She has moved from calling Joe and I Momma and Dadda to Daddy and Mommy only it comes out Mummy most of the time...
While looking for my phone one day I found her pacing her bedroom holding it to her ear aparently having quite the conversation with someone. When I asked her for the phone she poilitely coved the receiver and said "mommy i'm talking on the phone" and then went back to the conversation like it was nothing. (I'm still not sure who she was talking to...)
After spending 3 days of cleaning and organizing the house I realized that she had been watching to much tv the past few days when we had this interaction:
Madi: Mommy help me draw a horse.
Me: Can you wait just I minute I have to finish paying the bill.
Madi: Putting her hands on her face... " I need help; call Oso please" (meaning special agent Oso on Disney Channel)
Bailee go away...You stink...
Oh no there is a mess, I need to clean...
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
D-O-G
So Since I am kind of using this as a written scrapbook/journal for the kiddo's I figured that I would need to document the funny and crazy things that Madison does!
About a week or so ago while watching what Madi calls a bedshow (watching one of her cartoons on my bed) she turned to me and said very matter of fact, "Momma d-o-g spells dog" and then went back to watching word world. After picking my jaw up off the floor i figured that she was just repeating what she had seen on the show. Word World is a PBS show that uses letters put together to make animals, and pretty much everything on the show. I was slightly curious to see if she would do it again so later that night while we were putting her to bed I asked her to tell daddy how to spell dog. She again very matter of fact said 'dada d-o-g'. I was pretty surprised that she did it at all let alone again.
I was then pretty curious about what other small words and letters she could put together so I figured we would start with a few of her favorite animals cow and pig in addition to dog. I found a cute puzzle game at costco that spelled out 3 and 4 letter words using one letter for each piece, then when you put them together they make a picture of the word. We played it a few times and she really enjoyed it. She also would bring me her magna doodle and ask me to spell words like cow, pig, dog, cat, etc. I figured that she just really likes letters and wasn't really absorbing much because we hadn't had any jaw dropping reading moments since the dog incident.
However last night i wrote the word dog on a piece of paper and asked her what it spelled, after repeating the letters she saw she said 'dog momma'. I then wrote the word cow, this time she didn't say the letters only 'spells cow', she then did the same with pig. Needless to say I was pretty impressed that even with out pictures of the animals she knew what those 3 words were.
Now she has been able to recognize upper and lower case letters for a few months now by sight so I know that she is smart, but to really to be able to put letters together and really read simple 3 letter words at 2?? I think I'm definitely in trouble, she is like a little sponge soaking up everything and she is definitely a lover of learning!
About a week or so ago while watching what Madi calls a bedshow (watching one of her cartoons on my bed) she turned to me and said very matter of fact, "Momma d-o-g spells dog" and then went back to watching word world. After picking my jaw up off the floor i figured that she was just repeating what she had seen on the show. Word World is a PBS show that uses letters put together to make animals, and pretty much everything on the show. I was slightly curious to see if she would do it again so later that night while we were putting her to bed I asked her to tell daddy how to spell dog. She again very matter of fact said 'dada d-o-g'. I was pretty surprised that she did it at all let alone again.
I was then pretty curious about what other small words and letters she could put together so I figured we would start with a few of her favorite animals cow and pig in addition to dog. I found a cute puzzle game at costco that spelled out 3 and 4 letter words using one letter for each piece, then when you put them together they make a picture of the word. We played it a few times and she really enjoyed it. She also would bring me her magna doodle and ask me to spell words like cow, pig, dog, cat, etc. I figured that she just really likes letters and wasn't really absorbing much because we hadn't had any jaw dropping reading moments since the dog incident.
However last night i wrote the word dog on a piece of paper and asked her what it spelled, after repeating the letters she saw she said 'dog momma'. I then wrote the word cow, this time she didn't say the letters only 'spells cow', she then did the same with pig. Needless to say I was pretty impressed that even with out pictures of the animals she knew what those 3 words were.
Now she has been able to recognize upper and lower case letters for a few months now by sight so I know that she is smart, but to really to be able to put letters together and really read simple 3 letter words at 2?? I think I'm definitely in trouble, she is like a little sponge soaking up everything and she is definitely a lover of learning!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Christmas, Birthday, and the 2 year old!
Happy New Year to all! We had a great December with Madi's 2nd birthday and Christmas, however I am still trying to figure out where the month went! Madison is now a crazy 2 year old and I will have to say while we have had our fair share of temper tantrums so far the 2's really aren't that terrible. She has been great and is very excited to be a big girl. Her birthday celebration started with a tinkerbell party with a few of her friends on the 15th. It was fun to celebrate with friends and gave them all a chance to play and have fun (although Madi did spend most of the afternoon hiding in her tent...) We then had a small family party on the 23rd which was also a lot of fun!
Helping momma with the cupcakes
Happy Birthday Madi!
So proud of the finished product!
Helping to decorate
We had to turn the house into a 'party house' not a christmas house...
Her party hiding place
All the guests enjoying a couple of madi favorites... Chick-fil-a chicken nuggets and fruit
So usually Madi won't eat frosting and just eats the cake....this time she just ate the frosting.. For her party on the 23rd she requested that I make cherry pie instead of cake at all...
opening all the fun presents. Thanks friends!!
Aunt Deniese and Uncle Kenny got her this purple pillow pet for christmas...she has had to carry the hippo around for weeks now!
Super cute nativity advent calander that Madi got from Great Grandpa Tony and Donna. We have had so much fun with this!
So our first santa visit at Chick-fil-a was a disaster! But even so Madi kept talking about how she wanted to go see santa and tell him that she wanted a choo choo for christmas. So on her birthday we found this cute little santa village near our house. It was perfect because she was the only kid there and they let her take her time talking and singing jingle bells with Santa. She won't sit on her lap but she did finally ask him for a train, gave him a high five and a hug and then went to enjoy her candy cane sitting next to the elf. I see it as a pretty good feat, maybe next year we'll sit on his lap!
Papa made this cute bench for Madi and her dolls. She absolutely loves it!
you can't say this kid has no imagination...She sat on the bench said she was cold, picked up the rug and was using it as a blanket..
The present opening pro!
Madi and Alyssa playing hopscotch
Fun dress up from Aunt Crystal and Uncle scott
Race cars from Grandma and Papa Haynie! She absolutely loved this present!
Blowing out the Candles. We had to sing Happy and let her blow out the candles about 4 times.
Christmas Morning! Santa brought Madi her train and a lot of other fun stuff
Madi was really excited when she woke up christmas morning, we didn't think she really knew what was going on until she came down the stairs, saw the train and immediately said momma look santa brought me a choo choo. I guess she is a santa believer now!
I think the train table has become my new coffee table. I could have never imagined that she would love this so much!
Madi also got a lot of other great presents and toys. We had 3 fun christmas's! Unfortunently my preggo brain left the camera at home so we don't have any pictures from our other celebrations at the Baune's and Haynie's.
singing jingle bells madi style "jingle bells all the way, in a horse and sleigh, all the way HEY!, jingle bells.."
Playing mommy with her new doll furniture
The caged madi! She put herself in the cage
Joe and I were able to host Christmas dinner for my parents and little sister crystal and her husband scott. It was fun because we have never been able to have a holiday meal with my family, and we like to host parties!
The kids table...Soon Madi won't be the only one to sit there!
The most adorable cloths that she got for christmas from grandma and papa Haynie.
Merry Christmas Dadda!
Merry Christmas Momma!
We also finally got our first real snow storm! Madi was so excited to play in the snow even though it didn't last long. we had to drag her back in the house after about 20 min because it was sooooo cold.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
November in Pictures and some December so far!
Happy Holidays! We have been crazy busy but have really enjoyed the last month and holiday season. We had a great Thanksgiving with the Haynies and look forward to spending Christmas with Crystal and Scott and my parents. Things with the baby are going well. I am alittle over 27 weeks now and am feeling pretty good. I am however finally feeling like I am pregnant and getting a little uncomfortable but things are going really well so I can't complain at all. Enjoy all the pics and make sure you look at the following post with the 2 videos of Madison they are sure to make you laugh!
Our festive fall fireplace. My dad made it for us because I didn't have anywhere to put our christmas stockings. I really like how it looks in the front room so it might just become a permanent fixture!
Playing in the pantry...I won't be using those muffin cups....
Big shoes to fill! Madi loves to put on Joe's shoes
She put the hat on backwards, I think she was going for a ganster look but she is way to cute to pull it off!
Our 'first snow' it was actually hail but she that it was snow and had to go play in it.
This was our first real snow that stuck. Madi was so excited to wear her snow boots and all she wanted to do was ride her bike.. And yes she is wearing a skirt, She likes to pick out her cloths and it took me about 20 min. to convience her that she had to wear her pants under the skirt because it was cold...
To bad this is all she has seen of snow...It only stayed for a few hours and we havn't seen anything as of yet!
Ok so I have been HORRIBLE at documenting this pregnancy other than to saw that it is totally different and way better than with Madi so here is the first and only pic I have gotten so far. This is at 25 weeks.
I was so excited to find this swing for the new baby at the second hand store! I got it for $40. I decided to leave it out so Madi could start getting the idea that there was going to be a baby and she needed to be a little more careful about things around the house... (She is doing great so far) She has really enjoyed putting all her monkeys, babies, etc. in the baby swing, crib, carseat, etc. I'm not sure what she will do when there is actually a baby in them instead...
Playing with Bailee
Our mall had a breakfast with Santa around the middle of November. We happened upon it by accident last year and Madi had a good time so we thought we would actually plan for it this year. They have a lot of fun activities for the kids. Here is Madi and maa mah Angee waiting to see santa.
Eating breakfast and playing with some new christmas toys
Madi LOVES to dance! When ever she hears music you can expect to find her dancing.
CHEESE
She loves it when daddy comes home and spends time with her doing anything and everything
I have started collecting different learning activities for Madison and she knows exactly where I keep them...I found her the other day pulling everything out getting really excited about letters and sorting. So far she knows all her letters upper and lower case (while we are still working on the ABC song..) her colors, shapes, just about any animal sound and can count to 10 if she is counting fingers or toes! She also has gotten really good at sorting colors and shapes. I can't believe how smart she is it does kind of scare me a bit but I am excited to see her enjoying learning so much.
Her new christmas nativity (she found it under the couch so we had to open it a few weeks early...)
Thanksgiving 2010
Our festive fall fireplace. My dad made it for us because I didn't have anywhere to put our christmas stockings. I really like how it looks in the front room so it might just become a permanent fixture!
Playing in the pantry...I won't be using those muffin cups....
Big shoes to fill! Madi loves to put on Joe's shoes
She put the hat on backwards, I think she was going for a ganster look but she is way to cute to pull it off!
Our 'first snow' it was actually hail but she that it was snow and had to go play in it.
This was our first real snow that stuck. Madi was so excited to wear her snow boots and all she wanted to do was ride her bike.. And yes she is wearing a skirt, She likes to pick out her cloths and it took me about 20 min. to convience her that she had to wear her pants under the skirt because it was cold...
To bad this is all she has seen of snow...It only stayed for a few hours and we havn't seen anything as of yet!
Ok so I have been HORRIBLE at documenting this pregnancy other than to saw that it is totally different and way better than with Madi so here is the first and only pic I have gotten so far. This is at 25 weeks.I was so excited to find this swing for the new baby at the second hand store! I got it for $40. I decided to leave it out so Madi could start getting the idea that there was going to be a baby and she needed to be a little more careful about things around the house... (She is doing great so far) She has really enjoyed putting all her monkeys, babies, etc. in the baby swing, crib, carseat, etc. I'm not sure what she will do when there is actually a baby in them instead...
Playing with Bailee
Our mall had a breakfast with Santa around the middle of November. We happened upon it by accident last year and Madi had a good time so we thought we would actually plan for it this year. They have a lot of fun activities for the kids. Here is Madi and maa mah Angee waiting to see santa. 
Eating breakfast and playing with some new christmas toys
Madi LOVES to dance! When ever she hears music you can expect to find her dancing.
CHEESE
She loves it when daddy comes home and spends time with her doing anything and everything
I have started collecting different learning activities for Madison and she knows exactly where I keep them...I found her the other day pulling everything out getting really excited about letters and sorting. So far she knows all her letters upper and lower case (while we are still working on the ABC song..) her colors, shapes, just about any animal sound and can count to 10 if she is counting fingers or toes! She also has gotten really good at sorting colors and shapes. I can't believe how smart she is it does kind of scare me a bit but I am excited to see her enjoying learning so much.
Her new christmas nativity (she found it under the couch so we had to open it a few weeks early...)
Thanksgiving 2010Great-Grandma Haynie with Tanner, Madison and Emily making Thanks cards
Caden and Annie
The girls. Alyssa(2) Emily(4) Madison(23 months)
Cousin love!
Haynie Family Thanksgiving 2010
Playing with great-grandma's cane
Joe sharing why he really loves pumpkins...
Caden and Annie
The girls. Alyssa(2) Emily(4) Madison(23 months)
Cousin love!
Haynie Family Thanksgiving 2010
Playing with great-grandma's cane
Joe sharing why he really loves pumpkins...Getting ready....
The anticipation is half the fun
These next 2 are a little out of order...
The anticipation is half the fun
These next 2 are a little out of order...Madison and Emily playing with the dollhouse, were not really sure why Madi is in the box...
This little fischer price dollhouse is absolutely madisons favorite toy,one day I hope to be able to find one for her to have at home that we can afford!
ok back to what is going on outside... the poor little pumpkin, he has no idea what is about to happen...
minor mishap... it rolled down the hill so here is Brent poking it with a stick...
This little fischer price dollhouse is absolutely madisons favorite toy,one day I hope to be able to find one for her to have at home that we can afford!
ok back to what is going on outside... the poor little pumpkin, he has no idea what is about to happen...
minor mishap... it rolled down the hill so here is Brent poking it with a stick...What is going on you ask.... don't worry you will soon find out.... Fast forward....the pumpkin is again set up on the mountain side.
KABOOM!!!!!! (pumpkin bits)
more bits....Behind me is hysterical laughing from everyone including great-grandma who couldn't figure out what we were doing...
So basically for those who haven't figured it out (or for anyone who didn't live in fort collins with Joe in college) If you put dry ice and a little water in a small soda bottle and put it in a pumpkin it will explode. Joe looks forward every year to after Halloween when he can blow up pumpkins and this year a turkey(don't worry it was just the left over bones we ate it first) I think this has become a new Thanksgiving tradition at the Haynie household... On a side note it didn't take long for the deer to discover the pumpkin bits so we got a great view of them from the house, the foxes also enjoyed the turkey so really we were sharing thanksgiving dinner with all the wildlife in pine...
The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went up to fairplay with our friends the Menlove's to go cut down christmas trees. This is Madi playing with my gloves in the car. This was the only pic I got because we stopped at Joe's parents first and she decided that it was more fun to stay with Grandma and play with her beloved dollhouse than to go get a tree.. It was a good thing to I was up to my knees in snow...
Our tree!
Madi found Bailee's santa hat, poor Bailee has had to wear it just about everyday for the past 2 weeks.
Madi has also taken her turn wearing the hat...
Playing at Chick-fil-a
Decorating a ginger bread house with Grandma Angee
I think she ate most of the skittles and m&ms
The finished product
Playing with her little people santa village
She looked so cute I was trying to get some pictures of her by the christmas tree
This was the cutest pic, the only way I could get her to smile and look kind of at me was to ask her about Terrence(the boy fairy on tinkerbell) She loves him...(Joe is in so much trouble when she gets older...)
The final attempt at getting a smile...Oh well one day she will corporate with me
We tried to prep her for the santa visit...as you can see it didn't go over to well
She did however say please and thank you for her candy cane with out us telling her to and she told santa bye bye and to have a good day...
KABOOM!!!!!! (pumpkin bits)
more bits....Behind me is hysterical laughing from everyone including great-grandma who couldn't figure out what we were doing...
So basically for those who haven't figured it out (or for anyone who didn't live in fort collins with Joe in college) If you put dry ice and a little water in a small soda bottle and put it in a pumpkin it will explode. Joe looks forward every year to after Halloween when he can blow up pumpkins and this year a turkey(don't worry it was just the left over bones we ate it first) I think this has become a new Thanksgiving tradition at the Haynie household... On a side note it didn't take long for the deer to discover the pumpkin bits so we got a great view of them from the house, the foxes also enjoyed the turkey so really we were sharing thanksgiving dinner with all the wildlife in pine...
The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went up to fairplay with our friends the Menlove's to go cut down christmas trees. This is Madi playing with my gloves in the car. This was the only pic I got because we stopped at Joe's parents first and she decided that it was more fun to stay with Grandma and play with her beloved dollhouse than to go get a tree.. It was a good thing to I was up to my knees in snow...
Our tree!
Madi found Bailee's santa hat, poor Bailee has had to wear it just about everyday for the past 2 weeks.
Madi has also taken her turn wearing the hat...
Playing at Chick-fil-a
Decorating a ginger bread house with Grandma Angee
I think she ate most of the skittles and m&ms
The finished product
Playing with her little people santa village
She looked so cute I was trying to get some pictures of her by the christmas tree
This was the cutest pic, the only way I could get her to smile and look kind of at me was to ask her about Terrence(the boy fairy on tinkerbell) She loves him...(Joe is in so much trouble when she gets older...)
The final attempt at getting a smile...Oh well one day she will corporate with me
We tried to prep her for the santa visit...as you can see it didn't go over to well
She did however say please and thank you for her candy cane with out us telling her to and she told santa bye bye and to have a good day...Now for all those who can't come to our house this year here is a glimpse of our christmas pretty house as Madi calls it
2 of Madi's nativities. I love to collect nativities but until my kiddos are older I am only going to have ones that they can play with so they don't get messed up. These 2 are from little people and Doug and Melissa. (I highly recomend either one if your have young kids) Madi loves to play with them
Our Christmas fireplace! I am so excited to have a place to hang stockings. We even have a 'roaring' fire if you look close
The divider between the kitchen and front room.
ok this one is a little out of order as well... I got an email for a free build a bear for Madi's birthday. I was kind of wierd that it expired at the begining of December since her birthday is at the end but anyway she was able to build a dog that has been named 'ruff ruff' she takes her for walks all over and poor ruff ruff was dirty before we left the mall...
decorating the christmas tree
This is a close up view. My mom and I made gingerbread ornaments this year, I thought it would be good to have things that wouldn't break not knowing what Madi would do. She hasn't touched the tree since it was put up however Bailee managed to eat the bottom ginger bread ornaments not more than an hour after we put them on the tree...
The final product! Just to give you an idea on size, we have 9 foot ceilings and the tree is about 4-5 inches from the ceiling, (we couldn't put a star on top)
2 of Madi's nativities. I love to collect nativities but until my kiddos are older I am only going to have ones that they can play with so they don't get messed up. These 2 are from little people and Doug and Melissa. (I highly recomend either one if your have young kids) Madi loves to play with them
Our Christmas fireplace! I am so excited to have a place to hang stockings. We even have a 'roaring' fire if you look close
The divider between the kitchen and front room.
ok this one is a little out of order as well... I got an email for a free build a bear for Madi's birthday. I was kind of wierd that it expired at the begining of December since her birthday is at the end but anyway she was able to build a dog that has been named 'ruff ruff' she takes her for walks all over and poor ruff ruff was dirty before we left the mall...
decorating the christmas tree
This is a close up view. My mom and I made gingerbread ornaments this year, I thought it would be good to have things that wouldn't break not knowing what Madi would do. She hasn't touched the tree since it was put up however Bailee managed to eat the bottom ginger bread ornaments not more than an hour after we put them on the tree...
The final product! Just to give you an idea on size, we have 9 foot ceilings and the tree is about 4-5 inches from the ceiling, (we couldn't put a star on top)Happy Holidays!
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