October 7, 2012

Here is Melanie opening up her Halloween gift from Beth.  Thanks Beth!  We had to put the socks on right away with her witch shirt.  She loves them!

October 2, 2012

Here we are celebrating mom's 33rd birthday!  Daddy even dressed me in my I heart mom shirt in honor of mommy.  Not quite sure why, but daddy decided to make a birthday cake and put it in two bread loaves instead of a cake pan, so yes, even though this looks like bread, it is actually part one of a two part cake...  that's typical daddy though.  The cake was really good though!  Melanie cleverly named it "birthday bread" all by herself. 

September 30, 2012

Somebody is getting very elaborate in her pictures.  It can take her a good 30 - 45 minutes to do a picture anymore because of all of her details.  Drawing is her favorite thing to do. It's the first thing she does when she wakes up in the morning and the first thing she does when she gets home from school.

These are some signature Melanie designs from today.

  

A close up of the one she just drew.  (the brown under the grass is dirt she says).  

 This one isn't quite as obvious as to what it is as the last one, but she says it's a rocket ship with "feelers" she calls them.  I love how the suns always have to have a smiley face.  Also, the door in this picture has a smiley face.

September 28, 2012

Melanie in her first parade.  Homecoming 2012 - with Homecoming Court Members Taylor Thering and Molly Schluter, with Grandpa Jim driving.  She had a blast!   Thanks Taylor and Molly!

September 15, 2012

August 27, 2012

Thanks to Aunt Katie's "daddy wears a diaper" trick, we actually got some natural smiles tonight!

August 26, 2012

Today was our Annual Good Neighbor Festival Parade at Daddy's Uncle Steve's house.

I had fun watching the parade with 2nd Cousin Aubrey.  

It was wet out during the parade but we still got lots of treats!

 And we also got some cool toys.  Here we are trying out our "slinky glasses"

 Mom and me watching the parade

 And all night after the parade it was, "can you take a picture of me in my funny glasses?"