Sunday, October 26, 2008
Plano Balloon Festival
On great Saturday evening, we ventured out to see the Plano Balloon Festival and discovered that the traffic jam to get there was a nightmare. We quickly realized that Plan B was going to be even better. A little park across the highway was in the direct path of the balloons taking off. And we even got a personal show when one of the balloons had some technical difficulties and landed right behind us. And the best part, the park was free and there was no traffic jams!
Michael's White Coat Ceremony
Effects of Hurricane Gustav
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Texas State Aquarium
Michael, Madelyn aand Grammie
When Madelyn saw this fishing coming at her, she loudly prclaimed" Woah, that's a BIG fish" and then proceed to give the fish kisses.
Looking for a sheel with a hermit crab
petting the sting rays
U.S.S. Lexington
Madelyn and Grammie
Madelyn and Grammie
We spent a fun afternoon at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus iwth Grammie and Poppo. Madelyn really enjoyed watching the dolphin show and got a kick out of the peeting stingray splash pool. It was a quite weekend in Corpus since so many had left to due to Hurricane Gustav that never made an appereance along the Texas coast line. But the humidity was higher than ever..I know because my hair is a great barometer, so it spent the majority of the trip tied back so not scare people with its puffiness.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria
The New Royal Family
Just the three of us!
Grammie, Mom, and Madelyn
This bucket sure is heavy
Madelyn working the Bilge Pump
The Santa Maria-dry docked when a barge it and now its unsafe to board
On deck looking at an hour glass
The Nina
Grammie and Madelyn driving the boat
Hanging like a bat
were there we spent an afternoon at the Corpus Science Museum, that was displaying the replicas of the Christopher Columbus' Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. They also had a great kids museum that totally captured Madelyn's attention. But the ships were awesome! I can't even imagine having been a sailor and overcoming so many obstacles for the sake of advancing navigation. Not to mention how far in terms of terms of transportation have come since 1492. We think traveling is difficult now, just think back a few hundred centuries!
Busted!
One minute she is happy and playing, the next she is screaming bloody murder--literally! Madelyn and I were sitting on the bed putting on our shoes and Ms. Independence says that she wants to get down by herself-like she does every time. She rolls over and starts to slide off and then I hear her screaming. Some how the night stand that was a good two feet away jumped up and found her lips, and unfortunately for Madelyn the nightstand won. Thanks to paramedic daddy and some dermabond, she was good to go. Madelyn milked the accidents for days, telling us that she can't pick up her toys because she had a boo-boo. Poor thing, its tough being a princess!
Cupcakes
I have seen some large cupcakes before, but this one took the frosting. The last time my mom visited, she got Madelyn four of these frosting sensations. They were just to big for Madelyn to pick up and eat, so she used found a creative solution--just stick your head into the cupcake and take a bite!. And getting frosting up the the nose was only a bonus!
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