Shuckin' Corn!

We made a quick trip to Roswell on Wednesday to see Matt's family and to "shuck some corn." I've never done anything like that before but it was completely worth it as we took home some 45 ears of sweet corn fresh out of Matt's parents' garden.

Plus Madi got to see and play with her cousins . . . Owen & Ethan.

Their faces crack me up in this picture!

Love, love, love Owen's face here . . .

Madi rode the tricycle . . .

Played with Boomer and Shadow . . .

Watched Grandpa and Daddy pick the corn . . .

Helped pick a LONG bell pepper . . .

Supervised the corn pickin' . . .

Played a little on the swing set . . .

Helped Grandpa shuck some corn . . .

Watched Grandpa as he cut out some of the worms . . .

Daddy helped too . . .

AND of course we got to play with our newest cousin Henry!

It is so nice having family with "green thumbs!"

Madi & Daddy

While I was in the shower the other night Madi grabbed my glasses and Daddy snapped a few pictures of her being silly!

Last week, Madi and her Daddy went to the movies together. This was the first time for her and Matt to go together. He said she did great (which is a very good thing because if you know Matt at all then you know he takes his movie watching VERY seriously!)

I couldn't get a picture of the two of them smiling together . . .

so this will have to do!

Not sure what this face is all about but I just laughed when I saw it so had to post it!

Only a few more weeks of summer before Matt goes back to work!

Better go make 'em count!

Off to . . .

spend the night with her cousins!

We asked my sister Shelle if Madi could stay with them while we went out for our anniversary (that's nothing new). But we thought it'd be fun if she spent the night too. Of course, they said yes!

Here she is helping load her suitcase.

(I see a new pink suitcase in our future for times like these!)

Tucker was SO excited when we pulled up that he RAN straight to Madi.
He even helped carry in her suitcase. What a man!

I asked my sister to take pictures of their time together so I could blog/scrap it.

First, they played outside on the trampoline. For being so little, these two love it!

Group pic . . .

Madi, Tuck, Morgan & Tripp

Tripp and Morgan doing flips at the same time . . .

Another group pic but Shelle said that Madi wanted nothing to do with it. I just love how she's mid air while everyone else is posing for the camera! Gotta love that little girl!

She finally relented and this is what Shelle got!

I like the one with her jumping better.

Then it was time for a little t-ball. Tucker just loved the tee that Matt's dad made for Madison so Matt made one for Tucker just like it.

Running around the backyard!

Then it was dinner followed by bath time. Although there is no picture proof of dinner Shelle assures me that Madi was fed dinner! We're not worried since Madi lets you know if she's hungry right away.

Being silly in the tub . . .

Something was too funny I guess.

Posing for the camera . . .

I love his smile!

This boy has the longest AND fullest eyelashes I have ever seen. Not fair since he'll probably never truly appreciate them like I would!!!

Tucker loves to stick his tongue out lately. Madi went through this phase too but it's just so cute!

Cracking up at Madi . . .

Then it was more playtime . . .

Followed by kisses and story before bed.

Although Madi has been sleeping in a big girl bed for a year now we thought it would be best to bring our pack 'n play for her to sleep in. Tucker has a full size bed but we could just see the two of them keeping eachother up all night long. So she slept in Tucker's room just not with him!

Shelle said she went right to bed when asked and didn't make a peep until morning.

Then early Saturday morning (well early to my sister) Madi went into Shelle and Cody's room looking for Tucker who had just walked in as well. Shelle told them both to go back to sleep for a while and they actually did!

So I think it's safe to say that everyone had a great time and Madi will be spending another night with them soon!

The teacher in me . . .

The teacher in me . . .

Just had to introduce "playing school" to Madison!

And she LOVES it!

We play twice a day for anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour.

I try to change things up each time.

If this interest keeps up, then I'm going to have to find more resources!

But thankfully for now she seems content with what I've planned.

We first made a sheet of paper with each color's name and she picked the crayon and marker that matched the color. She got most right but likes to confuse orange with red sometimes. Since my dad and nephew Tripp are color deficient I'm a little over concerned with her knowing colors. But luckily colors are not that important overall. Matt doesn't think she has a problem since she gets them all right most of the time.

Next school activity was with the letter blocks. She's been able to spell her name and recognize all the letters in her name for quite a while now but I wasn't sure how she'd do with this activity I planned. I first showed her name spelled out correctly then jumbled the letters and asked her to put them in order again. She did great! She picked the "s" before the "i" one time but otherwise was right on!

When I first asked her if she wanted to play school she said "yes, and get my backpack?" So I guess we'll be getting a backpack soon too. The best part of picking up her cousin Tripp from school for her is getting to carry or wear his big kid backpack!

Park Playdate!!!

Nora and Madi being silly up on the playground equipment!

Nora was jumping from dot to dot.

Madi is such the climber and loves the rock wall.

Lydia was so proud to be at the very top of the structure with no plans to come down anytime soon!

Hopefully the sun will come out soon so we can have more outside time!

More Playdates!

We've tried to have a few more playdates than normal with all the rain keeping us from our normal daily outing to the pool.

So we were thrilled when Cheryl and the kids met us at the mall and for lunch yesterday.

Here's Nora, Madison and Lydia being silly for the camera.

It's IMPOSSIBLE to get all 3 to look at the camera at the same time.

Miss Lydia

(Just like Tucker will always look and smile at the camera for me!)
Nora loves to show you how she fell down!

Silly girls!

Our second attempt at a picture of all 3!

Nora and Madi on the hippo's back!

Lydia sitting on the hippo's back!

Driving the ice cream truck!

We used to be spoiled before Madi learned what these rides were in the middle of the mall.

Now she wants to stop and ride them everytime we pass by.

This morning we went and saw Charlotte's Web at the movie theater with Cheryl and the girls and Kennedy and Keegan. I've NEVER see that show before or read the book. I've always heard about it so I just assumed I had seen it as a child but the story was new to me. So we really all enjoyed the movie.

Then we made it to the pool for the first time in a week but only for 1.5 hours before it closed due to the weather.

I guess as long as the rain keeps . . . MORE PLAYDATES here we come!