Madison's New Trick

I haven't mentioned this yet, but our nice neighbor has not only given us her kids' old basketball hoop, but she also gave us their old trampoline. We noticed it one day way back toward the end of her backyard. We asked her if she had any plans for it, and she kindly said she would love to for us to take it off her hands. All we had to do was clean off years of pine straw, break it apart and put it back together in our yard. Now the kids have yet another fun thing to do out back! Daddy gets to have fun "coaching" Madison, and she enjoys trying and learning new things. Yesterday she learned how to do a back handspring on the trampoline. She wanted you all to see. Enjoy!

Carrollton Festivals

So far this Fall we have been to two of Carrollton's local festivals. The first one, "Touch-A-Truck", was right up Hudson's alley. The city filled a large parking lot with various kinds of large trucks and automobiles. The kids were allowed to sit on/in and explore the vehicles. They also had the local electric company take the kids sky high in the bucket they use to work on power lines. The kids loved this!! Now every time Hudson sees one he says, "I go up in that truck too!"

Last weekend we went to the Mecca Festival, which was an art show of local artists. The main reason we went was that one of Madison's pieces of artwork was chosen to represent her school in the festival's children's art gallery. She really enjoyed seeing her work displayed. So did we!Way to go Madison!