Hats Off

Mae normally likes to play with hats, but would rather they be off her head and not on it. However, she gets in the mood every so often to have them on and when she does...Mom is usually ready for it. -T

One day she was in the "backwards" mood

Some days she's in the "front to sideways, not even on" mood

But typically when she is in the mood to wear one, it's backwards

Yeah, she looks tough here, but don't let her fool you, sometimes...

...she looks like this!
I guess the hat compromised her vision and she ran into the end table which ended up in a scrape to the foot
So in seeking comfort, I guess sometimes she's also in the mood to eat shoes

Hopefully after the trauma, she'll be in the mood to wear a hat again.

We Are VERY Funny Parents

I'm not sure what we said to Mae here, but we must have been on FIRE at the dinner table on this night! -T

Win-Win-Win

I was making dinner.

Mae was reading.

Todd was getting a short nap in after work.

Nice. -L

Umm...I don't mean to spook anyone out, but if "I" was making dinner and Mae was reading and Todd napping - who then is filming this? -T

Mom's Birthday

Mom's birthday is always a good time. We celebrated with Mom's family on her actual birthday and then Dad's family for Sunday dinner two days later. Mae has always been terrified over candles being blown out. With our Aunt Kylee/Mom joint cake, Mae lost it when the candles were blown out. Two days later though she was able to stay composed. Maturity! In the end though, Lindsey's birthday probably benefited me more than anyone. -T

Homemade ice cream cake is so good!

I have no words for this picture

Is she ready for it? Mae's classic "no" response




Mom mentally preparing Mae

Slowly...

3 seconds after this picture...she lost it.

Celebrating again at Aunt Beth's

Mae: "NOT AGAIN!!!"

She was able to keep it together this time





I think she's still getting over the whole candle thing since she won't give even a hint of a smile

Nothing says I love you from your in-laws like a "Double Duty"...this was actually asked for by the birthday girl (In case you don't know, a Double Duty is basically a five gallon bucket that comes with a toilet seat and some bags. So, if disaster strikes - you don't have double disaster)

Playing with Great Grandpa

We're not going to be able to say this much longer, but this is Mae playing with her smaller cousin Nathan

Our failed attempt at a few family pictures

Not sure how to describe what Mae is doing here Total failure
As much as I was appauled at Mom's gift from my parents, I found the Double Duty to be VERY useful during March Madness

The End of an Era

After 40 years, Papa D coached his last game - the last 9 of which I was a part of. We both ended our chapter of coaching together at Madeira with an overtime District Final loss to Badin. On paper and most days, they were better than us, but on this day, we were the better team. It was a tough one to swallow. Having said that the Varsity ended the season 16-7 and were Sectional Champions and the JV was 19-1 and CHL Champions. -T

Getting ready...not liking her lack of floor access

Getting frustrated

After the 1st quarter things were going great

It just wasn't meant to be

Junior Varsity - 19-1 - CHL Champions

Varsity - 16-7 - Sectional Champions

Ahh-eee to the Floor

Mae became a fan of musicals. They entertain her. Some say she has "music in her bones" because she loves music and loves to dance. It all started with Annie which Mae pronounces "Ahh-eee." When she is in our room and we just want to lay in bed, we'll put on Annie. When we are downstairs and we just want to clean up the kitchen we'll put on Sound of Music which Mae pronounces "Ahh-eee." So, in conclusion - "Ahh-eee" = Musicals. We captured her warming up to Sound of Music and then getting so into it that she fell down dancing. Actually she fell down dancing 3 times. It was all high entertainment. -T

Mae at Home From Different Perspectives

So, with all the pictures taken, sometimes I'm not sure what to do with them for one reason or another, but I do like so many of them. Therefore, I'm putting them all in one post. Some pictures I have no idea what is going on and some I do. So we'll do a little comparative captions. My captions will be on top of the picture and Lindsey's comments, corrections, and/or rebuttal will be on bottom. Note: My comments were written before Lindsey's. -T

Todd: I didn't know you could have boogers that color...or that size for that matter.

Lindsey: Strawberry leaf. Why Todd has to turn it into a booger I don't know. :(

Todd: She wouldn't fit through the shredder, so she got in the box instead

Lindsey: All 3 of us were getting stuff done in the office for a change! We love it when she entertains herself! (Usually.)

Todd: She couldn't necessarily get out though.

Lindsey: She couldn't necessarily get out though.

Todd: She either loves men or loves sports
Lindsey: We love Todd's stack of magazines! Mae goes through and finds all the balls while I get some things done. I don't recall either of us teaching her that that non-round thing is still called a ball, but our girl figured it out on her own.

Todd: And when Lindsey says "stack of magazines" that's ESPN the Magazine...not porn.
Lindsey: And when Lindsey says "stack of magazines," she's too pure of heart to realize that usually means porn. Thanks for clarifying.

Todd: So you never thought Mae could throw a tantrum, eh?

Lindsey: This was her first real tantrum and was so sad! She wanted to drink some of Mom's water = fine. She wanted to hold the cup herself but mom says no = sad pictures.

Todd: Dang Mom, she's turning purple, what did you do to her?

Lindsey: Mae's tears always burst out SO fast when she's sad. So with a LOT of crying... those are all tears on her shirt. Breaks your heart, doesn't it?

Todd: Sound of Music = Best Musical Ever! We'll see more of this in action in another post

Lindsey: At almost 18 months old she saw Maria & the kids on the cover of some piano music and said "dance." Yesssssss!

Todd: Mom started a food fight with Mae and Mae thought it was absolutely hilarious

Lindsey: Mae started a food fight with her peanut butter sandwich without knowing it.

Todd: And then you realize...DANG, her eyes are still REALLY blue

Lindsey: And she's gained weight! (But still in the less-than-tenth percentile.)

Todd: It looks as if Mom gave her a new hairdo...more of a grown-up hairdo

Lindsey: Mae woke up with a fever today and when you're sick, it's okay to stay in your pj's with messy hair and watch movies. So I gave her some water and put her on the couch with the Sound of Music. So cute, and she did rest a while. But sure enough, she still had to stand up to dance.

Todd: Why is Mae dancing when it seems like Fraulein Maria is not even singing?

Lindsey: Good question.

Todd: WHOOOA!

Lindsey: I don't remember what food she got in her hair but it needed to get rinsed out after she ate.

Todd: So, you're my daughter Mae, huh? "Better get used to these bars, kid."

Lindsey: After rinsing her hair out she ended up with a pretty cute updo!

Todd: Hair stuff from Grandma Weez!

Lindsey: There are some great pictures of my dad letting my little sisters put hair stuff in his hair. Couldn't wait to see that with Todd & Mae, and it came much sooner than I expected!

Todd: Looks like Dad may have been the one to put these in

Lindsey: I'm not sure what you're talking about here because all I see are big blue eyes.

A Small Cookie World

by Mom
My freshman year at BYU there was a guy in my ward named Shawn Busken. I didn’t know him but knew who he was. I didn’t know he was from Cincinnati or anything about Busken Bakery. I definitely didn’t know that one day I would be giving his dad’s cookies to my Cincinnati girl to make up for her having to get shots that morning. Thanks, Grandma Weez, for sharing your birthday treats with us, and thank you Dad, we love that you’re from Cincinnati. There's so much great stuff here! (And thank you Mae, for doing your best to eat sweets. You almost finished one cookie. Good for you.) -L