Random Post Catch-up

My neighbor brings me food all the time and has amazing presentation.  It was sooooo good too.  I love her hummus!!!

This is the girls playing dress up one day...I just had to get a picture.  I love the scarves and how it enhances the use of their imagination.  They can be just about anything.

Sam, Madison's best friend who moved away, came to visit and they had so much fun playing together again.

We celebrated Madison's birthday as a family.  Abby gave her a baby with a stroller and Grandma gave her the elephant.

Abby got her four year old shots today...all four of them in her arms.  She couldn't move her arms very well that night, hence the tears even with ice cream:-(

Madison and Daddy eating her birthday ice cream with an oreo.

I made these mint brownies for teacher appreciation and they turned out pretty nice.  I love having mint grow everywhere here...

Madison got her snowflake put up in the school in a picture frame.  There was one other kid from her class that had his up.  There are only 6 displayed at a time, so it was an honor for Madison to have hers up there.  She loves to do art and takes her time with anything that is crafty.  She was really into origami for a while there and now draws roses and flowers everywhere.  She is also doing poetry.  I'll try and post one of her poems:-)

The combined birthday party.  Sorry for so little pictures...we were a bit preoccupied with the and 20 kids:-) pinata

 Here is a picture of the barbie cake the girls demanded having.  It's made with marshmallow fondant and has the barbie in the center.

 So sad, some of these friends will be moving all the way to Florida next month.  We do weekly play dates with them and will miss K., A., and E. so much when they are gone and I will miss J. terribly.

 Today at school was wacky hair day...well, this is what it looked like...then Abby had to have hers done the same way, so we did hers too.

Abby says...

I jammed one of my fingers playing basketball and have jammed it two consecutive times after that, so needless to say it's still swollen and hurts pretty bad, especially when I do hair.  I put Madison's hair in a pony and it really hurt and so I was whining a bit and Abby said, "Mommy's having a hard life again."  I usually ask them if they are having a hard day when they are really whinny and so Abby asked me that this time.

Book of Mormon Miracle

For the past two nights Madison, on her own, has read the book of mormon before she has fallen asleep.  She works on reading the words she knows and sounding out those she can and skipping those that are too hard:-)  That is what she informed me of this morning.  She is such a good, sweet little girl who is trying to be like Jesus.  I feel so blessed to have her as a daughter to teach me...there is a quote from Conference that says, "One of the great discoveries of parenthood is that we learn far more about what really matters from our children than we ever did from our parents." -Elder Packer

Well, that is so true.  I know I am way behind in posting, but they will eventually make it on the blog:-)