A visit with Abby

Little Abby and Miss Tracy came over to play yesterday. Madeline had fun showing off her toys and identifying parts of her body as Abby took it all in.
Oops... and Abby loses part of her breakfast! ;)

Story Times

A teacher's dream... Madeline loves books! Here she is on a Saturday morning cuddled up with Dad in bed, reading one of her favorites. In fact, lately when I go in to get her in the morning, the first thing she asks for is a book!
One morning she crawled into Greta's bed in our living room and made herself comfortable while reading some books from our bookcase.
Galelio is a title that she picks up often. Maybe she'll be a history buff like her dad!

Grandma's 60th Birthday

We surprised Grandma Schmitt at school on her 60th birthday. Laura made this picture collage and brought it to school early in the morning. Then we came with flowers and balloons. She was very surprised!
That weekend we took a trip downtown Chicago. We went out to dinner at Harry Carey's, then Dan and Madeline went back to our hotel while Mom, Dad, Laura, Mark, and I went to see "Jersey Boys". What a great show!