Budding Artist

A yard sale find is providing hours of entertainment …. and when Madilyn strays with the chalk, it wipes up easily.

Madilyn’s Nicknames

Yesterday evening I was cleaning out some kitchen cabinets when I found this list that Jeff and I made last summer. We had so many nicknames for Madilyn then we thought it would make a funny blog post to name them all. Over several days we kept writing these names down that we called her. Then I misplaced the paper so I never got to post it. I found it and read it last night and realized that we don’t call her most of these names anymore, so I’m glad we made this list. Another memory for the blog! Here they are in no particular order:

Bright Eyes
Blue Eyes
Princepessa
Beauty*
My Sunshine*
Blueberry Eyes
Baby*
Madilynski
Button
Chicken (or The Little Chicken)
Pumpkin*
Little Piglet
Pumpkin Pie
Munchkin
Stinker-Pie

* These are the nicknames we still refer to her as. I’m sure we have new ones now too. When you love someone so much … just saying their name isn’t enough!

Father’s Day Weekend

We had a good Father’s Day Weekend. This is Madilyn’s beautiful dress she wore yesterday to church. We had one service Sunday morning with Bro. and Sis. Tenney. Afterward we went out to eat with Gordy and Alison and “Baby Cake” (Kate), then came home for a nap. Later that afternoon I ran some errands and Jeff and Madilyn enjoyed some pool time at our neighbors’ Keith and Linda’s house.