Maddie celebrated her 7th birthday last week, which means we’re halfway through the crazy celebration season (pant, pant)! To her plan, she blew out the candles on the cake she had no intention of eating (”But Maddie - it’s ice cream in the *shape* of a cake, there’s no cake in it!” “I don’t care - I don’t like cake.”) even though she picked it out herself. She added the “2″ and the “5″ number candles because it made 7 added together - personally I think she just wanted more fire. This kid is growing up so fast - I think we should starve her so she stays little. Whaddya say?

In the meantime, we’re enjoying the ups and downs of the Houston fall temperature and getting to the parks as much as possible. As mentioned earlier, Josie’s starting to climb, and has gotten pretty fast it too.

The blur at right says it all. She’s becoming a fast one! Imagine her giggling all the way up the stairs!

Small, medium and large - although these days medium and large are about the same size.

Sophie’s reading skills are really skyrocketing - and she’s even starting to help out Maddie once in a while when she hits a sticky spot!

Luckily, Maddie takes it in stride - she knows that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses at different times, so it doesn’t bother her too much at the moment. Just as long as I don’t catch them doing each others’ homework!