Hot pink hot wheels

They were intended for Zoe, but they fit Maggie for only a moment. Time and an over-cluttered garage: 1, Mom: 0.

Spring things (March 2013)

Easter was early this year. Love Easter eggs.



And finally, the birdies found Grandpa Derrel’s lovely birdhouse outside mom’s kitchen sink window. Too bad they didn’t stay (this time~)

More March Mad(die-ness) (March 2013)

bah-dum-dum.
Uncle Greg came to town – a perfect opportunity for another Maddie visit!
 
Uncle Greg = exciting stuff!

Uncle Dave? Not so much?

heeh. do these pictures say a thousand words?

Sleeping through the party. I know. We can be an intense crowd sometimes…
And from uncle-Greg’s-in-town-visit #2 (aka, this girl can sleep anywhere! )

Maggie’s day out (March 2013)

Maggie’s class in room 5 took a field trip to the Everett Children’s Museum and I cashed in some hours to go with them.
It was great to see Maggie in the mix – in all honesty, without her big sis. We so rarely get to see her on her own, and it was a great time to see her in her own element. She had a great time and I was so happy I got to be part of her day.

Anxiously awaiting

On the bus!

She literally WAS a blur on the rooftop playground!

Trouble’s Trio!
(Charlie Moles, Maggie & Penelope)

Cooperating!!

Short respite

Firehouse cutie

Are you sure you’re having fun? do we need to leave?

Water guns with Tommy & Charlie (no, sorry, not even on that day could I tell you who was who!)

We call this one “Charlie won’t share” (aka, Priceless)

Back at school, looking a little older, wiser.

February 2013

Well, February’s a short month…but here it is, in a nutshell: visits with baby Maddie, mid-winter-break-time-off-with-mom (read: zoo) and other milestones.





Maggie (finally) let the dentist and hygienist in her mouth!!!!

Maggie @ 4

Just on the heels of Zoe's and Daddy’s b-day, is of course, Maggie’s. But *this* year (2012), Maggie got an even closer b-day neighbor: baby Maddie! Born at 11:45pm on 2/12/12, Maddie just landed on Maggie’s birthday and I think that makes for a marvelous beginning for these two little cousins.
First, Maggie:

And Maggie:

We did have a little party (read: little! unfortunately one friend didn’t show and two friends were kept home with a tummy bug…oh well. She was a sport.)

Then, on the day-of, the traditional meal @ Leena’s – breakfast for dinner! (while mommy and daddy anxiously awaited news about Auntie Erin’s progress…)

And then,
 
Peeling off early to collect Daddy and head to the hospital


reflecting on the passing of her “baby of the family” position