October 2012

 Pictures from our trip to Campbell's Farm Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze

 Halloween Costume

 Maddie and her next-door neighbor Garrett

 School Halloween Party

 Sock-hop in the gym before the party.

Some pictures from September

A Few Recent Pictures

Maddie and her friend Jake from kindergarten playing in the long-jump pit. This was at the baseball field where her friends Garrett and Brady were playing.

Maddie doing her cooking show

Maddie and Brady playing with PVC pipes. Such cheap entertainment!

No training wheels!

Maddie recently learned to ride her bike without training wheels. Here is a video shortly after she learned how.

First Day of Summer School

Maddie's first day of summer school (May 29, 2012). She is eating breakfast with her BFF Charli.

Last Day of School

Maddie's last day of kindergarten (May 16, 2012).

Kite Festival

Maddie building a kite at the Kite Festival at Nathaniel Greene Park in Springfield.

New Jungle Gym

We bought Maddie a new jungle gym and a sandbox for her birthday this year. Here is a picture her, Garrett, and Brady climbing on it just a few minutes after it was finished.

Field Day at Sparta Elementary

Track and field day at Sparta Elementary. Maddie is competing in the hula hoop toss.

Field Day, Maddie just finished the egg and spoon race

Easter 2012

Easter Egg hunt at Roller Park in Sparta

Setting out cookies and the colored eggs for the Easter bunny

Girl Scouts-Build a Bear

Girl Scout event at Build a Bear Workshop. All the girls in the troop got to make a 100th anniversary bear and then dress them in a Daisy or a Brownie uniform. So cute!

Girl Scouts-Pinkalicious

Pinkalicious Girl Scout event at Camp Finbrooke. Look at all that pink!

Dress Up

Maddie being silly in her dress up clothes.

Picnic in the Park

During Maddie's spring break, we took our lunch to the park in town and had a picnic. She had fun playing afterwards and even found a classmate from kindergarten to play with. The biggest hits in the park were the giant dirt pile and the monkey bars.

February

Kindergarten Valentine's Day Party.

January

Girl Scout Father-Daughter dance. 60's and 70's theme.

Trip to the Springfield Conservation Center for a winter hike.

Some miscellaneous pictures from January...

Maddie and her friends from next-door, Garrett and Brady, having a camp-out.

It was warm enough one day in January to be outside playing in light jackets!

Maddie and her BFF Charli having fun playing dress-up on a playdate.

Experimenting with black and white on our new camera.

Student of the month for December!