Sick Sunday

While I was sick today, we were thinking about doing some other stuff instead of just laying down. We decided to make a puppet movie. 

This is me during rehearsals. We filmed the movie and mommy is editing it. I will post it in my journal when it is done. 

Maddy's Castle

We got a lot of snow here in Freeport on Saturday. Maddy is loving it! She spent 3 hours outside on Saturday morning playing in the snow. Mommy came too. We built Hyrule Castle. 

It even included Guardians. There was so many, they got stuck!

This is Hyrule Castle. We were trying to make a tunnel under the Guardians so people could get out safely. The tunnel collapsed though.

This is a tunnel Maddy dug out by the road since the other tunnel took too long.

Maddy had a snow day on Friday and watched a lot of "The Great British Bake-off" with Nan. She wanted to have her own British Baking show at home. So we made strawberry cake!

Maddy found a pair of handcuffs in her room. She was messing with them for too long and got stuck!

After all that, Maddy is home sick on Sunday. She'll be ready for school on Monday though.

Maddy has a plan

I'm not sure what started it this morning, but Maddy decided what she is going to be for Halloween today. She is going to be a dog from one of the cartoons she watches. The show is called Canimals and his name is Uly.

He is an adorable little dog that eats everything. And when people are around he can pull his head and legs into his can, so he looks like just a tin of food and no one knows the Canimals are there.

So during church, she started working on her plan for her costume.

She figured out the basic design. Then she explained to me that she will need 4 socks for her hands and feet so she can have paws and she needs 2 arm cannons so that her arms will be brown. (Arm cannons are paper rolls that go around your arms. The boys make them often when they are pretending to be Mega Man.)

Then after church, she immediately went up to her room and started working on the can and the headband. This was the result.

She went back and made the arm and leg rolls after this picture. Now, to find a brown shirt and pants to complete the ensemble. I just love how she had an idea, made a plan and did it. She is so cool!

BONUS PICTURE

I was going through some drawers in the Green Room today and found this Disney shirt. I can't believe Maddy is finally big enough to use it for a sleeping shirt! She is growing like crazy!!

Make the World a Better Place

Maddy was working on a Girl Scout petal today. She had to re-enact a story from her book and this is what she came up with.

There's a part at the end that is a little hard to hear about what the puppets can do to make a difference. Maddy was rolling around on the floor for this bit, so she gets a little too far away from the microphone. She says that they should go home and make a sign about no paper bags and no juice boxes... and no paper bags. The idea from the story is that the girls encourage people to use reusable stuff instead of just things that can be thrown away.

She did pretty good though.

Maddy's Birthday

Alright, Ash took all the good pictures today, but I got this one! Tonight after everyone had left, Maddy, Ash, and I all got out our coloring books and colored with Maddy's new art supplies.

A lovely end to a lovely day.

Color Wheel

We are moving on to painting in art class this year. We started with color wheels.

The circles reminded Maddy of planets, so she decided to paint a picture for Leif's birthday tomorrow of planets in space.
 

I think he'll like it.

Three Kings Day with the boys

Tonight we went over to Carolyn and Scott's house to celebrate Three Kings Day. I do not know much about this holiday other than it symbolizes the end of the Christmas season and there's a yummy cake with a baby figure hidden in it. Whoever gets the piece with the baby has good luck for the rest of the year and gets to be the king for a day. They also have to help make the cake next year.

The "baby" turned up pretty quick this year...

In Sven's piece. He was delighted to be king. Scott made him a crown.

The other kids were a little disappointed, but at least they still got cake.

Carolyn made Sven a better crown and he is looking forward to being king at home tomorrow!

Maybe next year Maddy.