Fun filled weekends...

Photos of Maddie enjoying the summer.

We have happily kept ourselves busy through the remainder of June. (It's still hard to believe that it's July now! Every weekend we're out doing something of interest or fun, of course all Maddie focused, and already July is looking very full too, the next "free" weekend we have is in August! Let's see...since Father's Day, we've filled our weekends (and nice weekdays) with visiting with Nana for her Birthday, having dinner/picnics at the park, going to the Chinese Festival in Hockessin, trying out new playgrounds, and enjoying picnics with a local adoption playgroup that we've joined.

Photos from the 2007 Chinese Festival at the Delaware Chinese American Community Center.

I haven't really given much of a Maddie update recently. Well, she's growing into her personality, that is for certain. She has opinions on what she wants to do and doesn't want to do, as well as when she should do them. Her favorites of late are the Backyardigans...watching her literally jump up and down and giggle and sing along with a BIG grin is, in one word, adorable. She also has been practicing her singing voice of late, serenading Mommy and Daddy to the toddler vocal stylings of Baahhh Baahh Black sheep, ABCs, Bringing Home A Baby Bumble bee, and Where is thumbkin to name a few. She is getting to be quite vocal and expressive using full sentences, and enjoys teasing Mommy and Daddy by running and getting into their "chair" and sitting in it with a BIG grin giggling, to which we respond..."Hey, what are you doing?" Then there are even more giggles and laughs.

Maddie also LOVES the water and the idea of swimming. At school they have water play once a week and she goes to school in her swimsuit. This past week she was sooo excited to get going to "swim" she didn't want to eat breakfast and was waiting by the front door! We really do need to sign her up for swimming lessons!

Upcoming weeks will entail trips to Virginia, New Jersey, possibly Maryland and for Mommy....Oregon (for work).