A day in the life of...

Here are just a couple of pictures from one of our typical days at home.

Maddie is sharing blueberries with Tanner
She is such a good big sister, she (almost) always thinks of Tanner and does sweet things for him.


Don't ask me why, but Tanner loves shoes! Any shoes. We are constantly losing shoes because he carries them around the house like this, or he will 'walk' with them on his hands, or clap them together and make lots of noise. It may be weird, but it is really funny.


We recently started a 'chore chart' with Maddie, and one of her chores is feeding the dogs. She loves it! She is so proud of herself every time, it is precious. But, she is very territorial. She gets pretty upset if Bauer starts eating out of Zoe's bowl, or if Tanner gets anywhere near her while she is feeding them. She is doing a great job learning all of her chores!


The kids love to take walks in the wagon after dinner, and who could blame them? This is one of my favorite times of the day. And i love that we are able to use the wagon for both of them now!

First trip to the Dentist!

We finally made it to Maddie's first dentist appt. She did so great! At first she was very uneasy and started crying when the dentist came in. So, we decided to have Mommy go first (I had an appt as well). Since I was the example I had to have best behavior-and I'm not the world's biggest fan of dental visits. After Mom, Maddie climbed right up and let the dental hygienist examine her, and clean her teeth. She was still a little gunshy of the dentist himself. Maddie and I both had great check-ups with no cavities! And, after Maddie had endeared herself to the entire staff, she got a purple, sparkly toothbrush, notebook, princess floss, and five stickers for being so brave. I don't remember ever getting that much loot at the dentist!



This was her getting her teeth cleaned, she is really not scared even though the picture looks like she is pretty uneasy.

This is the spit sucker (sorry I don't know the correct term). She thought this was hilarious!