Maddy does yoga

So tonight we stopped by the yoga studio after mom's class. Maddy loves it there! So here is Maddy getting her yoga on.

This is Mountain Pose...

A half head stand...

Mom and Maddy doing Wall Splits...

Plow pose... (because Maddy is amazing and flexible!)

And Maddy's own personal Volcano Pose... (She says that your arms are the smoke and your head is the crater)

Sadly, there was no savasana (Rest Pose) at the end of this practice. It actually ended with a lot of running, but that is how Maddy does yoga.

A determined 6 year-old

I came home from work today to see a big pile of snow in the middle of our front yard, a snow shovel, and most of the grass uncovered. Apparently, Maddy had decided she was going to make a snow pile, so she had taken the shovel off the porch and started shoveling. She cleared most of the yard down to the grass and pushed it into a big pile. When I got home from work, she showed it off.

I said, "Wow! Did you do that all by yourself?" Partly because I was amazed she stayed focused on one task for that long and partly because, that's a lot of work!!

Her response: Yeah! I'm a big girl. I'm six.

So apparently, Maddy is a big girl and tomorrow, she plans to move the pile from the middle of our yard to the side of the road so she can add it to the other pile next to the road and make one big pile. More power to you, Maddy.

Clean Girl

It's been kind of a crazy day, so this picture comes courtesy of Ash. This is Maddy after her bath on Sunday. She's cute when she's clean!

Today on Cooking with Maddy - scrambled eggs

Okay, so this video is a little long, but Maddy has learned a new skill. She can cook an egg like nobody's business! She uses a little more salt and pepper than I think she should, but she likes it and she eats it. I can't believe how much she is growing up!

Also, I just had to share this picture because it is so ridiculously cute!

This is Carl and Sven listening to Carolyn read a story for school and they are sitting in the best place in the house... the heater vent. Apparently this is also where Carolyn and Maddy do school. I think I remember Scott and I doing that growing up, although we weren't always very good at sharing.

Happy Valentine's Day

I don't know what started her on this, but for some reason, Maddy has been looking forward to Valentine's Day all year. She has been talking about what she was going to do and who she was going to send Valentines to. Then last night she wanted to take some of her money to the Dollar Store so she could get Valentines for everyone.

She ended up picking out just a few things so that she could make gift baskets for people. Then, she addressed her Valentines and went to bed. Today, we spent most of the afternoon delivering Valentines to people. It was fun. We got to see some old friends and hang out with some that we see more often. I think next year we will plan a Valentine's Day party though. It will be much less running around. I'm glad she had fun today though.

At least there was still time this evening for a Valentine's photo shoot. Here's the pictures I got with my camera.

It started off like a pretty typical photo shoot with Maddy.

We did manage to get a couple nice ones though. She's pretty when she smiles.

Here Maddy is reviewing the photos that Ash got on his camera.

Then off to her ball for some bouncing before bed.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

And then there was cake

So today we made the cake for Ash's birthday since I had to work yesterday and there just wasn't enough time to make it. Maddy helped out... well, she helped put the ingredients in the mixer and then decided she was hungry and wandered off to make herself an egg.

I was really impressed. I didn't say anything. I just let her do her thing to see what she would do and she made a beautiful scrambled egg all by herself with only a little help getting it out of the hot pan. She was pretty proud of herself too. So proud, in fact, that she made another one and ate that too.

We finally got the cake done this evening. It was a specialty cake. It was supposed to look something like this.

This is what the cake actually looked like. I am trying not to feel too disappointed.

Maddy enjoyed it though and so did Ash, which I guess is really all that matters.

School

Getting in the last little bit of school before bed tonight.

And that knitting is all her's!! Nan is so proud!!