Madeleine in Red

Madeleine in Red, originally uploaded by saska01.

We took Madeleine to a concert the other day. She did great. She clapped, she cheered, she danced, she stole all of our friends' cheese. I feel lucky that we can do this sort of thing with her.

(Photo from Saska, thanks.)

spin1

spin1, originally uploaded by meganursula.

Girl and dad play. More photos where this one came from - go check 'em out.

look2

look2, originally uploaded by meganursula.

The girls says there are trees where you go hiking. Often there are also rocks.

(We went hiking while camping a couple of weeks ago. She gave me a rock to keep in my pocket. Later in the day i was giving her chocolate covered cherries out of my pocket and fished out the rock by accident. It looked like a cherry! Neither one of us liked that surprise - and, yes, i also tried to eat it to figure out what she was complaining about.)

ready

ready, originally uploaded by meganursula.

The dog, anxious to get hiking!

Madeleine060609

Madeleine060609, originally uploaded by meganursula.

I'm feeling pretty badly that I haven't updated with new pictures recently. I have a lot to get off my cameras and then put on the web, but i haven't had a lot of time to do it. Of course, the longer i put it off, the harder it gets.

At any rate, the girl's Aunt took this picture after dinner the other night, and i thought you all would like it, so i'm posting this mostly to let you know that girl and dog are still runnng around out there!

The girl is sweeter than ever, has had another language explosion (she uses sentences, and names!), and is tantalizing close to having dry pants all day every day. We've had so much fun watching her and her BFF grow into two year olds.

trip to the park

IMG_0074, originally uploaded by Fun with Fred.

This is the girl with her favorite and idolized cousin and aunt. Aunt and cousin have been entertaining her all week while her nanny has a vacation. She may never let them out of her sight again!

(Photo courtesy of uncle.)

bike!

11042009098, originally uploaded by meganursula.

Big day (for mom, at least). After a few weeks of hearing 'bike, bike' every time one of these showed up, we decided it was time for Madeleine to get her very own. A specialized two-wheeler (just like mom's), that she adores. We're working on riding skills, but she managed to get it to the dog park and back (from the parking lot). The girl says, 'Bike! Helmet!'.