helping with breakfast

Madeline had a great time helping me make homemade biscuits the other day.
Don was horrified by the giant mess i let her make. She sat up at the counter with a big bowl, flour sifter and a measuring cup of water- paste!!
tasting it was by far the best part. I think the novelty is that it is essentially the same playdough i make for her but i let her eat it
read: "look at me mom- im eating this stuff and you arent stopping me!"


anyway. it was everywhere and i was able to bake without a toddler near the hot oven. miracle!

Then she spent more time with Grandma Rose "ma rose". They went on bike rides and carousel rides galore. I could not get a good one of the speedy carousel but you can get the drift ...


and here she is being a big girl with her new helmet (since all of our other stuff is still in storage).


In other news, we are close to choosing a midwife. But we wont have any official confirmation for another month or more. we really dont need to hear the professionals word on this- we think of ourselves as the experts on our pregnancy, but nevertheless, inquiring minds want to know.
We were targeting a 2 1/2 year age gap for our kids so this month was a great time to try. And, it seems we need only try once! (much to don's dismay ;)
Anyway, thats more than enough info for most of you.

more to come.
xoxo