First things first, right after her first birthday, Madison decided to attempt the Great Escape from her crib. So we've moved up to a big girl bed!
Last week, Madison found beads in the house. Decided to wear them. And we wore them everywhere...we went to the zoo with Leigh & her daughter Lauren and we wore our beads. We went to Target and wore our beads. To the park? Wore our beads.
Last weekend we had our annual St. Patrick's day breakfast on Saturday at Bella's house! This is a tradition Mommy started with Bella when they were roommates at USC. But this year was Madison Michael's first year in attendance! She put on a new green St. Pat's shirt and Mommy put her hair in pigtails and she was VERY excited that Mommy had green beads for her to wear! She had a great time showing off for everyone and enjoyed munching on Lucky Charms.
After our breakfast, we went to an Easter Egg hunt at a state park across town. It was really crowded and we were pretty late, but she still got to hunt for some candy (but no eggs...?) & play with some bunnies.
Friday we went to see the Easter Bunny! (Mommy needs to scan this picture) I was worried she was going to freak out, because Santa wasn't a very big hit at Christmas. While we waited in line, EB took some breaks and came over to wave at the kids. By the time we got to the front of the line, Madison had decided that this guy was okay, because he danced. And Madison LOVES to dance. The picture is super cute. Big smile!
Yesterday was our VERY FIRST Easter Egg Hunt at church! We invited Nonnah along since Daddy was playing golf! Madison wore a cute new pink dress with her new pink plaid shoes and carried her new Easter basket she got from Nonnah & Poppi. They had the toddler playground ready for the egg hunt for the 2 and under crowd. It was chaos trying to get through the grandparents to get in the playground, but once we made it in, Madison managed to find 3 eggs by herself! One she found after everyone else quit looking and had gone inside...persistence pays off! She got a little distracted in the middle of the egg hunt and decided she'd much rather just play on the slide and with the toys outside. But three eggs! I was impressed with our first showing.
Today is Easter and we're going to put on a new dress from Great Granny Ely & Papaw in Kentucky and go to church. After church we're headed to Aiken to see Gran & Pappaw & Great Granny!
...but not until after we check out what the Easter Bunny left!
Edit: Mad & her Easter basket!
