Mad Gracie Photo Blog

Look out Bobby Flay and crew, chef Maddie is cookin up something for ya !! A few night’s ago Kathleen was trying to make dinner and Madeleine just wanted to be with her and wasn’t being shy about it. Being the resourceful young lady she is Kathleen got a chair and got Maddie to help her make dinner. As you can see she was all about it.

 (see Eden Mill fun page for more pics) A few weeks ago I had to go to Eden Mill Nature Center on a Saturday for a few Halloween photos for the paper. Kathleen was going lunch with some former co-workers so I took Maddie with me. We watched some volunteers carve pumpkins, took a walk to look at the “big water” as Maddie called it and explored the nature center’s critters and stuff. Maddie loved the critters, most of them were stuffed but there were some live fishies, snakes and what turned out to be her favorite, the turtles. I have a feeling Maddie will be spending a lot of time around Eden Mill with their great programs for the munchkins !!

 (more pics on the Trick or Treat Time page) Madeleine definitely got the whole Halloween thing a lot more this year. After some debate on a few different costume ideas Kathleen decided to go with a gingerbread munchkin costume she got from Eli’s mom Amy. We did a costume  test run around the house to make sure everything was in order and were ready to “rock & roll” as Maddie said. We headed to Aunt Kris & Uncle Jeff’s house to meet up with Aydan before heading out. Aydan was soooo cute and  a trooper with her hat in her Ladybug costume. After a few moments for the photo op. we hit the streets! Maddie was LOVING LIFE just walking around in her Gingerbread munchkin outfit. We really only hit two houses just across the street from Kris and Jeff’s. Grams & Gramps stopped by to join the fun too.