Madelyn Turns 2

I've really called her two for several months now. Maybe it's her personality. Either way, I put together an album covering her past year. What a dramatic difference a year makes!

And for a fun read, here's the post covering her Mad Dash Out.

Happy Birthday!

Festival of Lights

With Nick and Aunt Cheri in Haiti, we, Emily, Alahna and Tedi visited the Festival of Lights at the Zoo. Thankfully most people have to work tomorrow so it wasn't all that busy.

Elsie continues to LOVE being with Alahna. Madelyn continues to love exploring.

Christmas 2014

Elsie loves her plethora of skirts and pink sparkly things. Madelyn is good at sharing her family of dolls that she received. Both kids are loving the doll house furniture to go with the doll house that Santa built / brought last year.

Both kids asked, in one way or another, for a major off day today. They crashed hard after lunch. I forgot how taxing such events can be on little people.

Also, I have to brag on my (Will's) parents. Christmas 2014 shall now and forever be dubbed "The Creative Christmas." First, they made panels for the jungle gym Santa also brought last year. One side has velcro pads that weather-related items can be stuck on. Made. From. Scratch...!

Secondly, made from recycled canvas from our tipi from years ago, they made a kids tipi. Door, with Thumper, not pictured.

And for us (Jill & Will) they made a sculpture / wind chime that includes the names of all of our immediate family members and their children. All the way from Baba to Madelyn and Lucia to Bebob.