Trick-or-Treat 2010

I hope everyone had a great, fun and safe Halloween!

Let me tell you how much fun Madison had trick-or-treating!

All day we have been practicing coaching Madison with say "Trick-or-Treat" and then "thank you"! She had it down. It sounded more like "fruck-or-freat" but that is okay! As we were getting ready to go outside TJ got the wagon all cleaned out. Madison in her Elmo costume all warm and ready to go. Avery was all bundled up and in my front carrier thing! We were ready to rock and roll!

TJ and I thought, hey its her first time going house to house, she will probably only last a few houses and be ready to go back! WELL...we were surely mistaken! Madison got right in the doors and said trick-or-treat.

Her first house she even tried to go in house and wanted to eat the first piece of candy! So we go to a couple more houses and she is doing GREAT! WELL then, by the third house we see the lady is dressed up as a mummy! We decide hey, hopefully she will do okay and not freak out. I had Madison ready and practicing what to say! We get to the door and I said cute because I could tell she was scared...she would not say anything. She was stepping backwards and after a couple minutes of the lady trying to talk to her, I got Madison to say thank you! After that house the next few house were "scary"! It finally then took her 5 houses for her to start saying trick-or-treat...but she came back! We did get her to say at least thank you every time...we were proud!

Madison could have kept going, she was so proud of her candy! She would say, "Mommy, wook at all my suff"!

She was very good at it and we were getting close to the house and Avery ended up falling asleep so I put her in her car seat. TJ was trying to help me and had Madison get on the grass and wait...well we were wrong. She said, "I do it myself" and started walking up to the door by herself, swinging her bucket of candy...

We ended up going to about 20 houses and TJ and I called it quits because there was candy to be passed out!

TJ and I could not have been more proud of our girl(s)!

Madison preparing to go trick-or-treating for the first time! This is the first house...right before walking up to the door! I was surprised she stood for the picture!

After Madison getting her first piece of candy! As you can tell, TJ/Daddy could not be more proud of his little girl! She did however, try walking into the house...only Madison!

Taking Madison to her second house...of course NO one was home. Do you see that light on...if you have a light on you pass out candy people...rude, haha!

Us girls making our way down the blocks!

The darn mummy who scared Madison...after that the next few houses were "scary"!

Momma's little Elmo!!

...another house...

She would say "Knock Knock" rather than actually knocking on the door...goof ball! But, hey she had the right idea!!!

Awww...picking out candy! She was always good and only grabbed one. TJ said when he would bring her to the door, she would try to grab a whole handful....not with Mamma!

On the last block of houses! She wanted to walk!

After all was done...she was soooooooooo good, we even let her have TWO suckers! She kept saying Thank You! She walked around the kitchen and living room with her sucker like she was SOOO proud! She was one happy Elmo!!!!

Happy Birthday Jodi and Todd

October is filled with birthdays...yesterday was Mom/Jodi/Nana's 49th birthday and today was Todd/Papa/Dad's 50th birthday! Here is a little song to make you smile!

Happy Birthday to YOU! Happy Birthday to YOU! Happy Birthday to Todd and Jodi! Happy Birthday to YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!


Lots of love
TJ, Bria, Madison and Avery (and Brooklyn)
Happy Birthday to all you that have an October Birthday!

Halloween Party at Heathers

Today was the first time having the girls in the adorable Halloween gear! They are having a Halloween Bash at daycare today! So of course I had to get a photo shoot this morning at 7:00. Didn't help that Avery slept till 6:30...so we were rushing!
They sure look cute! Madison is wearing an Elmo Costume I borrowed from a co-worker and Avery is in a cute Halloween outfit. We decided not to dress her up this year...she is too small and not old enough to appreciate it!!

Bright and smiley for 7 am!

How can you not love this face!?!
I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween! I will be sharing more pictures from actual Halloween so stay tuned!

Maddi's 2 Year Stats

I know Mad's been 2 for a few weeks now but last night was the first evening appointment that we could get in to! She was such a good girl at the doctors office! She showed off her vocabulary...which is HUGE...and how smart she is! Doctor was impressed and said she is VERY advanced than most 2 year olds! Makes a momma proud to hear that :) I had to fill out a survery about Madison and she is off the charts for her age in skill levels...keep it up Madison!

She looked great and now she can start to drink the milk we drink at home and now we don't need to buy two differnet kinds of milk...so nice! She got measured (37 inch, just over 3 feet tall) and weighed (37lbs) and Madison didn't mind that! I know its a suprise but Madison is off the charts with height and weight. Her head is 99%...hahaha! I told the doctor that I don't make small children! I did ask the doctor because Madison has always weight a lot since she was born and she said that it is fine and she will grow out of it and since she is such a tall girl, she will always weigh more! I love my perfect little sassy, independent, smart and happy punkin!!!

She had to have two shots and was not too happy about it! She however got over it fast when she got a cinderalla sticker (Well all disney princesses are cinderella...she was happy)!

Lovin' Bath Time

Both Avery and Madison are such water babies! They love "bath time" or what Madison calls it "baff time"! Avery is getting bigger now and starting to sit up more SO it was time to upgrade bath seats! She LOVES it (thanks Chuck and Heather)! She can grab toys (the letters that stick to the wall) and play with the water! Its so fun!

Miss Madison...who can say no this face???!!!???

Just love this lady cakes! She is growing up and becoming such a good girl (knock on wood)!!!

Madison wanted me to take a picture of her robe (but would not look at the stinking camera)! This lovely robe was given to Madison by her second cousin Kiana! Whenever she wears it, she says, "Cuutteee"

Pumpkin Pumpkin Pumpkin

We decided to carve the pumpkins tonight...

TJ starting to get the pumpkins ready...can't wait for Madison to start helping...

OHHHH man...groooosssss....eeewwww...as you can tell she was not at all impressed with the carving and getting all the goop out! She did not want to get any closer...

Getting a little closer but would not help...

This was the only way to get Madison to come near helping with the pumpkin... the spatula did the trick!

Madison loves posing for pictures!

Madison trying to sit on the pumpkin!!

Weekend at Namma's and Papa Kvilhaug!!

Madison and Avery went to spend the whole weekend with Gamma and Papa Kvilhaug (and Shelbie, Sam, Travis and Chris)! TJ and I spent a quiet weekend hanging out and celebrating my birthday. Madison finally showed her true colors and Avery warmed up to Gamma ;)

All in all the girls had a great time with their family and that is all that matters!! Here are some pictures to show all the fun they had!

HAHAHAHA...Papa and Avery! Also notice her cool mohawk...I don't even know what to say about this picture :)

Avery enjoying her bath with Gamma!

Madison and Shelbie...awww too cute!

Madison in her Gopher's Cheerleading Outfit while cheering on the Gopher Hockey!

Madison and Sami having fun!

Good Morning All

Here is a photo of Miss Madison this morning before heading off to daycare! She is showing off one of her new outfits from her birthday! Thanks Sami!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Day With the Cousins

Today, we took on the fun adventure of picking up Aidan, Scarlett and Felicity! They all had so much fun last weekend and thought it would be a fun time for Madison to hang out with her cousins more now that they are getting older!

Our day...
TJ picked up the kids at 8:30 and they came back and they played with ALL of Madison's toys! Thank the heavens that Madison has a gazillion of everything...it worked out that all three girls had their own baby stroller!

**The kids sat down so nicely for a snack and then we decided to take the fun outside in the front yard!

**The kids rode the 4 wheelers, trikes, played with chalk and ran around while TJ started lunch!

**The kids LOVED the hot dogs, string cheese, green beans, apples and for a yummy treat they had some yogurt!!!
**We got them all cleaned up and blew up the jumper thing and the kids went crazy! They jumped for about a half an hour and then we got them all ready for a nap and down they went.
**YES, EVERYONE...5 kids went down for a nap at once!!! We have the powers...many people said that it won't happen...oh BUT it did! May never happen again but it was nice! While the kids napped like such angles, I started to get their craft ready! I cut out pumpkins out of paper and wrote Happy Halloween and let them use crayons and these paint, marker things! They all had a GREAT time doing that! After they finished doing their art craft...TJ started dinner!
**We got the kids upstairs and they had a yummy dinner of sloppy joe's and veggies and who finished their dinner got to have Teddy Grahams. There was ONLY one child that didn't get any you name it folks, our lovely daughter Madison Jo! She didn't want to eat anything, only her green beans and a couple bite of sloppy joe's!
**While we did the clean up we went back down stairs and played some more and enjoyed our quality time with our nieces and nephew!!! I took them back home and can't wait to do it again!

It was FUN...it was slightly chaotic, but was fun chaotic! There were no tears, injuries, broken bones, bites or hits! If I say so myself, TJ and I did a GREAT job and can't wait to do it again!

Here are some pictures of the fun times!!!

The kids sitting so nicely for the yummy snack!


Avery just hanging out while the other kids played...she can't wait to join them!


Madison riding the 4 wheeler


Aidan riding the other 4 wheeler!


Miss Felicity riding the trike!


Kids playing!


The kids gearing up for some yummy lunch! They did such a good job!!


The kids all working hard on their art project!!!


This was our shot to get everyone together for a picture...oh and we just got done with dinner and that is why Madison doesn't have clothes on and the Daniel kids were getting ready to go home soon!


The girls! Felicity, Scarlett and Madison Jo


Mister Aiden posing!

Fall at St. Olaf 2010

We decided to head out to Northfield at the last minute to visit TJ's former college St. Olaf We went to St. Olaf today! The fall colors/trees are GORGEOUS! TJ is convinced the girls will be going to St. Olaf when they go to college...we will see about that :) It was nice and sunny but very windy! Madison had fun running around but was VERY difficult to have her sit and take a picture, but they turned out wonderfully!
St. Olaf is such a beautiful college and full of beautiful buildings! Here are some pictures from our little adventure!