A Busy Bee

Maddy has been busy with dance, trick or treating, playdates, camp adventures, school and many other things. As you can see, she was a beautiful fairy princess for Halloween and she got more candy than you can imagine. Fortunately we have a "Treats for Troops" program at school that some of her candy is going to disappear to:) She had tons of fun at her bff's house with all of her toddler friends. She also had a Halloween dance routine for us that weekend, and she did a great job! We went to camp this past weekend and she had a blast, as always. We built sand castles, hung out with Zoey the zebra and Boo Hoo the donkey. As if all the camp activities weren't enough for her, she came with me to a scrapbooking party and had some fun time with her friend Morgaen. Maddy was right in her element with all the crafting! By the time we got home, she was DONE. She fell asleep in the car at 4:45 that afternoon and didn't wake up until 6:30 the NEXT morning. Yep, I checked her breathing several times:) Then she took a good nap at school today too. Maybe she is finally going to grow. She and her daddy went to the bookstore after school today and got a new Thanksgiving book before coming home to bake cookies. She is always busy and helpful and we love her more as each day passes. Enjoy the pics!

Daytona Visit

Although it has been a couple of weeks now, Maddy is still talking about how much fun she had on our trip to Daytona with Aunt Heidi. She loved having Aunt Heidi watch her at dance class and having sleepovers with her for 3 whole night. She told me aunt Heidi had sleepovers as many nights as she is old. We got to Daytona and Gramma Nini and Grandpa Henry were very excited to see miss Maddy. Jeanine had set up the back yard with TONS of creative, fun games (of course)..:) THey made witche's stew, played in a cardboard box house, rode on witches broomsticks all around the yard. We all made a human spiders web with yarn (Maddy thought that was super cool). You would never know we were there celebrating nini's birthday but we were. We also got to see Jeanine's sister Kathy and brother in law Bob. It was nice to finally meet them after nearly 10 years of being in the Huff family:) Once we got done playing in the backyard, we went to the pumpkin patch and to get ice cream...always two hits. Grandpa Henry was at home making delicious meals for us to eat....but I don't have any pics of MAddy with him:( Before leaving on Sunday, we went to the Children's museum in Daytona and Maddy had so much fun. They had a pretend pizza parlor and Maddy was entertained forever there. We LOVE our visits to see Nini and Henry, and it was extra special this time with all the family members there too.

Happy Times

Maddy had a blast with her cousin last weekend and continued her fun in the sprinklers last night. We played forever and laughed a lot. Those are the moments that can't be taken away or replaced. We are very excited for this weekend. She gets to see her Aunt Heidi, Gramma Nini, Grampa Henri and finally meet Kathy and Bob:) It is gramma Nini's bday next week but it is never too early to celebrate! We hope you all have a great week. Enjoy the pics,

Future Diva? Baseball Player? Cowgirl?

She loves to play and we love to watch her. She is a beautiful child with an "old soul" and amazing heart. We are blessed beyond words:)

Lots of FUn and Pirate Video

Here are some pics and a little video of Maddy having fun this week. She did her own make-up, as you can see and clearly doesn't follow her mommy in the little to no make-up category! We went to the ice cream shop and she saw "Slabby." That was the highlight of her week. You can see that she was in the Gator spirit this week, wearing BOTH of her cheer leading outfits toward the end of the week. It worked...woo hoo. She has the Gator chomp down to a 3 year old science. She also loves listening to Hannah Montana in the headphones...too cute! The video is hard to understand but it is a song she learned at school, and loves to perform! Enjoy and have a great week!

A Blessing Everyday

We continue to have sooo much fun with Maddy. She really is such a gentle soul and we appreciate her every moment of everyday. The other night I was putting her to sleep and she had my ponytail in one hand and was rubbing my back with her other hand and she said, "Mommy, even when I am not with you in the day, I am thinking about you because I love you SO much." It just proves what a sweet child she is and it puts all the small things into perspective. SHe is loving dance class and we are working on skipping, hopping and doing the backwards crabwalk (that one is proving to be difficult) but nothing gets her down. She smiles the whole way through and blows us kisses from across the room. I am teahcing her young to be a Gator fan and she has essentially mastered the Gator chomp...thata girl. She is also loving school and enjoys coming home to craft and do "homeowrk" with us. She is interested in knowing how to make all of her letters with her pencil since she knows the sounds they all make. It amazes me how much kids can learn and retain at such a young age. I promise to have more pics up soon...it won't be another two weeks...sorry:(
We hope you all have a great week!

Bi-Weekly Blogs

So the time has come to announce that I will be doing bi-weekly blogs starting now. I love to keep everyone up to date, but I am back to work, back to the gym, blah blah blah...and between this and facebook...it is keeping me busy. If you do not have a facebook account, I highly recommend you get one (pssst...it is free). I do a much better job of posting the funny things that Maddy says because I can do it from my phone...and she says a lot of funny things when we are in the car. For example, the other day we were int he car and we were practicing letter sounds. I said, "t" Maddy. What word starts with t.t."t"? She said, "I know mommy, tits!" Yep, that is Madison. The next day we were on our way to Naples after weekly dance class and she said, "Mommy, when I am SUUPER old, like 29, can I still go to dance?" She is hilarious and creative and loves crafting these days. She just got home from Naples and is already playing with her neighbor friends....hmmmm, who is shocked? We are looking forward to a great day off tomorrow. We hope you all have a wonderful week.