Happy Heart Day

Hi everyone. Just wanted to wish you all a happy Valentine's Day. Sorry for the lack of posts recently. We've been adjusting to a new schedule and have been super busy --- or as Matt would say, "We're busy. We've got things to do."

Maddie and I have been having a fun time this week. She had her first painting lesson, and you can see from the expression on her face in the photo below what she thinks of painting. I will say that she did an excellent job helping me paint some red hearts for Valentine's Day.

I made a first attempt at making homemade finger paints. While the consistency was OK, the color was not so good. My red fingerpaint looked more like a gross orange on white paper. Adding tons of red food coloring (both the cheap liquid and the expensive gel) didn't do much to help. So Maddie and I broke out the paint brushes. Maddie is learning how to grip things with her newly discovered fingers, so we thought this would be a good way to practice. :)

Maddie has also added Blues Clues to round out her tastes in TV. Yes, that's right, my kid likes politics (CNN especially) and Blues Clues. I know you're thinking I'm a bad mom for letting my three-month old watch TV, but it does buy me enough time to scarf down a turkey sandwich and some carrot sticks for lunch.

Maddie's love of political television reached new levels the other evening when Matt was trying to feed her. She insisted on looking at the TV (election results were coming in from the Tuesday primaries) and made a huge fuss when he gently moved her head back to the side so that she could eat. She responded by moving her head to face forward and insisted that the bottle follow. Uncle Mike would be proud. Unfortunately I don't think she's a Republican.

Here are a few photos from our recent Valentine's Day photo shoot. Thought you'd like to see the outtakes.





Some of you lucky "Mad about Maddie" readers will be receiving a valentine in the mail soon with one of these lovely photos. We surprised Matt with one yesterday evening, and he surprised us with flowers. Roses for me and beautiful pink tulips for Maddie. Every girl needs flowers on Valentine's Day! It just reminded us how lucky we are to have a sweet husband and daddy.

So have a wonderful heart day everyone!