The Boy Behind the Name...

Maddy has been able to write his name (without help or looking at an example) for some time now (probably a couple months) and I keep forgetting to post about it. He sometimes writes his d's like b's and sometimes the a looks like a b or d but I think he is doing a great job. He loves learning all his letters and is constantly asking me what letter things start with and gets excited to pick something out that starts with the letter of the week for show-n-tell. This was yesterday...

His preschool class made a cute little cookbook for the parents for Christmas. It is so adorable! I loved reading all the different "recipe's" for all the kids. Maddy loves it and asks me to read it to him almost every day. He giggles at what the other kids said. Here is his "recipe"...

"Noodle Soup" is Top Ramen. He absolutely loves it and insists on having it almost every day for lunch. I know, it's not the most healthy thing for him but he is actually a pretty healthy eater overall so I let him. It's actually quite the process to make it... everything has to be done a certain way-his way.

He is also quite the "hoarder." He seriously carries around so much stuff with him all day long. I was waiting for a video to upload on the computer and came out to check on the kids and this is what I found.

As you may already know he also LOVES the cartoon "Ben 10." Every time an episode comes on he shouts out all the "alien's" names as they appear on the TV. I couldn't help recording him yesterday so I can remember this phase in his life later...

Preschool Halloween Program...

Thursday was Maddy's Preschool Halloween Party/Program. The kids were all so cute dressed up in their costumes! Of course I'm biased and think Maddy was the cutest! They started off with a little Halloween Parade and then sang some really cute songs. Maddy was a bit shy and didn't sing a whole lot but gave us some adorable smiles. He had a rough night last night so I think he was also tired. You can see him yawning in one of the videos below. When I picked him up after school he said "Mom it was hard for me to sing all the songs." I asked why and he said "It was just hard." I asked if it was hard to remember all the words and he said "Yes." He said he had lots of fun at the party playing and had a cupcake. And then he asked me if it was nap time... which means he is really tired. He was in better spirits later in the evening and Steve got him to sing some of the songs. It was pretty cute!

Maddy is on the top row, left side, third one in.

Sure do love this kid!

This first video is of the little parade when they walked in...



The next two are of a couple of their songs...

School Pictures...

I think they turned out pretty cute!

I'm cracking up at this class picture... they all look a bit dazed. In case you can't find him, Maddy is on the second row on the left right next to his cute teacher.