The memories you want to remember...

Here we are, September...we have officially entered into our favorite time of the year! Tons of festivals and outdoor things to do without the too much heat and humidity. Autumn is our Summer for most people! My computer is STILL down, and this is longer than I've been without my home computer since I first got a computer! It does get frustrating, but at the same time, I'm not missing it as much as I first was...

We've done our fair share of traveling yet again... We visited with Nana, and spent time down the shore, most recently this past Labor Day weekend. The weather was WONDERFUL, we were there with my family, we celebrated several birthdays and now we count down until our vacation down the shore! When all of the people leave, the island gets quiet, the water is still warm and we can relax in peace.

I do have tons of pictures, but can't do anything with them just yet. I'll see if I can sneak some time to add to the cute kid quota for the blog, but in the meantime there has been a couple of things that I don't want to forget about...

1. She said the "b" word! Apparently Maddie has a new friend at school, his name is Chandler, she was discussing playing with him in our daily conversation on our drive back home at the end of the day. She said that Chandler was her friend. I replied, Chandler is your friend? Then, she did it...she said... "Chandler is my boyfriend" *gasp!* No, no, no...she's 2.5 for gosh sakes! Now, she has repeated this to others as well... Ron wishes to know Chandler's "intentions"...

2. We have an adventurer. We were down the shore and went to the playground. Maddie loves to swing...really LOVES to swing. She usually prefers (read: Mommy prefers that she uses) the "baby" swings with the entire seat, but she also likes to swing in the big girl swings where she must remember to hold on. Well, she was happily swinging away when she spotted, across the playground, some other child had dared to sit upon the ducky bouncy thingy. Having none of that, she used the momentum from the swing to "jump" off and land to take off running towards said duck. You know what I mean, she jumped off from the swing...that thing that all of our mothers told us not to do growing up!

I'll fill you in on the other interesting tidbits about life with a 2.5 yr old, including the joys of the word "No" in a later post, hopefully with pictures.