A little early this year....

We decided to have Madeline's sixth birthday party a little bit early this year, in the hopes that more classmates would remember to come to the party.  Mommy went a little crazy with the fondant to create a cake featuring Madeline's favorite creature, the stingray!
 

And here she is enjoying the Birthday Girl's Privilege (ie, licking the frosting off the beaters).

 

 

 

Could he be any cuter?

Or any chubbier?
 

 

Happy Birthday, Madeline!

OK, it's a little early, but Madeline's birthday is after school is over, so tomorrow we are taking cupcakes to her classroom to celebrate.  Here are the aquatic themed cupcakes!
 

 

Madeline: Mom, I love you so much! I love you more than I love Puppup.
Mom:  Wow, that's an awful lot. I know how much you love Puppup.
Madeline: Yeah. It's like I love Puppup TEN miles and I love you a HUNDRED.

The first baby in the family to like food

So far, Baby Gary is very enthusiastic about sweet potatoes, carrots, and squash.  Mommy and Daddy are amazed to see a baby who delights in being fed with a spoon and actually opens his mouth up for it.  This boy has never been one to turn down a meal, though, as evidenced by his ginormous self requiring 12 month clothes at the tender age of 5 months.
 

 

Smiling happy baby!

Not crabby at all.

 

 

 

 

 

From my homework, using spelling words in a sentence.  A little window into my after school life, but also into how much I need to move on to spelling words with more than four letters.

1. My mom and me chop carrots.
2. When my dad came home he gave each of us a kiss!
3. When will dad get home?
4. ooooooh my chin is icky!
5. "What is that?" I asked.
6.  All the dinassaurs died such as the pteradactel!
 7. "Why are you singing?"
8. "You eat to much!" said mom.
9. "Practise voilen while I read." I said.
10. wich one has the tissue?

"If I had a pet tarantula, I would put a diaper on it." -- Madeline, budding entomologist and master of the nonsequiter

Rumble in the Jungle

Kindergarten class performance.
 

 

 

Madeline: I'm going to collect some bugs and figure out what they are and I'm going to be a scientist when I grow up!

Annual Ballet demonstration!

No pictures allowed during the actual performance, but we snuck back onto the stage to pose for these after the show ended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter eggs

The great thing about being Catholic is that there's a whole Easter SEASON, so when you run out of time to dye eggs on Easter Sunday, you can just do it the next weekend. :)

 

 

 

 

 

Baby G loves his bunny

 

 

 

 

Madeline's Fiesta shoebox parade

 

 

 

"Angry Birds Fiesta," designed and executed by Madeline (with a little help from Mommy's hot glue gun).

BFFs