School and Daycare are back in session

Maddie will be turning 2 next week. That seems crazy fast to me but at the same time a long time coming. She has been potty trained for over a month. She has been really good about using different toilets and has had very few accidents. She is going to a new daycare this year and loves it. The first day we walked into the house a little girl said Madison is my new best friend. She told her mom that she wanted to give Maddie her old Dora trike. Maddie loves the trike and the little girl. She is learning a lot at daycare. She brings home books and curriculum she is working on. They have a preschool curriculum so she is learning many educational things which I love.:) She is also learning to pick up toys and share. I came to pick her up one day and she yelled MOMMY!!!! but she knew that she needed to pick up what she was playing with and put it in the bin and closed the lid. I was impressed! I love my little cleaner! She is also talking and repeating words a lot. She keeps asking me "What's that?" to everything she sees and then she repeats the words I tell her. She is also a good little mommy to her dollies. She lines them up on the couch and puts them nigh nigh and kisses them. She has even named several of them, Bob, baby, ugly baby:) etc. She is our entertainment around here. I also went back to work at the same job. It is my fifth year there. This year has been going great! I am glad that I stayed. I have new kids and a few less of them and boy does that make a difference. I feel like I can actually teach and make a difference for these kiddos. Josh is still working hard and often. He is also very busy with athletics. He is currently playing softball, flag football, and basketball. Some recent activities that we just did include the State Fair which Maddie loved because she loves those cows. We also went camping with Maddie and Angele and Scott for one night. Maddie did well. She enjoyed hiking and running around outside. We were all pretty tired by the end of the trip. :) That is about it for now. I will write again after the big birthday party.