Picture of the Day: Audrey With Dollie

audrey bell

 

Yesterday we were all outside and Barry was doing his ‘life’s work’  of raking the leaves that fall from our Tulip tree in the backyard while waging a war against the ones in the front yard. Maggie was helping him and Audrey and I were … helping in our own way. Audrey has adopted a red haired doll that belongs to Maggie and carries it around, rocks it and calls it her own. Thankfully Maggie, who is truly a mother to New Baby, is fine with Audrey taking over the other doll. Audrey spent her time outside yesterday playing chase, riding in the wagon and babbling at the rest of us. She’s a happy little camper…..and a good little mama to boot. 

Picture of the Day: Jumping on the Bed in A-Town

maggie and audrey at grandma and grandpa elvrums

 

Our whirlwind visit to A-town included these two monkeys jumping on the bed in my old bedroom. The quilt is made by my mom, and the sunshine pillow and babushka pillow made my my aunt for me when I was a little girl. Monkey see, monkey do. 

Picture of the Day

s secret note
When Maggie says ‘this’ it sounds like ‘dis’ and she started to write ‘you’ on the second line it looks like, but then got carried away with ‘love your’. Either way, she was very clear about what she wrote when she ‘got the note from the mailman’ and so, I wanted to make note of that.

We hav quite a few notes in this series because we had ‘quite the mystery to solve’ about who the secret admirer was. This one, however, was my favorite, because of the ending of “Maggie did not give this to you”.  A few nights ago, Mags kept shutting herself in her room telling us she had something important to do and then would appear, ‘after seeing the mailman,’ with some notes for us. I love her invented spelling and how she isn’t afraid to try the big words. We have a story that she wrote at school that is about as funny as this. She still loves to draw, but her understanding of language has exploded in the last couple months and we’re finding her writing everywhere. Three cheers for confident writers and lovers of the written word!!!