Trip to the Butterfly Garden
Mommy, Madeline spent a few days up in Purdys. We had lots of fun, especially at the Butterfly Garden. I was able to get a butterfly to land on my "gatorade lollipop", and one even landed on Madeline's shoulder! After that, we went to the Red Rooster for burgers and ice cream - a fun June outting on a rare non-rainy day.

Gabi is Back With her new sister Madeline Grace! We figure the name of the blog will need to change, in due time. Mommy swore she wouldn't fall into that trap of taking less photos of the second baby, but alas it has happened. However, it's not quantity but quality and we have plenty of beauties of our little Maddy Girl. Now we just have to find time to get them up here! So, here's introducing Madeline...


Gabi got a REAL Madeline...

Happy St Pattie's Day!

Green ribbon pig tails, shamprock jewelry, and green boas... wow this holiday is right up a girlie-girls alley! I am all set for my St Pattie's Day brunch at school. Top O' the Mornin' to ya!

spring?!

yeah, i know it's still "winter" technically, but what a great weekend we had being outside the whole time. sunday daddy and i took a bike ride to the park... was awesome. a girl could get used to this...

forts!

the snow was a little too powdery to get nice packed walls, but we tried the best we could to build a nice fort out in the yard. every morning i go check out our work before i head off to school. we'll see how long it lasts, i'd love to keep it forever, but if it gets super warm this wknd and i can ride my bike, i think i'll be ok with a melted fort. 

funny faces!
i seem to only have one (with slight variations) but we're working on it. mommy and daddy seem to have a few crazy ones and i'm totally into learning more. oh, and notice that daddy and my outfits match. coolness.

project!
daddy and i are slowly creeping through the alphabet, making letters out of wood. started with an "m", then an "a", i wanted to make a "j". of course, i wanted to make it for my friend jaya. and then mumbled "oh yeah, and daddy that's for jeff too". i draw the letter, and i do some of the cutting, and then i do the sanding...

Ballerina Gabriella's Debut Movie
This is a video made by the amateur in the family (mommy), not the seasoned professional (daddy). So let us know if you encounter any technical difficulties, and don't hold it to the usual high standards please!

ballet

great class today... i love thursday's, always look forward to ballet. i did my own hair today and although i didn't let it bother me, the clip was falling out for most of the class. if you look at my forehead, that's the red clip dangling. but i didn't slow down. it didn't phase me... the show must go on! and then there's the pic of proud me next to my proud mommy... 

A Morning in the Life of the Little Mommy

When I first get up in the morning, I head right into the nursery to check on Betsy. Then I push my stool over to the changing table and get her all cleaned up and back in her cozy jammies. Then we head downstairs for breakfast. Today I had cereal and strawberries and blueberries - yum! After that it's time to get dressed, and then I primp with mommy. I have to wash my messy face, put on my face lotion, brush my teeth and do my lipgloss (chap stick!!!). Oh, and then of course my hair... sometimes Mommy or Daddy give me piggies, but today I did my own hair. Isn't it "pretty and stylish"? Mommy calls this the Christmas Tree Look. All that and Daddy wonders why it takes me so long to get out the door, sheesh! Little Mommy's are busy little people! I didn't even have time for Sesame today... oh the sacrifices.

Practicing to be a Big Sister

Mommy's belly is getting SUPER HUGE which means my little brother or sister must be coming soon. This weekend Daddy put together the crib, and I helped Mommy get organized in the baby's room. I decided that Baby Betsy gets to sleep in there until the baby comes home, so every night I get her in her jammies, tuck her into the crib, and read her a book before Mommy and Daddy read me my books. I am such a good little Mommy, and I can't wait for MY baby to get here!

piggies

daddy might need a little help, but he gets an "a" for effort, for sure. he brushed my hair too, then put these two piggies in. 

super bowl!

the half time show was super-cool, they had a "special" show we waited for, then watched in 3D. i didn't understand the word 3D but these things were flying out at me, it was crazy! my friends came over, we had a ton of fun all playing together all around our house, it was awesome!

camping day!

they have trees indoors at school, and a campfire (not a real one), and all kinds of camping stuff. i brought my camo case with my sleeping bag and my pink flashlight, and i wore my extra special glowing bug t-shirt from gramma and grampa. you can see from the look on my face that i am super-excited! that's all i kept saying, telling my teachers i was "super-excited!"

here come the 1,2,3's!
that's the name of the latest "they might be giants" album for kids. it's great, and today mommy and daddy took me to a concert where they played all those songs (and some old school tunes mommy and daddy enjoyed). oh it was awesome fun, the lights, the clapping, i got to scream at the end of the show, and then they came back out one more time (apparently called an "encore"). fun!

lunch
made myself a kick-butt cheese and bread piece sandwich today. daddy was confused when i wanted to make it. but soon learned that the trick is merely incorporating a third piece of bread torn into many tiny pieces within the interior of the sandwich. simple, really. and de-lish. i busted out my classic favorite grand canyon lunch box to port the sandwich to school...

spending time indoors
since we don't live in san fran (we know, greg, it's warm, we know...) we've been doing a lot more indoors these days. a little work on the trainer the other night. hopefully mommy will post a link to the holiday photo album, we've had lots of pics, none have made it to my blog here tho...