She's "chomping" at the bit...and many other things...

If you look closely, you can see it...the sharp white ridge that is causing havoc among the land of toys...Ahhhh they scream as she lifts them off the ground and closer, closer to the drooling vortex which is her mouth...then it happens. CHOMP!!! and the tooth has popped through! Many more to come..........



This is my precious little girl!
My Cheerio Monster! I have never seen someone shovel Cheerio's into the mouth as fast and fervently as my Jenna!

Playtime in the Park

There is an elementary school just down from where we live and we like to go and play on the slides...

Today my parents stopped by on their way to Emi's house. We met them at the park and we played for some time. Stew played with my new toy ( DSLR camera!) and Madeline played on the equipment. She wanted grandpa and grandma to watch her and help her climb around. Grandpa helped her up some rope stairs and Grandma helped her across the "wiggle woggle" suspension bridge and caught her at the bottom of the long slide. As much as I enjoy watching Madeline and her response to her grandparents- I LOVE watching my parents respond to her! My mom often tells me that she has such admiration for her grandchildren (ALL of them... ;) and it is so apparent. I am just starting to understand the love of a grandparent. This love is phenomenal- my mom jokes sometimes that she loves my girls more than I do... she was even willing to wipe "Mr. boogerman" away multiple times for Madeline and put the dirty tissue in her own pocket- now that is love...

Jenna enjoyed the morning too- just hanging out and taking it all in. She was perched in the best place- she could see everything. She could see her sister, dad, grandpa and grandma and had her fingers in her mouth- what could be better?

This little piggy...

Madeline's rendition:

• This little piggy went to the market

• This little piggy had a firetruck

• This little piggy ate 2 soaps

• This little piggy had a bath

• and This little piggy ran all the way home.

"lets go make a snowman"

Madeline insisted that we go outside and make a snowball, snowman or snowpig- something snow! The unfortunate thing for her is that there was very little snow and what was on the ground was hard. She did find a lump of reasonably clean snow to eat...She then decided that because there was not enough snow to play with, she would empty a flower pot worth of dirt on the bricks and then spread it around. Hours of enjoyment! As you can see from the picture, she needed to rest in the only rational place to rest- in her toy wagon...comfy!

"This is fun with Jenna..."

I decided that instead of Madeline "helping" me put away the girls clothes, I would let her play in Jenna's bed. I told Mads that I was caving because I don't let her do this normally and would rather it not be a habit. Then she said, " Mommy is caving to Maddy to play with Jenna!"
Jenna was so elated with the prospect of her big sister coming in her bed to play that she was grinning from ear to ear all the while giggling with the occasional high pitched "AAAHHHHHH". I am sure that she was thinking "this is the best thing in the world!"