Two Weeks

So, Maggie has been gone for two weeks and I am very ready to have her home! I can feel her hugs when I close my eyes... she is all arms and legs :O) and I can smell her in her room... I opened the top drawer of her dresser while I was putting some laundry away to find all of her trinkets lined up and neatly organized. That is Maggie, all of her ducks are in a row! I talked to Barbara on the second day of camp, she had gone to Maggie's cabin the night before to help Maggie unpack and get settled in with her cabinmates.She of course found Maggie completely unpacked with her bunk made and she had already made three more beds. I think her homesickness has been kept at bay by her need to take care of everyone else. The reports from camp continue to report a very happy girl!

Seamus and I went for a walk last week and while we were walking towards the house, he quietly took my hand and said, "I miss Maggie." It had only been six days and Seamus was done. We have planned a lot of adventures and kept him busy, but he is a homebody who wants everyone at home. He is easily distracted with fishing trips and his new skateboard, but he doesn't want to sleep without Maggie in their room. It will be interesting to see if his "play it cool" side wins out or his "i love Maggie" side wins when we pick her up... I will keep you posted.

I am going to try hard to get a video of Pip looking at pics of Maggie for you all to see. She giggles, belly laughs and claps... you can't help but smile. Tim and I continue to wait for mail... let us know if you hear from her - we never expected her to be a big letter writer, but we dare to dream!

Not A Very Scary Tiger

Pip and Shim

Piper gets her first bike (which she loves) and Seamy loses two teeth in as many days...

big stuff happening around here!

 Please note all of the teeth...

 And now they are gone.

Maggie at Camp

We finally got another letter! Sounds like it rained once and her cabinmate was bit by a horse?? Fortunately the camp photographer has put some great pics on the BT site (yes, the camp photographer is absolutely my favorite person):

 This Maggie's best bud from New Richmond, Jillian. They are not in the same cabin, but they get to hang out a lot :O)

 Here is Maggie with two of her counselor (Sabrina on the Left and Hallie). I have known both since they were about Seamus' age - yikes!

Letter from Camp!

We heard from Maggie - yahoo! Here is the update:

She is on the top bunk. She can't wait to go climbing. The worst thing so far is that she hasn't gone fishing!

Hoped for more, but we'll take what we can get. Here are pics that were posted on-line... Here is Cabin M-3:

Look closely, Maggie is in the background taking pictures :O)

Piper Willa

Between me and Maggie, there must be 1,000 pictures of our little one... here are a couple favorites:

Seamus Patrick

Seamus has broken free of his shy ways this year... he is always on the move and especially good at driving Maggie crazy :O).

Seamus is always happy to help with Piper... he can change a diaper, but prefers to shove cake in her face.

 He is not what we would consider a terribly clean child, but he was very worried about the pumpkin "guts".

Maggie Jane

Maggie was busy this year with third grade, being a great big sister, playing and now going to camp!
She spent a long time coming up with the perfect birthday wish...

 She was a "housewife" for Halloween:

 She is always up for an adventure... usually with her camera (She should be the blogger).

 If you think she looks tall, you are right - a very proud 54".

Piper's Pigtails

A True Snapshot of the Scanlan's

This picture says it all... Seamus is goofing off, Maggie is perfectly posed, Piper is confused!

Piper is Soooo Big