me she was going to have her angry face on!!!!!! She does not like to talk about what happened!!!!

So on to what is going on today. We got Madalene a swingset for her Birthday, and today is the day for the construction of it. I have some pictures from this morning and hopefully later there well be more.