Busy Weekend for Maggie Pt. 2

Maggie made it the whole night at the neighbor's last night...and she took a 3 1/2 hour nap this afternoon to recover! :) Not only did she make it, but she was the youngest one there and not the one that had an accident!

To top Maggie's weekend off, we got a new guinea pig today. We decided to go ahead and get another one because we had Charlie for such a short time and Maggie said she wanted to do it. One of my co-workers had one for us. We know she's healthy because she is already months old and has never had any problems. She squeaks everytime we rustle a bag, so Maggie named her Squeaky.

My co-worker brought her over when Maggie was napping today. When Maggie woke up and saw her, she teared up and said she looked just like Charlie. After I talked to her a little bit about her, she seemed to be okay with everything. She started to play with Squeaky, pet her, and feed her a carrot. By tonight, she was mentioned in Maggie's prayers and told goodnight before bed!

Busy Weekend for Maggie

Maggie's had a fun and busy past 2 days! Since I went to the Tim McGraw concert last night, she got to spend the night with my parents and today she is having a campout with our neighbors for their birthday.

We'll Miss You Charlie!

A night full of mixed emotions...great time with Rob's family celebrating his mom's birthday, but unfortunately Charlie died tonight. He was acting strange earlier this evening and we couldn't figure out why. He was breathing fast and making a sort of whining sound. When he walked, he seemed to be favoring his back leg and when he was in his cage, he just kind of leaned to one side. We can't figure out what could have happened, especially considering he seemed fine last night when Rob and Maggie had him out playing with him. Maggie handled it pretty well. At first, she said, "Okay, well we'll just have to get a new one." Within 15 minutes though, she got a little upset, but didn't want to admit it. I told her it was okay to cry if she wanted to, but it was almost as if she didn't want to break down. Throughout the rest of the night, she brought him up a few times and asked different questions like "What if he gets hungry or thirsty?", "What are we going to do with his food?", and "Why did he get sick?". She still wanted to pray for him tonight and she broke down when she climbed into bed and said "He's not sleeping next to my bed anymore." When I told her that she still had all of her stuffed animals to sleep with, she simply said, "Yeah, but they're not real." Talk about heart-wrenching!

Shucking Corn

Minnie Mouse, aka Maggie, helping Daddy shuck the corn on the cob for dinner!

Lansing BBQ 2011

We had a great weekend at the Lansing BBQ contest! Uncle Brett and his friends made some fabulous BBQ, but I think the inflatables were Maggie's favorite part! She couldn't get enough of them. She especially loved the rocket ship slide!

Up she goes!
Higher...

and higher.

Here she comes!

I'm ready to go again Mommy!

Maggie's Preschool Program

Last Thursday, Maggie portrayed Little Miss Muffet in her nursery rhyme themed preschool program. Here are some of the photos:

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey...

Along came a spider, who sat down beside her...

...and frightened Miss Muffet away!

I guess someone was a little shy after she was done because she sat down and pulled the hat over her face!

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star