Good times

My dear friend Emily threw her husband an amazing surprise birthday party! We had the best time. It was a wine dinner so each of the four courses was paired with a perfect wine. The food was delicious and the girls dressed up. She transformed her house and spent so much time and effort to show Charlie how loved he is! Charlie had no idea about the party. It was a success!

Ra-Ra's Visit

Ra-Ra came to visit over a long weekend! It was filled with fun, movies at the theatre ( a novel idea!!) and fondue! We hope she comes back soon! Sarah and I had seen each other several times but the last time she saw Madeline was July 4th. Madeline had changed a lot!!

Cleaning Crew

My housekeeper comes every other week so in the interim, I have found some additional help....

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! Madeline received a sweet monkey balloon from daddy which she loved and then Maarten promptly popped it!!

Cookie

We had fun decorating cookies!


I love this picture. I think more icing made it into Madeline's mouth than actually on the cookie!

Gymnastics

On Wednesdays Madeline and I take Mom and Tot Gymnastics at the Cumming Recreation Center. Everytime I get the leotard out, she gets so excited! We talk about "nastics" often. Since I take the class with her I don't have any pictures of her doing her activities. I have been so impressed with everything she gets to do! I thought it would mostly be stretching with your child. But she goes on the bars, balance beam, rings, trampoline and floor exercises. All of this is heavily spotted but she is really doing a lot! We just signed up for our second session.

Our weekly activity schedule:
Mon- storytime at the library
Tues- Music and Dance class at church
Wed- gymnastics
Thurs- Mothers Morning Out

She has a busy week! But since she only takes one nap a day now, she likes to be out doing things in the morning. Staying in isn't nearly as fun in her opinion!!

Taking care of baby

Mark snapped these photos of Madeline making sure her baby was safe!