"I'm a good slider"

Here is some video of Maggie on the playground. We are all particularly impressed with her new skills climbing the ladder. She spent 20 minutes one day just trying and trying to figure it out and finally mastered it. Her retelling of the story gets a little mixed up with one of our potty books - if you listen closely you'll hear it.

pics from the past week

I apologize for not posting in a couple of weeks...both of the girls have been recovering from a series of colds and I have been getting over a sinus infection, so I have fallen a bit behind on e-mails/blog posts. But here are some miscellaneous pictures from the past week.

my little valentines

Maggie's 2nd birthday!

Last week we all piled in the car (beagles too!) and made the trek to Rome, GA to visit Will's family for Maggie's 2nd birthday. It was great to see everyone, and Maggie got to play with several of her cousins during the trip, including her cousin Morgan during a brief stop in Asheville on the way home. She also got lots of fun goodies for her birthday, including some great baby dolls and a really pretty dress-up trunk that Will's grandfather made for Katie when she was a little girl. And aunt Katie filled it up with some of Maggie's favorite things...necklaces! Maggie also requested and enjoyed a birthday dinner of hot dogs w/ ketchup, mac & cheese, and cupcakes.

watching Scooby Doo with cousin Gage


"I pity the fool!!"


playing with a wavy light wand thingy


well, she IS entering the terrible two's, right?


decorating cupcakes with Mimie


here we are with cousins Gage, Joseph, and John


more proof of what a good big sister Maggie is...she fell asleep holding Lilly's hand in the car


And when we got back home, Maggie opened her birthday present from Grandmama and Granddad...a baby doll stroller perfect for her new baby dolls!


"I pity the fool!" part II

potty 101

We've been reading some "big girl potty" books lately to get Maggie interested in starting to use her potty. Here she is teaching Pooh the steps she has learned (she narrated this whole event, which was pretty funny to watch). Now we just have to get HER to use the potty! :-)
Step 1: "sit on the potty, Pooh!"
Step 2: "use the potty" (she actually wiped Pooh's bottom, too)
Step 3: "put it into mommy's potty"
Step 4: "wash your hands, Pooh"
Step 5: "let's eat a snack Pooh!"