Its been a long time since I've blogged... you don't want to hear my excuses, I'm sure, so I 'll just get back to business.
Before I post some pictures, I have to tell you about Madeline. She is saying words left and right, it completely amazes me. I mean, obviously I know babies learn to talk, but she just seems so smart. She counts- (usually starting with 4), recognizes some letters, repeats almost everything we say and gets a kick out of making us laugh. If you haven't seen her lately , you must, before MENSA gets to her. All this cuteness almost outweighs the whining and tantrums. Full on , kicking legs, limp noodle screeching tantrums. Good times.
Here's some pictures from recent days. My Dad will be happy to know she loves trains( or 'tains" as she calls them) They have a ride on train in our new neighborhood. Its actually built like the old steam engines, all the Lackawana , Erie lines are representin'. The kids go nuts for it. I wasn't sure if Madeline would like the ride, but she did. She was really good.
Now normally here I would insert pictures of my good girl sitting on the train, or maybe even a few solo train shots for my dad. But I don't have any. I had to take her by myself and to get any good pictures would mean letting go of Maddy, and she knew it. She was rarin' to go. I did catch some cute shots of her on a coin operated train smack dab in the middle of the woods. ( disclaimer, I have to take a good look at my camera. Alot of these shots are too bright and blurry. But the cuteness shines through.)
This is run by train enthusiasts one weekend a month. Dad, the next time you are down here, you'll have to go. For the trains and for someone to ride with Maddy while I take pictures. Really cool.
And now some Halloween pictures.
Halloween is weird for me. I grew up on a busy street that didn't get much Halloween traffic. Especially since there was a trend towards not trick or treating for a number of years due to sick tickets (footnote: mom) putting needles in candy bars.
Then I lived in an apartment for 7 years, and never had Trick or Treaters. My point is, now that we live in a new area, I really had no idea how to gauge the Hallween traffic. We bought a lot of candy. And at 8:30pm, we've had 5 trick or treaters. Note to self; buy less candy next year.
I felt kind of silly taking Madeline around the neighborhood. Number one, no sidewalks, #2- She can't really eat the candy #3- no one else seemed the be doing it. So I dressed her up in her costume and took some pictures. Enjoy... oh man.. its not letting me do pictures now. I'll update later.
