Saturday, May 22, 2010

Dance Recital

Last night was Madi's dance recital. She did a great job in all three numbers. Madi was a bit nervous that one of the girls was going to fall off the stage. During dance practice the last few weeks the girls would hug Marcie after each number. Marcie told them they would not be able to give her hugs after each dance at the recital because they would fall off the stage. Nobody fell.....

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Gathering Eggs

Tonight Madi and I went to a local farm and gathered eggs; we had breakfast for dinner. Madi is always excited to see the animals, especially the horses. We mingled with the horses, but I didn't capture it in photographs. Madi thought the horses were funny because they followed us around and were continually sniffing at us. I love the old barn and can imagine myself playing inside for hours. I've always wanted to live on a farm and think I would literally spend hours inside this old barn, playing, working or whatever, if I had the time.
We searched inside the barn for the secret place that some chickens lay eggs. We found three eggs in their secret hiding place.
'Slick' is one of Madi's favorites. He is 5'10 at the shoulder and weighs 2,550 pounds. That is one enormous animal. Believe it or not he's tame .
We are looking forward to the arrival of a calf later this summer. There is always something new and exciting at the farm.
The chickens were separated inside the coop. The babies were separated from the grown chickens. Madi thought it was fun to have the baby chickens follow her around inside the coop; we just had to be careful not to let them out. Madi likes that they say "cock-a-doodle-doo" all the time; and she was excited to see the many colors and patterns of the different varieties of chickens.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Soccer

Madi started soccer a few weeks ago and she loves it. She tries hard, but more often than not, she is more interested in who and what is going on in the crowd - she's a people watcher. The first game was interesting to say the least. Madi was bewildered by the fact that two of her friends were on the other team.
Madi loves to run and I think that is what she likes most about soccer.