Maddy - 3 1/4 years

This kid is a riot. Can I say anything else? She is just so ALIVE and funny and bright and challenging in so many wonderful and tricky ways. She is truly spectacular and gets better all the time (awwwwwwwwwwwwwww... mush mush mush)

she is truly cooking here, stirring the vegetables and fettucini just like a pro, back and forth, careful not to burn herself or the food, she is very diligent and loves to help in the kitchen. she is extremely capable, i am always surprised by what she is able and wanting to do to contribute....

her mickey mouse cookie cutter from Auntie Kristy and Uncle Mikey's honeymoon to disneyworld.... she always puts it up to her face and this is the only cookie cutter she does this with... is it because it is sort of binocular-ish and its shape lends itself to fit her face that way? i asked her why and she shrugged and said "my not know why" hmmmnnnn...

legos up on the counter. she LOVES itty bitty toys. These and polly pockets keep her busy for hours. HOURS!!! I make her do the legos up high on the counter because Karis also loves itty bitty toys but for other uses like choking...... we seem to have moved beyond the polly pockets in the mouth with karis so those have resumed residence in polly land in maddy's bedroom, but the legos are irresistible and so remain out of her reach (until she figures out how to climb up here, maddy could already get to this surface by her age so my clock is ticking....)

first use of the can opener with just a bit of stabilization help from mama.....