Fall Time

So last Halloween we carved a pumpkin and Madison was pretty entertained by it so I decided to do it again this year thinking she would like it. She liked watching, but didn't want anything to do with the insides. All she would do was point and tell me there was a mess. Her favorite part was putting a candle in it and watching it glow.

 When I was younger my mom always took pictures of us playing in the leaves so I thought I would take one of Madison. I made a nice big pile, showed her how to play in them and throw them in the air, and grabbed the camera to capture her having a blast. But I didn't get the reaction I expected....

 She through a huge fit. She didn't want to touch the leaves let alone stand in them. And of course I left her in there long enough to get some pictures and laugh.

This is after the tramatic experience. I can just she her saying,

"Mom what were you thinking putting me in there?"

Hopefully she likes the leaves more next year.

The First Snow of the Year

The first snow of Rexburg came October 6th and Madison was pretty excited there was white stuff falling from the sky. We grabbed our coats and headed out to enjoy it before it melted.

It was so cute to see her laugh and try to catch the snow. I love how the simplest things we take for granted are so imporant and interesting to her. Makes me re-look at how I view a lot of things. Soon after this we decided to go buy her some snow clothes and boots so she could enjoy the snow, since we figured it would stick around. But it didn't. Madison was pretty upset when I made her go back in because her little hands were frozen and her face was red, she wanted to stay outside!

We really haven't got much snow this year, if we get much it is just enough to cover the grass and melts by the next day. So much for the head to toe snow gear we got her. Hopefully it snows enough we can get it out.

Playing Catch Up - Part 1

Ok so it has been forever since I've had time to get on here. So here's whats been happening in our lives the past few months. Heres Madison at 17 months showing off her cheesy smile. We would say to her, give us some cheese and she would give us the biggest toothy grin. Aren't the pony tails cute! She finally has enough hair to get two little ones.


Here she is playing Just Dance on the Wii. She thought it was so fun to shake the remote and dance just like Sydney.

Madison loves to pretend to feed her baby. She has us put the baby in her high chair and get a spoon to feed her with. Adorable. She also likes to share her food with everything, even if it is just a picture of a person in a book.

She loves copying everything we do. Including looking at the grocery store adds,jabbering and pointing at pictures, then colors on it and rips them up.

Falling asleep while eating. Hilarious. She would fall asleep, wake up just enough to giggle and smile at me and fall back asleep.I have a great video I will have to put up on here. It will definately make you smile.

This is how she eats her snack in the morning. Laying on the couch all relaxed watching her shows.

Something I Want to Remember...

 My parents have a squirt bottle to spray the dogs when they bark. Madison found it on the floor and figured out how it worked. Of course she had it pointed straight at her face. She did it over and over until she was soaked.

As you can see from this picture she really enjoyed doing this.

Now for something that isn't quite as cute....

She got under the kitchen sink cabinet and found a spray bottle with chemicals in it and remembering how much fun it was earlier, she sprayed it in her face. Luckily it didn't hurt her.

Tollgate, Idaho

This summer we took Madison camping for the first time. My Grandpa John has property out by Mountain Home that my mom's family goes camping at every summer. He has a apple orchard, a garden, and tons of flowers.

Madison had a great time doing what kids do best, get dirty.

Here's what we did.

 Tried on Grandpa Speirs's sunglasses.

Layed in the hammock

 Threw thousands of rocks into the creek

Jumped on the air matresses in the tent.

Madison loved the tent I think it reminded her of a big fort like we make at home. She couldn't stop giggling as she jumped on the beds and rolled around.

 Played in the creek until she was frozen. The water was coming down from the mountains so it was ice cold, but Madison still wanted to play.

We rode four wheelers up and down the road.

This is probably one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Nathan sharing his drink with Madison.

Even though you get covered in dirt, eaten by bugs, get smelly, and sunburned I love camping. There is something so great about just getting outdoors, turning your cell phone off and forgetting about all your worries and taking time to slow down and just enjoy the beauty that is all around us.

Sprinkler Fun

We had gone out to eat at Craigo's since it had been such a hot day and we couldn't bare to cook anything. We came home and Alex and I were talking, we turn around and there is Madison testing out the sprinkler and the next thing we knew she was soaked from head to toe. She would run between the sprinkler and the steps, sitting down just for a second before she was back in the sprinkler.

 

Helment Hair

 This was a common morning look for Madison this summer. We got bikes last summer and this summer I found this bike helment and decided she should probably have one for when we go riding bikes. At first she wouldn't have anything to do with it, and panicked when we put it on her, refusing to wear it for any period of time. Overtime she got more excited about it and we couldn't keep it off of her head. First thing she would do in the morning is go find her helment and put it on her head until we made her take it off.