Cade's Got A New Set Of Wheels...

Well, I knew it would happen one day, I just didn't think it would be quite this soon! One afternoon last week, grandson, Caden, came driving up in the yard!!!

Weekend before last, his parents bought him his first "official set of wheels"...He's got a "Handy Manny" four-wheeler! If it's "Handy Manny", what's not to love? It's red, too!!! Gotta' love a red vehicle!

Cade didn't know what to think about his motorized vehicle at first, but after a bit of coaxing, he decided to try it out. It took him a little while to learn how to steer, but he's getting the hang of it now. He can drive from his house to ours!

Driving at age two...who would've thought it? Actually, he's a "chip off the old block"! His daddy got a battery-powered tractor at the age of two and a half--and he drove it until it finally died, many months later. He enjoyed that tractor more than any gift we ever bought him...

Happy driving days, Caden--I'm sure these will be the first of many more to come!

Caden Hitches A Ride...

A few days back, I mentioned that grandson, Caden, had taken his first ride on the tractor with my husband--and I missed it!

Since that first day, Caden's hitched at least two more rides--and I haven't witnessed any of his rides! I'm always busy in the kitchen cooking in the afternoons when my husband does the tractor stuff!

Fortunately, Caden's mother loves to take photos as much as I do, and she captured this photo of Caden's second tractor ride.

The last report that I got from my husband on "watering day" (he uses the tractor for this) was that he picked up, not ONE passenger, but TWO passengers after his last round of watering! I'm really sorry I missed both grandkids riding together...perhaps I should just stop cooking!!!

Madison at the 2011 "Rattlesnake Roundup"

Here's a video montage of Madison participating in the events of The 2011 Rattlesnake Roundup. It was her first time participating in a parade, and it was her first public dance performance with her dance class.

The first part of the montage is still photos, while the last part is actual footage of Madison's class while they were performing.

Great job, Madison! It was a big day for you!

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Maddie's Rattlesnake Roundup Experience...

Saturday morning began early over at granddaughter, Madison's, house. She had to be at the starting point of the 2011 Rattlesnake Roundup Parade by 9:45!

Madison was given the choice to walk or ride in a wagon since the dance school wasn't having a float. Madison's mama decided it might be best to let her ride in a wagon since the parade route was going to be around 2 miles. I think that was a wise choice!

The next order of business was to figure out who was going to pull the wagon! Madison's Aunt Sarah graciously volunteered to pull the wagon, since Madison's mama is dealing with foot problems and can't hold out to walk very far.

Aunt Sarah made a friend during the parade, who offered to help pull the wagon in exchange for giving her little girl a ride in the wagon with Madison! Two miles is a long way to pull someone in a wagon! Thank the Lord for new friends!

There were lots of dancers marching with this group! Some of them carried two "rattlesnakes" fashioned from brown cardboard, trimmed in pink glitter. That's one of the snakes in front of Madison's wagon. Madison's wagon was traveling in between the two snakes, but they stopped so we could take a couple of pictures...Wasn't that nice?

Here they are, stopped and waving for our cameras! That's Aunt Sarah waving to us. As soon as the parade was over, Madison had to rush home, eat a quick bite of lunch, then be back at the Rattlesnake Roundup activities by 2:00--dressed in costume, and ready to dance!

This photo shows just a portion of the little girls in Madison's dance class. I think there are nineteen of them in all! That's a lot of energetic little girls! Some of the little girls are also in Madison's class at "Wee Ones".



Here's Madison doing what's known in dance class as "The Boogie".



And here's Madison after she finished dancing at the Roundup! Can you tell she's just a little bit tired? Whenever she gets tired, those fingers always find their way up to those lips, and in her mouth...
I can't blame her a bit, I was tired from just following her around and watching!

Madison did a great job, and made us all very proud!

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Something Bad/Something Good...

Wednesday of this week started out with Madison having to go to the pediatrician for those always awful, always dreaded, immunization shots! I just tagged along for the ride.

The day began with Madison's mama being told by the nurse that Madison would be needing five shots that day! Now, call us old-fashioned, but we happen to think five shots at one time is a little bit much!!!

After some arguing back and forth, the pediatrician finally realized that five immunizations were not going to be happening for Madison that day. She received two of them, plus a finger prick. That was the bad part of the day...

The day improved considerably, after we ate some lunch, then headed for a new establishment called "The Clubhouse". Visiting "The Clubhouse" was Madison's reward for having to endure a doctor visit, and three sticks!

I'd never been to The Clubhouse, but Madison and her family had recently gone there on a church outing. It was an impressive place! The Clubhouse has miniature golf, batting cages, laser tag, bowling, a ball pit, all kinds of arcade games, and a restaurant--all under one roof!

Here's a photograph of Madison posing by some of the games.

As soon as Madison's ticket had been purchased, she headed for her favorite thing--The Ball Pit! I was impressed with how quickly she was able to climb the rope ladder to reach the loft area of the pit. Going to school has been good for Madison in a lot of different ways!


Unfortunately, Madison was the only child in The Clubhouse that day, so her mama had to eventually go up inside the ball pit and play with her a bit. In the midst of their play, Brandy accidentally shot Madison with a spongy ball. Madison is "fussing" at her mama in the above photo!

There were all kinds of activities to do inside the ball pit, and all of them involved those little spongy, colored balls. Notice in the background, how the balls are floating in the air over that machine.

This photo was taken at the top area of the ball pit. There are lots more activities to do up in the loft area of the pit, such as rolling on or riding padded barrels
or shooting balls out of long barreled gun things...

My favorite activity was filling up the large bin as many balls as possible--before it dumped them back out on us. We had to feed them into a hole, then watch them get sucked up, and deposited into the bin. I was thrilled when I was actually able to snap a photo of the balls dumping on us!

So a bad beginning of the day, made for a good ending. I'm glad Madison got part of her immunizations out of the way, and I enjoyed watching her play at The Clubhouse! Madison just might get to do it all over again when she goes back for the rest of her immunizations in six weeks!



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Shoes, Shoes, Caden Loved Shoes...

I mentioned yesterday that I've been going through old photos, and burning them onto cd's. In the process of doing this, I've discovered a few "treasures" that I want to go back and share on this blog. Today the spotlight is on Caden--and shoes!

From the time Caden was able to walk, he became fascinated with shoes--everybody's shoes! If you took your shoes off, you can bet that Caden was gonna' wear them!

Here's a photo of Caden sportin' his mama's yellow highheels!

Caden wearing MiMi's walking shoes...


and Caden wearing somebody's flip flops!

Seeing the above photo of Caden wearing flip flops reminds me of the time when he nabbed Jennifer's flip flops, and ended up putting them in the toilet! I was the one who left the bathroom door open, so I was the one who got to retreive the flop flops from inside of the toilet! Lucky me!

I sure do miss those fun days of watching Caden clomp around the house wearing everybody's shoes! He's pretty much lost interest in most shoes these days, but occasionally he still likes to try on a pair or two of Madison's--which usually results in an arugment between the two of them ....Oh the joys of grandchildren--and shoes!

Maddie's First Face Painting...

Lately I've been going through my photos, and putting them on CD's. While doing this, I've found some cute photos that I haven't shared on my blog. This particular set of photos was taken last July Fourth, while we were staying at St. Simon's Island.

While we were visiting in the Village, beside the pier, Madison saw some people getting their faces painted. We asked her if she'd like to have her face painted. At first she said "no", but then she changed her mind. The photo above was taken while Madison waited in line. Finally, it was Madison's turn...

Madison sat in the chair, but she wasn't sure about the whole process. You can see the uncertainty on her face. What do you think she chose to have painted on her face? A rainbow? Perhaps, a smiley face?

No! Madison wanted a Mickey Mouse on her face! She's all finished and is admiring her face in this photo. Fun memories...