Another lost tooth

Time flies when you're having fun!...

 

Hard to believe but a week and a half ago, Maidson ran off the bus screaming, "My tooth came out! My tooth came out!"  We had been working on that tooth for over a week!  She has officially entered the Silly Grin Club.

 

Tooth #3

That weekend Nana and Papa had come to visit.  Saturday morning was pottery and then apple picking.

Nana picking

Jeff picking

After apple picking, it was off to the peach orchard...

After all that picking, it was time to eat.  Madison showed off her toothless straw sipping skills!

The perfect place for the straw

Would you believe that is one portion???  LOOK AT THAT SUNDAE...CRAZY!!!  She did share a little bit with us.

Sunday we went out for breakfast...our family portrait.

Boogie Boarding in Surf City

There was a break in the clouds this weekend that supplied the children with a PERFECT opportunity to have time at the beach. And the fact that Madison could spend time with friends at the beach made it even more PERFECT!  

Alli, Madison, Ben, and Sam

If you ask Madison, we built a "village" in the sand...

Madison and Alli taking in the surf and sand.

Later that afternoon, Madison worked up enough nerve to give Boogie boarding a try and...in her words...after catching her first wave..."That was AWESOME!"

Boogie Boarding in Surf City...what a great time!  Madison can't wait to get back to the beach!!!

First Day of First Grade and a Thinking Cap

Kindergarten is so yesterday!  Madison started her third week of 1st grade today...hard to believe. She's loving it and doing so well so far.  

New friends, new teacher, all kinds of new things to learn...with all that new stuff, you need a thinking cap to keep it all straight!!!!

Got on my Thinking Cap!

A weekend FULL of SWIMMING

Where did the weekend go?  There are some weekends that just NEED to be longer.  Seems that sometimes you just don't have enough time!  Anyhoo...

Tuesday Night Meet between the raindrops

The swim team season is OFFICIALLY over :-(  Madison did VERY well and is already looking forward to next year. She made many new friends, as you will see in the pictures!

Swim Championship

Friday night was the prep rally...lots of carbs and a social hour was what it turned into.  Lots of great food and the kids got to make posters to hang when at the Championship.



Hannah and Madison

Making posters

Saturday morning was an EARLY start.  Check out the hair!


How am I going to run a brush through that?

Time for the Championship.  Madison swam her little heart out! The picture below shows how you keep track of what kid is doing what. The numbers on her shoulder is the event she swims...the Go Otters is just showing her team some love :-) Her other shoulder has her name on it so everyone knows who she is.

Waiting her turn

There she goes...

Always smiling when in the water...I'm
surprised her mouth doesn't hurt.

Sunday morning was Y-U-C-K-Y!!!  Thought for sure the pool party was going to be inside but as you can see, the weather cleared and it was a beautiful afternoon for a pool party.  What a great way to celebrate a FANTASTIC season!!!  Great job little one.  You've done really well and we look forward to many more years of swim meets!!! We love you very much!!!

The whole team...Madison is the first row,
third over from left with her feet in the water

Trophy and ribbons...nothing better than that

This week we've been resting up the best we can since FIRST GRADE starts MONDAY!

Last picture...this one is for Madison.  She didn't think it was fair that everyone got to see her messy hair so she messed up mine and took a picture... :-)

Holy Cow!

Swimming on Thursday was cancelled due to thunderstorms and torrential downpours in the area. There is a good and a bad when it comes to a canceled swim meet.  Good that the kids get a little bit of a break. Bad because mommy hadn't planned dinner for Thursday night! We tend to eat dinner at the pool. SO...we HAD to go out....and I'm glad we did!!!  

On the way home, the storm had passed.  It was only lightly raining.  As we drove past one of the barns we drive past ALL the time, I happen to see a farmer outside feeding his six week old calves.  We stopped to checked them out and he was more than happy to show off his "newborns"!  

Whatcha got there?

I think she likes it

This is pretty cool

Oh come on!  You taste SO good!!!

YUMMMMMYYYYY

As you can see, they suckle EVERYTHING!  The one in the last picture followed the man around the WHOLE time with the mans fingers in her mouth!

Thank goodness for a swim meet cancel.  That was AWESOME...made our evening!!!!

4th of July 2014

With the Hurricane Arthur hanging off our coast, the 4th of July activities were up in the air for most of the start of the weekend.  Here in Garner, they have the fourth activities on the third.  The plan was to go but not sure if they were still having them.  So there were no REAL fireworks for Madison this year.  On the 4th, we hung out with Lisa and her family.  Had a "blast'!!! 

Madison and Alli before the party

Sporting the Old Navy T-shirts

Now that Arthur has moved outta here, he left behind a beautiful weekend.  Took Madison to the park to teach her how to ride her bike w/o training wheels.

Holding onto Madison

Deep in thought as to how to get out of this!!!

Daddy teaching her how it's done

Trying on a hard surface

Needless to say, she did not learn to do it today but we'll keep trying.  Shouldn't take too long. We'll try again very soon.  Madison did well but just couldn't master it as quickly as she was hoping. 

Just had to share

Check out the picture of Madison on the first day of school...

Wearing the same outfit the last day of school...