LoVe......

.......Being a MOM to this little girl!!! I don't go a day without some surprise coming out of her mouth. I wish everyone could hang out with her all day just so they can catch everything I see and hear. She can say the whole alphabet, count to ten, point out letters and tell me what they are, name four of the shapes {heart, square, circle and triangle}, knows her primary colors and can spell her name "MADDIE" {not quite Madeline yet but she is trying.} Stu is also teaching Madeline Spanish and it is the cutest thing. He speaks it around her when he is home and she speaks back in her own little jibberish language. She hasn't caught on yet but I figure if Stu keeps it up everyday she has to learn, right? Well, she is always wanting to learn and read and I love it!

She is also very animated. When I get her a balloon at the grocery store she yells, "I love it balloon, I just love it!" and when she forgets something at home or spills something she sighs "oh dang it, uhhh". She yells "I did it mommy" with the biggest smile when she has accomplished something. And she jams out in the car and at home. We have a dance party almost everyday in our apartment and the second the music goes on she darts for her tutu skirt and comes out dancing away! In the car I look back and she dances to the beat. If I'm listening to something slow, she sways her body with the beat, and when I listen to something more upbeat, she gets those arms and legs moving and loves to try and sing along...

Oh, there is just so much more but it would take all day, seriously. I just LOVE hanging out with this little buddy. She keeps me quite entertained!!!

I have been promising for the last couple of days to build a doll house just for Madeline. Well, I put it off until today. The sun was even shining and I kept my word and made Madeline her very own doll house. Well, it started out as a doll house but we got more creative and built a 3 tower house out of boxes and just designed them... one side of the house is the alphabet, another side are all of the farm animals, another side of the box is numbers and the other side is shapes.... At first it was a mommy project because a 2 year old and scissors don't mesh well. But as I got into it, Maddie got to help with the gluing and the stickers. It was seriously so much fun doing this project with her today...Now we have LOTS to clean up!

Kinda silly but we had so much fun making it!!!

 Thanks for the fun day miss M!!