Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2011 to everyone!!!  

It was a very quiet weekend for us.  The weekend here was damp and warm.  It's hard to believe that last weekend we had 7 inches of snow and this weekend was 65 degrees!  Saturday we took advantage of the nice afternoon and went for a hike to the little creek that runs behind our house (well, really down a path from our house, but close enough).  We had run errands in the morning and after her nap Madison was ready to get outside.  She walked down there, fighting big trees over the path, thorny vines and big piles of leaves that have gathered since fall.  Once we got down the the creek she loves to just sit and throw rock (well mostly pebbles) into the water.  On the way back we stopped by Allie's house for the girls to play outside for a bit before the sun went down.

This morning we woke to rain but still warm.  It was 60 degrees when we got up this morning!  After watching the weather we hoped to get outside today but the clouds and rain hung around a lot longer than the weatherman had planned.  Madison has really been pretend playing and this week it has been playing "school."  Here she has all her students lined up ready to learn!  At least this time it's around the fire place. Most of the weekend it had been by the back door as we try to get in and out of the garage!!!

We lucked out today with Lisa wanting to take Tristan to the movies and her husband Jeff not being home to watch Allie.  Allie got to come over and play with Ms Lace while Lisa was gone!!!  The girls had such a GREAT time and it's so nice to see them starting to play together instead of just being in the same room.  There was a little block building, ball throwing, running laps, dress-up and shopping that took place.

They worked up an appetite and couldn't wait to eat lunch!  

It was the only time the two of them were quiet!!!

Madison had such a great afternoon with her friend Allie.  She seemed a bit upset when Allie had to go home.  The rest of the afternoon was a little bit more playing and a little bit of resting.  It's back to school tomorrow and it's going to be a very hard Monday after being home with mom for four days!  

**Note:  Now that the Holiday Season is behind us, I hope to get the weeks I didn't get something posted back dated.  Please be patient with me.  LOTS of pictures to look through and hard to pick just a few to share.  Our little girl is so beautiful and I'd share them all with you if I could!**