Preferences on "reading material"

Men typically choose the newspaper.......Peyton typically chooses princess dolls and accessories.  Yes, I'm talking about the materials chosen when taking a poop.

Peyton will sit in there for TWENTY minutes!!!  You know she has to go "take care of business" when you see her head down the hallway, go to her room, come out with a handful of goods, and head to the bathroom.  She will just sit in there and play and play and play....and then this is what I see a few hours later when I go into the bathroom......

All of her pooping paraphernalia on the back of the toilet.

Some of Maddie's favorite things

Here's a picture montage presenting some of Maddie's favorite things, currently....

She enjoys bath time.  Whether it be in the sink or bathtub, she thinks it's fun!!!  She thinks it's fun by herself OR with her siblings.

She really likes standing up playing with her activity table as well.  She is starting to think she is a BIG girl!!!

She also LOVES visiting others while they are taking a bath.  If she hears someone in the bathtub, she wants to be in there.  She wants to stand up on the edge and play with whomever is in the tub.

And her absolute FAVORITE thing.....hold our hands and "walking."  She loves to walk, walk, walk.  And she wants to the lead the way.  Most of the time she wants to go to where the noise (aka: Peyton and Jack) is coming from.

Maddie plays dress up

Once again, Peyton dresses up Maddie.  This time, however, it did not consist of bracelets and necklaces.  This time........BATWOMAN!

Phineas and Ferb

Grandma Jeanne and Grandma Farm were ready to take the big kids on a date.  They bought great tickets to see Phineas and Ferb live (the Grandmas didn't even know what the show was about, but they knew the kids liked it....so they bought them).  Grandma Farm came down with a nasty cold, so we told her to stay home!!!  We don't need ANY more germs in this house or in our bodies.  Instead, we took Drew with us and the girls had a great time.  All three kids really enjoyed the show.....I don't think Grandma Jeanne was too impressed......ha!

Not the best quality of photos, as they were taken with my phone, but good enough to see some of the fun happening.

getting ready....of course, grandma bought popcorns :)

the stage all ready for the show

the cast

one of the dancers at intermission 

the girls having a dance party during one of the songs

watching away

Peyton pissed because Grandma and Jack got to hit the big
golf ball that came in to the crowd and she didn't.  HA!

Back to having FUN!!  

Thanks for the fun night, Grandma Jeanne!!  And hopefully Grandma Farm is on the mend.

A rare occurrence....

Look!! They can get a long every once in a while!

Worn out..

This is what a Saturday night, post call and post Grandma sleepover looks like!

Peyton's Basketball

Peyton's little basketball team is getting better and better.  They are starting to score more points and starting to figure out which direction they are going and which hoop they should shoot at.  ALL VERY BIG IMPROVEMENTS.  ha!  I took the camera last week.  Didn't get the BEST shots as I had a feverish Jack sitting on my lap and Maddie on my lap most of the time too.  But I did get a few.  Peyton didn't have a great showing on the court that day (a little rusty from having 4 weeks off), but she had a heck of a showing in the stands.  There to cheer her on were: Grandpa Friedman, Ilene, Tony, Kristen, Grandma Jeanne, Mark, Mommy, Jack, and Maddie.  Daddy had to work....good thing, cause he'd a been super frustrated by Peyton's performance that day!  Only six, and already starting.  Mike and I both are TOO competitive, gotta keep that in check.

all of them huddled under the basket waiting for the rebound

we need to work on that left hand....ha

always got that tongue stuck out

still stuck out.....

and still....