Our newest family members...

at least for the next few weeks. A Wren (state bird of SC) and her 3 new babies. She built a nest on our upper front porch and by the time we noticed it she had already laid her eggs so we could not get rid of it, then Friday they hatched and we got our first glimse of the three babies this past Saturday morning. Madison has so enjoyed seeing the babies and watching them from the window. We are a little afraid the momma bird might come after us so we are just watching them from the window and taking pictures from the window. Although we are enjoying seeing the babies grow, we do hope it does not take to long for them to fly away since they are getting a bit messy and we are trying to sell our house.

Jam Packed June

After preschool graduation, Madison has had an activity every day of the month and has loved every minute of it.

We started out the first to weeks of the month with swimming lessons. We went to the swim lesson company at the gym where Madison takes gymnastics and cheerleading and these were the greatest lessons I have seen. Madison had so much fun in the pool and hardly knew she was learning to swim. They swim coach starts out by throwing pretend food to the other side of the pool and the two girls had to swim out to do the grocery shopping and bring it back and put it in the basket. They had a dolphin puppet "danny" and he got both girls to put their face in the water. They pretended they were super girls and all this to get them to practice their kicks, floats, water safety and putting their face in the water. By the end of the two weeks Madison, who was at first horrified of being in the water by herself, would get upset with coach Miranda if she tried to help her. She wanted to swim all by herself (and I have video proof). I could not believe what I was seeing.

Then Madison went to cheerleading and tumbling camp. She had so much fun that she was a little upset that I was there to pick her up after only a half day. So the second day, she started with the full day cheerleading camp. She had so much fun and on the last day they had a recitial. Madison was all dolled up in glitter and makeup and did two cheers and a dance routine. She did really well. But she wanted to take the makeup off so fast I could not get a picture of her.

We finished up the month with a week at VBS Outrigger Island. Madison had such a great time. She loved all the music they had for this years theme. She wants to find another church to go to so she can go all over again. But I think one will be enough. This was her first year to be with all the big kids and get to rotate to different activities. Even though she was with her age group the whole time she liked seeing all the big kids and feeling like she was one of them.