Birthday Card for Daddy!

Madeleine made a birthday card for Jeff! We are celebrating his 37th birthday this year! Madeleine drew all the shapes she knows how to draw (circle, square, triangle) and she wrote HER NAME!!! I am so excited and I know Jeff will be too when he sees it!

Dancing...

Madeleine is having lots of fun at her dance class again this year! They added tap this year which all the girls love! Here are a few pictures from today's dance class...
Madeleine before class tapping away!

Arabesqueing

Twirling...

And twirling some more...

Learning how to tap!

Getting Ready for Fall!

I love Fall! I couldn't help but put the kids in their Halloween clothes now that October has arrived!

6 teeth & preschool!!!

Jeff & I are a tired pair over here. Braden has 6 teeth coming in all at once! Ouch! He already has it bottom two teeth and two more are coming in on the bottom, plus all four top teeth are coming in. He has been getting up at least once a night, maybe twice. We've had one night of sleeping through the night in the past week. Once these teeth come in, we are going to have him cry it out (if he still wakes up) but can't bare to do it right now when we know he is in pain. Poor guy!

Otherwise, Braden is growing and growing! He is eating a ton too. Today he ate an entire #2 jar of baby food plus oatmeal...and then a bottle! I've never seen bigger cheeks or thighs on a baby! He is such a smiley little guy and very happy!

Madeleine is busy going to preschool and dance class each week. She loves preschool and is learning so much. Every day I ask her what she did and she responds, "I don't know" or "Nothing"...but then later I will hear her reciting something she learned and it's really cool to hear. She is growing up so fast! The other upside FOR ME is obviously that I get a break and some one on one time with Braden...but the biggest benefit for me is that she actually misses me now! Jeff has always been her #1 pick and FINALLY she misses me and wants to be with me :) If you've ever been around Jeff & Madeleine, you know what I am talking about...she much prefers him over me so it's nice to feel wanted :)

Salmon Days...and ready for some FOOTBALL!

Madeleine & I had a great time at Salmon Days this year but missed Braden & daddy at home. Braden takes a morning nap so the boys stayed home and we met some friends to watch the parade! We picked Braden up a super cute football hat so he is ready for football season!

Gardening!

We thought our tomatoes would never ripen after the summer we had but we finally got a good stretch of nice weather and we had more tomatoes than we knew what to do with! Madeleine really enjoyed going out each day and picking the ripened ones!

1st Bubble Bath

Braden & Madeleine had their 1st bubble bath together a few weeks ago! This was Braden's 1st bubble bath ever! Braden kept eating the bubbles, yuck!