dear madeline...

I just wanted to tell you how impressed I was with you this weekend. You were a great host to Alex and Mia and I think they had a lot of fun with you at your playdate. Your idea to paint pots and have a waterballoon fight was so much fun. I am constantly impressed with your creativity and sensitivity towards others. I loved talking with you about your day on Friday and you were very helpful with Marshall this weekend. Thank you also for packing your sleepover bag and cleaning up after your messes this weekend, you are so responsible and such a delight to be around!

i'm so proud

of you Maxwell for doing so well in your football game on Friday. You are so good at everything you set out to do. I only wish I would have been there to see it in person. I also really love tossing the football with you when we have time. You are so fun to watch AND to play with. Keep up the good work...in a few years I am sure I will be reading about you in the sports section of the papers.