front yard fun

One of the things we love about the new house: plenty of room in the yard to play soccer!

Dribble practice

Taking a shot

Celebrating a goal

reversible?

M picks out her own outfits everyday, but usually still wants help putting everything on. This was a recent exception... she proudly called me into her room to show off that she put everything on all by herself:

Looks pretty good...

... just a little backwards

When I asked her where the Powercat on her shirt was, she looked down for it (since it's usually on the front) and then shrugged her shoulders. She insisted that it was OK that the Powercat wasn't on the front anymore. I admire that spunk!

our little gardener

Madeline, Madeline, what does your garden grow? A little moss, a few black beans, apple seeds, and a surveying flag, of course!

preschool, preschool...

We've been singing this Sesame Street ditty around our house lately as M started preschool this week. Between her requests to go to school (Mom-school just doesn't cut it, apparently), my need to have some toddler-free time to work on the house (or nap, as this preggo has tendency to do) and the desire to have some one-on-one time with the baby when she comes, we finally decided to check out our options in our new neighborhood. And as our Josh's luck would have it, the place that was top on our my list still had openings for 3 year olds and hadn't started their school year yet. Woo to the hoo! M's only disappointment was that she wouldn't get to ride the bus to school.

So here are pics from Day 1.... She tolerated me taking pictures of her at our house before we got in the car, but refused to pause for any shots once we got to school.

Note the (barely visible in this pic) new green lunch box that matches her backpack. She picked it out herself and was very careful to find something that would match.

Can't stop for a picture now! I'm on my way to school!