Recent Artwork

Madeline is going to be in an art show this Friday. Her artwork and her artistic nataure just amaze me everyday. Yesterday we were driving and Madeline noticed the decorative carvings along the highway and commented how cool they were (I think they were fossils or arrrowheads) and then I heard her mutter to herself, "I have to draw this."

Zoo Shot

Organized Chaos

This is how lola plays with books...and cars.....and DVDs....pretty much anything she can line up and sort.

Princess Lola

The princess obsession has finally taken over. Lola ALWAYS wants to be a princess (except for that time last night when she had to pee and instead of going potty on the potty, where princesses go I assured her, she chose to remove the dress (thus becoming NOT a princess) and peed on the rocks outside.) Nice. She makes a mom proud. Well, she actually does.

The other night she tried to sleep in pictured princess gown. I made her put on a nightgown. However, before I went to bed that night, this is how I found her in bed.

Butterfly Update

Well, all 5 caterpillars turned into butterflies. One was a little slow to form a chrysalis and was slow to turn into a butterfly. But all 5 did make it. After having a fun week observing them in the habitat, we decided to release them. 4 flew right over the house (so much for them staying nearby the location of release for a few days....they got far far away....and very quickly). However, one poky one stuck around. So Madeline handled it, and handled it so much that a leg and part of a wing came off. That butterfly would just sit on an orange slice all day long, using its long probiscus to eat. Well, after a few days, it died. Mads wanted to bury her so we did and she said nice wirds about how thankful she was that the butterfly let her watch its transformation from tiny caterpillar, to chrysalis and then butterfly. It was quite touching.

And I misses a shot of the actual release....I guess I was too consumed myself!

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Cooking

A long time ago Madeline said she wanted to be a mommy because mommies cook. Well, she's not a mom yet, but she loves to help cook. She likes to chop veggies, crack eggs...oh how she likes to crack eggs, and mix and stir. We haven't graduated to cook top cooking, or microwave cooking yet. For now, she's just my prep helper.