The Puppet Master

Madeline brightened up a rainy day with a beautiful butterfly puppet show for us.

Keep Out!

The sign reads "no six year old boys." Madeline came down yesterday and insisted I help her spell out every word.

Bag Ladies

The fashion scene on the street in Westchester proved that purses are the must-have accessories of the season. Contents of Madeline's purse: three pirate gold coins, a painted rock, hello kitty lipgloss and four magic markers.

Everything Was Awesome

We hit Legoland in Westchester today and like the (Lego Movie) song says, "everything was awesome!"

We rode a ride with laser guns, viewed the monuments of New York built from Legos, built and raced Lego cars, watched a 4-D movie, and got Madeline to sing karaoke (she finally agreed to do it because I was singing Party in the USA so badly). We also added 6 or 7 new Lego sets to our wish list.  (mission accomplished Legoland master planners!)

Beach Day

Patrick, Madeline, Grandaddy, and I managed to spend the first day of Spring at the beach! A windy, still-wintry New England beach, but after this winter no one is being picky. We dug for treasure, raced up the hill to Indian Rock, and explored the Holly Grove. I hear snow is predicted again next Tuesday but for now we'll take the lovely afternoon as promise of a not-too-distant summer.

A Visit From the Leprechaun

Patrick and Madeline awoke to some St. Patricks Day treats this morning. While we got snow instead of a rainbow or a pot of gold we did get these treasures: Madeline asking me when it was going to be St. Madeline's Day, and her informing me that she spent her naptime attempting to procure eyelashes on which to make a wish. If I wake up tomorrow and see a unicorn in the back yard we'll know she was successful.

Welcome to Maddle-Land

Madeline's new thing is PJs. She puts them on the minute she gets home from school and pretty much wears them all weekend (she changes into a 'fresh' pair when she wakes up). On Saturday Patrick 'rainbow loomed' Madeline a necklace out of all the hair bands she never wears. She added to it another necklace featuring a key stamped with a Princess castle and a tiny plastic jar filled with glitter and a small plastic dolphin, and wore rubber bands with 'jewels' around her wrist. She wore all of the above, including a tiara and her pjs, to ride her bike to the park on Saturday. She was so proud of her outfit she insisted I take this picture.