This past weekend we visited with Nana and Papa and had a full weekend. What a great time and we are now home, exhausted, and 5 or 10 lbs heavier!!! Madison loved playing with her cousin Carson and couldn't get enough of the "Big Pool." Saturday we spent the morning in the pool and the afternoon visiting with Aunt Debbie, Uncle David (Tribo), Lauren, Uncle David and Carson. As you can tell by the picture, I think she was completely worn out by the end of the evening. I couldn't get my meal finished before she fell asleep!
Sunday we did a daytrip out to Helen, GA to see the sights in the mountains. It was hot when we left Canton and it felt even hotter in the mountains. There was a reason the river was filled with tubers (not the ones served as a side dish). After lunch we took a walk to the bridge over the river to check out the scene. What a great time the tubers must have had. Drifting down the cool river on such a warm day. Madison was ready to go tubing as well. When asked if she wanted to go, she immediately took her flip flops off and would have jumped into the water from the bridge if we would have let her! To distract her, and I know some people will find this hard to believe, we enticed her with a bit of ice cream!
Monday was a day of relaxation...well if you'd call a day packed with pool, visiting and hanging out relaxing! With the thermostat that continued to climb a bit more each day, Madison (mom and dad) were ready to be in the pool at any time. Monday morning we went up to the pool for a couple of hours. Saturday we had introduced Madison to the big slide at the pool. Dad took her down on his lap the first couple of times and then we thought we would try her on her own with Jeff at the top and me catching her at the bottom. She ABSOLUTELY LOVED it! I've tried to download the video to the blog with no success, so I'll get it on PicasaWeb for all to check out. Oh so cute! In the meantime, here's a picture of her showing off her new bathing suit before going down the slide.
Tuesday it was back to Raleigh. Madison is taking the road trips fairly well. She isn't exploding from sitting in the car seat and she is entertained with her computer and "talking on the phone" with Allie to let her know where we were. We stopped at a rest area for a packed lunch and Jeff showed Madison how to eat boiled peanuts.
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| First you take the peanut... |
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| Then peel back the shell like this... |
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| Then you eat the peanut! |
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| The best part is throwing the shell to the squirrels! |
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| I DID IT! |
