Here's Madison after getting all ready for her Fall school pictures, I think they took them the last week in September. She was so excited to go to school all dressed up and really enjoyed the fact I actually let her wear a tiny bit of lipstick to school. She said "Daddy would be mad" and I told don't worry he'll never know!
All dressed up but can't take her eyes off of the TV LOL.Well Madison got to attend her first birthday party for someone in her class. I'm sure after this one there will be many more to attend this year. It was actually her first time skating also, so it made for a very interesting day. Of course she couldn't wait to put the skates on however once they were on she decided that she would rather have me do it with her. I tried so hard to explain to her that I will walk with her because mommy hasn't been on skates in about 15 years. However she was not letting up so I just hoped that even though it's been a while, maybe it would be one of those things you never forget how to do. Well, it so happens, it all came right back to me so I took her around the rink a few times. After taking a short break I finally convinced her to take a try on her on and she did great.
Madison and one of her classmates hanging on to the wall before getting a bit brave
Taking a break or as I called it - trying to get enough bravery to try alone
After a slow start - she's off!
I have to say, I was a bit worried as most of you know my children are very clumsy. However she only fell once the entire time we were skating. The next morning I felt like I was about 90 years old....man I forgot how many muscles you work skating that you don't work as hard when you walk. I hurt for the entire next day and agreed that I am getting too old to skate LOL.
Well I was not having another weekend alone with the kids in this house doing nothing. So I did some research and found a festival going on in a nearby town so I decided we'd head to that. Sadly we didn't have anyone that wanted or was available to go with us but we still managed to have a great time with just us three. Here's a few pictures of the kiddos having a blast.
This was James's first time to ever ride a ride so his first go round on the horse carosel was not a good one. Most of the time he just stood by me to watch Madison until he finally got brave to give it another shot. They had a blast and it would have been much better if it would have been a bit cooler as we were sweating like crazy!
In another note - only 54 more days and Avery will be home for a few weeks!!!!!
