She just decided to lay down next to Maggie.
I love that I could temporarily exit Skype to take a real picture!
Category Archives: Maggie
Katie and Maggie’s Ears
Katie was laying on me drinking her pre-nap milk when I looked down to see this:
Come out come out wherever you are.
Santa was here!
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These are all taken within about a half hour. Yes, it was chaos. And normally I wouldn’t post this many pictures, but it’s Christmas! Enjoy!
She carries her pony around like it’s a stuffed animal!
Both kids had M&Ms from their stockings for breakfast! 🙂
Of course Maggie got a present, too. The cats got jingle balls but they couldn’t care less. The do watch them once in awhile when Owen puts them on his track and they get pushed around by the cars…but I haven’t seen either of them even bat at one.
The blue ninja mask that Owen asked Santa for!
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Christmas morning clutter.
Owen really likes Lambie so I got him one…
But Katie loved it more so he gave it to her!
Giving the pony a drink!
Putting a dog treat in the tunnel!
Stealing my new Tervis “Mommy’s Sippy Cup” cup! So now I have a chewed straw already!
Playing Owen’s new squirrel game!
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Maggie sat at Gramma’s feet and looked pathetic until she moved the laptop and freed up her lap.
Enjoying a warm December day.
And on poop patrol:
My poop patrol girl.
She came up on the deck to get me, walked me over to the shovel/rake, then over to the poop and pointed!
Doing one of his morning chores
Taking care of Maggie…he lets her out of her crate, then lets her outside and back in, then gives her a treat.
Trying to give Maggie a drink.
Katie Kisses Maggie
Katie and the playset!
The kids wanted to go outside… (Just as an FYI, all pics were taken with my iPhone. I was really impressed today.)
Owen was laying down (pretending to be killed by a zombie thanks to the Mythbusters zombie episode we watched this morning!) so Katie had to do do the same thing.
Then I was only half watching because they were both all over the yard when I looked up to see someone was trying to climb up the playset ladder…
So I lifted her up into the playset so I didn’t have to deal with her falling off. And she LOVED IT! It was her first time walking around up there!
Owen tried to get her to go through the tunnel—she was intrigued but didn’t go through.
A sliding montage…including her first lone trip down the slide!
Someone got stuck!
She finally went through!
And then back to the other side!
And then Katie stepped in dog poop (I just cleaned the yard yesterday so obviously Maggie pooped right by the playset this morning) so Owen ran to get the pooper scooper and HE wanted to do it. He needs practice, but I think it will be a good job for him! 🙂
Snack time! More!
Owen was having a cheese stick so she wanted one. Maggie isn’t looking at her because Owen also has a cheese stick plus the crinkly wrapper.
She definitely knows the sign for “more.”
Sharing the chair
Poor Maggie couldn’t get a minute to herself.
“Give Maggie a kiss!”
At that point, Maggie gave up and left. 🙂
Spoiled pup
Both of them want the stuffed pig.
I had their attention because I had a new stuffed animal…
But it was for Maggie!
She’ll lay anywhere there’s sun…
There IS a dog under there.
Patient Dog
Usually it’s a round-robin: Maggie lays down, Katie notices and heads over and gets in, Maggie begrudgingly leaves, Katie gets bored and leaves, Maggie returns, Katie returns, Maggie leaves…
But this morning Maggie stayed. 🙂
Pool Day
We had an invite for the beach today, but I just am not ready to take Katie and Owen to the beach. Owen would be fine, but I have no idea if Katie will be a content to sit and play in the sand baby or if she’d be a run up and down the beach baby—and didn’t really have the energy to find out today…so I passed…but invited others over for the pool. One mom came over (the same one who went out to dinner with me on my anniversary) and it was great.
Getting ready for the sun:
This is what happened when I asked the kids to pose. She did and Owen looks like he’s attacking her! 🙂
Unfortunately, Katie was a total crankypants—the first time since she’s started this recent teething episode. But she liked the watermelon (and wanted to share, as you will see in the video).
I finally got out the baby pool we had when Owen was little (Tom just found it before he left):
And it was HOT. And with the running around with the kids and getting the air compressor out of the shed, yada yada yada, I really wanted to go in the pool. Ruth said “Sure, go ahead!” So I did! I spent about 15 minutes in with the kids—and Ruth even got Katie into a swim diaper and then brought her to the pool with us! Then Ruth even got in up to her knees to cool off. It was really, really great and I appreciated it immensely!
Maggie!
She loves Maggie and crawled right up with her.
Hanging out with Katie
Hanging out with Maggie:
Hanging out with Owen:
Hanging out with Charlie:
The best pic I could get of her new outfit from Gramma Jean:
As soon as she sees me toss clean laundry in the chair, she’s over there like a shot. Usually she pulls everything off the chair but today she just played with stuff.
And hanging out with Owen again:
Katie saying Maggie
She also calls the cats Maggie, too, so she’s not THAT smart. 🙂
But I don’t wanna get up.
Someone really loves her new bed…I almost had to physically pick her up out of it for her last potty break.
“Maggie’s” new bed
So while we were out running a few last-minute errands, we bought Maggie a nice new fluffy bed. As soon as we set it down, someone else found it (I told you she’s just like a cat).
Then Maggie found it.
Then Katie decided SHE wanted to be in the bed…and Maggie wanted NO part of that. So it was round robin for a bit…Katie out, Maggie in…Katie back, Maggie out.
Then Owen got involved and Maggie gave up and went back to her stack of blankets on the hearth.
And BOY did the kids have fun in there.
Princess Maggie
No, she’s not spoiled. 🙂
In Maggie’s House
She kicked Maggie out…or, rather, Maggie got irritated enough to leave.
Enjoying herself.
I wanna see out there!
As soon as you open the blinds, she’s RIGHT THERE trying to climb up and over the couch to see outside. Especially if her brother is out there!
Me, too! Me, too!
And a great picture of her mis-matched jammies. It’s what happens when you have three-piece sets (one top, shorts, and pants)—you end up with odd pieces for a night here and there!
Katie + Chips + Maggie
She was having a ball eating chip crumbs out of the bag. We tried to take it away by setting it out of reach on the couch…and she immediately climbed right up to get them!
And of course Maggie wasn’t too far away…which led Katie to feeding her.
The last 300 miles.
The only good thing about driving too far the first day is that the second day is a lot shorter. BUT…the day started too early with Katie screaming good morning about 6:15. 😐 But it meant we were on the road at 7:30 again.
As usual, we stopped at our favorite park near Raleigh and Owen had a blast.
He’s getting SO much older. Now, he just takes off across the park without telling us…so we had a few chats about that. 🙂
And here’s how packed in things are—including Maggie! And it’s missing the last outside row that we had to take out at the park (the stroller, backpack, Maggie’s bag, etc.).
Look at that pathetic face. But don’t let her fool you…she’s perfectly happy. We had to literally DRAG her out when we stopped at the park.
Also, does Katie want her bottle at the park, when it’s convenient to do so? Of course not. She wants it 10 minutes later as soon as we’re back on the highway. Babies are annoying. But at least it put her to sleep so both kids thankfully napped almost the last two hours home…
Whose toy is it?
Fun with Grauntie Marge
Grauntie Marge took Katie for a walk and they both enjoyed it!
She also brought Katie some animal crackers…
…but she was more interested in feeding them to Maggie.
