Friday, March 20, 2009

Old MacDonald had an Itsy-Bitsy Spider


Thats a little glimpse of James and Willy at the moment; James is getting pretty imaginative with making up his own stories and getting everyone involved. These little plays become even more involved and important when it is time to go do something- get in the car, take a bath etc. He is not thrilled when you break character as 'Daddy dinosaur' to go off and change out the laundry or whatever. 
The rest of the story is busy busy springtime here in CT at the moment. We are hoping that everything works out in the next few weeks with our mortgage on the house in Middletown and that we can close at the end of May. Figuring out where the money will come from and going through the mortgage approval is a pretty complicated scenario but we are trying to stay positive and balanced about it. 
We had a nice long visit with our Dutch friends the Grefhorsts and sent them back to NL with an appreciation of hectic American schedules, toddler life, and the intricacies of double twelve dominoes and homebrew. 


Big Willy style getting bigger all the time! We went out to a huge park near us when the weather was nice this week and I don't think Willy had ever seen so much open space in his life- he was super manic and couldn't stand still for a second. 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

he looks EXACTLY like all old pictures that i have seen of my dad, you, lots of young maiers at that age! (sprinkled w some extra cuteness, natch.)

love the old mcdonald/itsy bitsy mash-up, james!

enjoyed the update,
cousin kell

Anonymous said...

and by he, i meant will in that last picture. whoops!

Bill Maier said...

Looks like he may have a future in the Theatre. Nice touch with spider on the farm.

Kell is right - looks like a Cole baby - ( of course with a good measure of Owen - also)

Bill

danzante said...

The best is the small piece of purple fabric on his head that goes unmentioned....barney yammica.
MD

KatOwens: Insect Collector said...

Mike-- just your average post-it note. They were putting them all over each other. So versatile.