X-mas Tree farm

Yes that's the pumpkin hat that our kid refused to wear for Halloween.

Last Saturday afternoon found us up at Farmer Brown's tree lot hunting for a tree. Madelyn somehow decided that her pink-kitty boots were 'OK' to wear now and came in handy for walking around in the mud. We have been trying to get them on her feet for about 5 weeks now and she's finally warmed up to them. At this rate we are going to have to start buying next summers sandals next month she she'll be used to them when the time comes. After much deliberating we found a tree and headed on home.

New words this past week have been 'Bbball' and 'brd (bird)' and what sounds like 'this' and 'kitty cat'. She loves the word 'ball' and will chase the big yoga ball all over the house while yelling 'BbbALL', it's great fun to watch. She can pick out a reindeer in the x-mas books, but she's not picking up on what/who Santa is yet. She ate everything in sight this weekend so she's either over her cold from last week or tanking up for a growth spurt.

She's running quite well now, she'll sometimes take off and get going so fast that she crashes, but she's defiantly getting the hang of it all. Walking up the stairs like a big person is a hit and we can coax her to go down them on her tummy most days. Not having to carry her down the stairs is just one of the little things that makes things a little easier.

Kids at this age seem to understand far more than we think they do. I gave Maddy the full trash bag from the kitchen garbage yesterday and told her to take it out to the garage, and off she went. Dragging the bag behind her, it was hard not to laugh too much at the sight. Heck if she wants to keep that up I'll start paying her an allowance. She'll also help drag the dirty clothes from our bedroom upstairs to the laundry chute and want to toss the clothes down.