Back To School~1st Annual Tea Party

Last Friday, Madie and her friends enjoyed their 1st Annual Back To School (Mom's Day Out) Tea Party. They enjoyed pink lemonade, PB&J sandwiches, petite fors, cheese & crackers, cheese and lemons straws and fruit. They were all dressed up in their dressy dresses and after having to pose for all the mom's to take a bazillion pictures, I think they had a wonderful time. They even decorated a picture frame to put one of their pictures from the tea party in as a keep sake.

The Tea Party Girls

Madie enjoying some pink lemonade.

The girls enjoying their lunch.

Showing off their picture frames.

So much fun!!! We can hardly wait until next year!

Donkey's and Goats and Peacocks OH MY!

This weekend Madie and I went for a visit to Nana and Paw-paw's. After breakfast Saturday morning we headed to a flower nursery that is located on a farm. They also have animals that you can pet and feed. There are donkey's, goats, peacocks, cats and kittens, rabbits, sheep, cows, dogs, pigs, chickens, roosters, chinchillas, ducks and I'm sure there were more livestock there that I can't remember. It is just a fun place to go and see all of the animals.

As soon as we got there Madie reached out to pet the peacock and got pecked. I felt so bad for her. She learned very quickly to ask before you stick your fingers in an animals cage.

Here is Madie petting a sweet rabbit. The owners of the nursery were so nice and took time out to show us all of the animals. This is Mrs. Garrett holding the rabbit so Madie can pet it.

Madie holding a chinchilla. They are sooooo soft.

Madie petting Daisy and Ivan, her new donkey friends.

Madie posing for a picture with Daisy and Ivan. I swear it looks like they are smiling too.

The BIG pig Sally....I don't think she moves around very much.

Madie petting her new friend Melody the goat. Everytime we would walk away she would say, "Come Baaaaaack!"

What a great day! (Other than Madie's peacock peck and running into an ant bed while trying to see a baby calf.) We can't wait to go back soon and see all of our farm friends.

Back To Blogging

In an attempt to catch up from my blogging hiatus, I am going to try and recap the last few weeks in one blog post. I have been so distracted. Between my reading, my Facebook addiction(thank goodness I don't Twitter), Netflix and going about our daily routine I haven't made the time to keep up with my blog so I hope I can recap and get myself caught up.

The past few weeks have flown by. The summer is almost over and I look around and can't find where it went. We have been on the go go go and enjoyed every minute of it. Our days have been filled with Museum trips, boat rides, play dates, Christmas in July, Alabama Adventure, Barons games, birthday parties, Oak Mountain visits, Pump It up, visiting family and friends, outings at the McWane Center, Botanical Gardens and just playing inside or out.

I am so grateful for my beautiful little girl and the time I get to devote to her and the time I get to spend with her. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.