03.18.12 - First birthday gift

Tommy opened his first birthday gift today: a zoo magnet set from Uncle Brian and Aunt Emily. He wasn't quite sure what to do so Maddie and Harley showed him.

03.16.12 - Cleanup in Aisle One

I'm not sure who dropped Cheerios first but they all had a hand in cleaning them up.

03.06.12 - Wake up, Maddie!

Upon Maddie's insistence that she just needed to "take a little rest" before getting out of bed this morning, Tommy and Nate went in her room to encourage her to get up.

03.05.12 - Three Stooges

Larry, Moe and Curly.

02.25.12 - Full house

This is what it would look like if we had six kids. Don't worry, we're not.

02.05.12 - Good food and good company

We had a busy weekend entertaining. After Nate's party yesterday (thus the party decorations still on the wall), we had Nan and Pop over tonight for Cuban steak with yellow rice and beans, one of our new favorite dishes, which I think we've talked about a time or two. :)

01.31.12 - Bonk!

Tommy, don't bonk Nanny in the head!

01.30.12 - Dollhouse

While Maddie and Nate are away, Tommy likes to crawl into Maddie's room and play dollhouse.

01.28.12 - Playing house

The kids have taken to playing house under the dining room table.

01.14.12 - You gonna eat that?

Maddie and Nate made sure Tommy didn't go without at snack time today. Trust us when we say Tommy doesn't go without!

01.13.12 - Fightin' over Grandma

Grandma Shepherd came over tonight to put the kids to bed so that Mommy and I could have a date night (grocery shopping) and they immediately flocked to her. Of course, Tommy got her full attention while the other two climbed over each other to get to her.

12.28.11 - Bedtime stories

Maddie shares a bedtime story with Tommy.

12.27.11 - Kitchen play

Tommy and Maddie play kitchen while mom makes dinner.

12.26.11 - Monkey business

Maddie, Tommy and Natey pose for a photo in their new monkey jams. Shortly after this photo was taken, we loaded up and went Christmas-light looking one last time of the year.

12.03.11 - Books galore

I'm not terribly proud of this image and I'm sure Tommy won't like it later in life, either. But, we made another haul at the library today and as soon as we got home everyone sat down to start reading.

12.01.11 - Learning to play kitchen

After a rough day of not getting along so well, Angie was quite relieved when Tommy, Maddie and Nate sat down to play kitchen together, giving her a good 30 minutes to prepare dinner.

11.23.11 - On the lookout

Maddie keeps an eye out for oncoming traffic as we pull over to the side of the road for Harley to sniff whatever it was she was sniffing. It was such a nice day today we had to get out for a walk. Look for more photos of today's walk on Maddie's blog soon.

11.21.11 - Three busy bodies

Our poor Parents As Teachers parent educator must sit in her car and repeat, "I can do this, I can do this," before coming into our house for our monthly visit! Tonight was extra challenging as Angie had a prior commitment and couldn't be there. It was just me, Coco, the kids and Harley. Oy!

11.20.11 - Cheerios!

Tommy was excited to have Cheerios for the first time today!

11.13.11 - Snacks with Daddy

Everyone was glad that Mom and Dad came home from Florida!