(You really get an idea for how convoluted the English language can be when you're trying to teach it to a child - individual letters can make a variety of sounds depending on the situation, so it's hard to teach her firm rules. Take "C" for example - it can either sound like a "K" or an "S" - so why is there a C to begin with? I digress. . .)
Otherwise we're just having fun soaking up the season. Our house was decorated for Christmas, as usual, the weekend after Thanksgiving, and Madeline loved helping to decorate.
Here are some other pictures from the month:
Madeline bundles up during a visit to her grandparents' home for the annual Oyster Festival.
What should we do with all those leaves in our yard? Why not make a huge pile at the bottom of the sliding board?
Madeline spends some quite time putting Baxter to bed in her old crib in the playroom. She tucked him in carefully before reading him the book.
We took advantage of a mild weekend to take a hike at a local park.
We broke out the driveway chalk to draw a special message to greet mom when she returned home from work one Monday.
A hopscotch grid was also among the driveway doodles.
During our Thanksgiving weekend at Grandma's house, we made our annual gingerbread houses.
We also went to a farmers market in Deltaville, where Madeline enjoyed a leisurely hay ride - one of her favorite fall activities.
Once Thanksgiving was over, it was officially time to break out the Christmas decorations.
Madeline even helped me with some of the yard decorations - we decided to not let the fact that it was 70 degrees outside dampen the holiday spirit.
Madeline and Lucy (Aunt Hannah's dog) on the way to Grandma's house.