maggie, by months

She keeps changing so much! and with my camera dying I got out of the habit of taking pics. Here's my attempt at bringing you up to speed. and I'm warning you.  There's a lot.
December:

January:

February:

Alison's Birthday!

It is now a yearly tradition to decorate gingerbread cookies for Alison's birthday.

We had a fun afternoon with new friends carrying on this birthday tradition.

It was a Hello Kitty overload theme.

 and yes, don't be confused.  This was from December.  I'm a little slacker.

and my camera died halfway through the party.  But I managed to get some okay pics of our family celebration once Nick got home from work.

I can't believe she's 5.  Where has my memory the time gone?

the time change is hard on all of us

the proof:
9:30 AM - Kitchen doorway

9:40 AM - Dining room floor

the day before she turned 5

The day before Alison's birthday - the PreK classes had a short Christmas concert.  It was pretty cute!

Here she is waving to us when she spotted us!

FIVE GOLD RINGS!

3 French Hens

I don't know who this boy is, but there was no mistletoe in sight.  Oh boy, are we in for it.

Her wonderful teachers, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Gibler.  They make me want to be a preschool teacher - they have so much fun!

November. More fun that a barrel of monkeys.

It had a been a while since we had a siblings-on-the-couch picture.

I really can't believe how much she's grown up since we moved.

I also can't believe it's been 6 months. And that Maggie is almost 7 months old. I had a little photo shoot with her a couple of weeks ago around her 6 month check up.

Andrew 'helped' me can some apple stuff and made a magnifying glass out of a ring and the magnet lid grabber thingy.

A nightly routine.

Some leaves changed color.

Pretty soon Maggie won't look so out of place in this picture.

And Nick and I went to the ball.

negligent

I realize I've been a slacker around here.  I wouldn't be blogging much on my other blog if I didn't have sew & tell every Friday. 

So here's a few pictures as penance.

my canning helper

baby legs!

post bath - they love her!

tractors are fun!

meow!  woof!

the trick-or-treating posse

awwwwwww. . .