Funny of the Day

Yesterdays funny of the day:

I was drying Maddie's hair after her shower. When I dry her hair, I sit her in the sink so she can watch. I was done drying her hair and was combing through her hair. At this time this is when Maddie stands up in the sink. "Maddie, please sit down" I said. Didn't phase her. I say it again. "Maddie PLEASE sit down".

Her response: "No I dont want to sit down. I dont want to get a hole in my butt."

Me: "WHAT!?!?!"

Maddie: "Dad, if I sit down on my butt I will get a hole in my butt. I dont want a hole in my butt"

Me: "OMG....."

Non stop laughing on my part. Maddie was quite serious and upset that I was laughing at her.

Too FUNNY

Love,

Dad

A Home for the Holidays!!!

2011 has been a very interesting yet trying year. Jamie and I have had numerous changes take place over the last year! Maddie is getting so big and smart and is loving her preschool class she takes at the YMCA two days a week. We have been blessed to have the family and friends that are in our lives. With the upcoming holidays we have had some time to reflect and lots of time for Joy, which is always easy when you just look at Maddie. She sees the world in such a different prism that makes us realized how blessed we are.

They saying/song goes I'll be home for the holidays. Our current theme/

song is "A Home for the Holidays". For those of you that dont know Jamie, Maddie and I have been living in cramped two bedroom apartment for the last 6 months. I am pleased to now say that we will be finally moving into our new home! A home for the holidays.... Couldn't be any better than that!

We wished it would have been sooner but most of that is driven by wanting to celebrate the Christmas spirit with Maddie. She sees all the lights outside of houses and sees that some of our neighbors at the apartment have Christmas trees up and she asks "Daddy... Mommy... Can we have one of those??!!". So of course being the proud Daddy that wrapped around his baby's finger I promised her that we would have a tree up before Christmas came! So now we have to move and immediately after that I have to put up a Christmas tree! :) Anything for that little girl.

So we are to move in this weekend! Our new address is:

The Froh's

W173N10024 Meadow Creek Way

Germantown, WI 53022

We look forward to many memories, holidays and get together's at the new house!! We can't wait! Thank you to all of the family and friends helping to get us into the house and to those who have helped throughout the process. We love you all very much!

An older picture of the house:

What are the Holidays?

The quickest answer is the following:

The holidays would be nothing without the ones you love. The true spirit behind all of the holidays is to stop the hustle and bustle and to remember whats the most important thing in life, what is the thing that makes you the happiest, what is the one thing that you live and die for... Family.

My holidays would be boring, gray, dark, gloomy, vanilla, emotionless etc. etc. without my girls. Both of them have the ability to walk into the room and make it glow. They both have the ability to look at you and say something or make a face and melt your heart. They both cant sit still even if you ask them too. They both are determined to help you regardless. They both have attitude and spunk. They both have the ability to give you a hug and make you feel like nothing else matters.

At the end of the day nothing else matters besides them and their happiness. That is what makes me happy. That is why the holidays matter and thats what the holidays are supposed to be about... Family!

Love you girls with all my heart. You are my everything and my only thing!

PF

Oh So Tired

Maddie and I were driving and she was a little tired. She zonked out within 15 minutes of the ride. I had to take the picture though because she at least went out with style....

Love ya BooBoo Chicken,

Daddy

Time Flies

It feels like it was just the other day we put up a new post.... Well several weeks have gone by and here we are. Crazy to think that time is flying this fast. There have been a lot of ups and downs over the last several weeks.

We had to say goodbye to Grandpa T a couple weeks ago. It was a bitter sweet situation. We know he is no longer in pain or uncomfortable. But we weren't ready to see him go. He was always one to strike up conversation with anyone, even if he didn't know your name! He was a great family man and a pinnacle of the church. He will be missed. Its helpful to know that he is finally at Home with Grandma T. You will be missed!

Maddie is getting so big and so talkative... of course she has been talkative since she was born but now she is using so many different words, phrases, and expressions that its hard to keep up with them all. The other day I picked her up from the YMCA and she asked where I parked. I told her way up over here.... She turns and looks at me and says "Are you kidding me, Daddy!" "You got to be kidding me... way over there!".... I didn't know what to say or do so I said "No, I am not kidding you we are way over here"..... "Silly Daddy you are kidding me".

She is enjoying her days attending the preschool classes twice a week at the YMCA. She is also in KinderGym and Tumbling class. She is so excited about all of them.

On top of Maddie's schedule Jamie and I have been having a lot of different activities with work. I typically am traveling all over the place and this month was somewhat of an enigma. I had customers in town every week so I didn't leave to go anywhere. Jamie is continuing to kick butt and take names at the YMCA and it is very apparent that many people are taking notice. She is a true asset to the organization.

Of course through all of this we found the time to build a house. There has been a growing appreciation for living a house over the last several weeks as we have been caged in a small apartment with Maddie's toys taking up the majority of the room :).

Below are a few different pictures of the last several weeks....

Maddie at the Zoo!

Maddie and her cousins at a family wedding

Maddie decked out in her Badger gear!!!!

Front of Home

Back of Home

A month of funny. . . .

There have been a lot of funny things coming out the mouth of this 2yr old lately. Sometimes we sit and scratch our heads wondering how she comes up with these things.

Potty training has been frustrating at times, but we both find ourselves laughing constantly. Maddie has been doing very well for the past week and half, but it was an interesting start. She loves wearing her new underwear, but it did take her a few days to get used to making it to the bathroom in time. We may or may not have had a few accidents on the carpet! Oh well right, its all apart of the experience. One of the more interesting stories is a trip to McDonalds as a treat for potty training going so well. After Maddie ate her lunch she went to play in the toy area and before we knew it, she had pee dripping down her leg!!! Needless to say, the 16yr old worker behind the counter was not too trilled at the fact that Maddie just went tinkles in the playland. Oops! But, Im happy to report that she hasnt had an accident since. (knock on wood) Lets hope it continues!!

Pat had an intersting encounter with Maddie recently that had us both in tears laughing so hard. She says to him. . . ."daddy, where is your tail?" Pat replies, "daddy doesnt have a tail Maddie!" She then looks at him frustrated and points to his middle section and says, "yes you do daddy, its by your butt!" He changed the subject. . . . .

Here are a few funny one-liners. . .

1) (during lunch) "Mama, Im not playing any jokes, Im not napping today!"

2) "Come on mama, suits on already - I need ta swim"

3) "I pooped and it really stinks!"

4) "Bye guys, Im going to the store with my piggy to buy chips, see ya later"

5) "Are you kidding me right now?"

6) (while pooping on the toilet) "ahhhhh, it wont come out. ahhhhh, its ok. . . .I will pray for it to"

7) "Mama, Im telling daddy that you are being sassy to me!"

Here she is, 2 1/2 and full of spunk!!

A visit to see Great Grandpa T

A trip to the zoo with her buddy Grant

Little America with her cousins

Typical Maddie

Summer Fun

Wow, is it really July already?? We have had a lot of things going on, as usual, but I have been getting requests for some new pictures of Miss Maddie. Here is a summary of the last month or so. . . .

2 things to note here, 1) Maddie LOVES the Home Depot shopping cart 2) She wants to wear her lace head band like her mommy does with her workout bands

Zoo Fun, it wouldnt be a summer without time spent at the zoo!
I ran my first 5k at the zoo and set the bar high for my next one.

I took Maddie to the beach for the first time, she LOVED seeing all of the planes flying over head.

Us at home getting ready for the beach.

Here is the new addition to Maddie's room. Since our house sold so fast, Maddie had to say goodbye to her buddy Yogi. Our neighbors framed a picture of Yogi for Maddie to have.

A weekend in MI for our friends Jenny and Jordans wedding.

Our little fashionista!

Maddie is full of new words, sayings, sass, and affection. It is hard to listen to her some days because she sounds like a little person (duh Jamie, she is), but she knows way too much!

A few of her favorite things right now -

*going to the library with her backpack on to check out new books to bring home. She has been picking lots of animal books lately, and is now obsessed with firetrucks and firefighters.

*playing t-ball, this kid would swing the bat and play all day if you let her

*PUZZLES, and lots of them

*Manis & Pedis - who doesnt like those!?!?

*She is very much into pretend right now. She will walk around the house talking on the phone, serve you HOT HOT coffee with her set, and play make believe with her dolls.

We have a lot more summer fun to come!