Tuesday, January 18, 2011

4 Day Weekend

Today Madeleine returned to school after a 4 day weekend.  It truly was a wonderful weekend (except for a little home improvement project Steven and I took on that didn't go quite how we expected it to.  That "project" shall remain nameless to protect our dignity).   

On Friday we spent a large chunk of our day at my sister's house.  Madeleine and Audrey love spending time at Aunt Gracie's house.  Madeleine knows exactly where she keeps the art supplies and keeps herself busy drawing one picture after another.  I appreciate that because it allows me to visit with my sister.

Audrey made herself comfortable on Gracie's couch and watched Matilda.
















Madeleine multi-tasked; watching Matilda and drawing.






















On Sunday evening the girls kept us entertained with wild dancing and singing; all done to Hannah Montana songs blaring through our speakers.  Madeleine's moves were supposed to be like those of a pop star, while Audrey did something that looked like a combination of break dancing and gymnastics.  Seriously, we don't call her a little monkey for nothing!















Here is Madeleine strutting her stuff.























This was as risky as Madeleine got.














The end of their show. 















On Monday, it was freakishly warm (40) so the girls were able to play outside without their hats and scarves, providing them with the feeling of a little more freedom.
















I let them take tupperware outside to mold the snow into creations of their choosing.  They made little snowmen. 
Raisins for the eyes and a carrot for the nose.























The finished snow man.
















It takes a little more imagination to see Audrey's snowman.  















She was so proud of her creation!






















Today it was back to the daily grind, with a lovely break from it all with Audrey.  We sat down and colored together and I decided that I need to do that more.  It relieves a lot of stress.  Seriously.  I have never felt so relaxed. 

2 comments:

Sabrina said...

Those pics of audrey are amazing! Seriously she is a monkey/

Hilary Marquis said...

Awww, come on! What was the project? I can't believe how LONG Audrey's hair has gotten. And someday, Madeleine is going to throttle you for those dance pictures ;) Kinda like Toby's "naked baby cowboy" pictures. heheheh