Thursday, August 14, 2008

The Unexpected Joys

Here is my list for the last 3 months, these are just a few, I'm sure there is many more:

Vanessa peeing and pooping on the potty
Vanessa knowing and saying letters and numbers when I show her flash cards
Hayden and Vanessa singing beautifully
Hayden and Vanessa reading 20 books a day
Vanessa doing things at the playground her brother wouldn't have done at her age
Hayden and Vanessa unloading the entire dishwasher (except knives) everyday.
Hayden cleaning his room every week.
Vanessa doing her share helping.
Hayden helping make meals for families, whom we take to, who just had a new baby
Hayden helping Dad make salsa, doing almost all of the chopping
Hayden painting two pieces of fence at the library
Hayden painting a dinosaur egg and his work hanging up downtown
Hayden making a completely edible bird feeder
Vanessa naming all of her body parts
Vanessa playing house and being a "mommy" to her babies
Vanessa getting her first Barbie and not ripping her head off...not that she does that but I didn't know what she would do..hahaha
Hayden donating money to the Children's Museum
Hayden giving a gift to Miss Larson for her classroom
Hayden giving a complete stranger one of his dad's business cards...there is a great story behind this one!
Hayden and Vanessa eating breakfast watching Little Einsteins...she leans her head on his shoulder and he leans his head on her head. It was one of the most precious moments I ever saw! They stayed that way the entire show...

Summer memories in the Madl household.
Good Day!