Madi had to take a sick day from school on Monday of last week. She started having some stomach issues on Sunday evening and, after a rough night, she was still sick on Monday morning when I woke her up for school. So, I let her stay home with me and we kissed that perfect attendance award goodbye!
The majority of Madi's morning was spent watching TV and getting up to use the restroom. About mid-morning, we got a visit from her Cami which lifted her spirits and by early afternoon, she was feeling a lot better. Since she seemed to be over the stomach issues and feeling better we decided to take advange of the rest of the free day and do some fun stuff.
The first thing she wanted to do was use her new Cricut machine. She's been wanting a Cricut for years now and because we know how creative she can be and how much she loves to scrapbook, Jack and I gave her one for her 13th Birthday. Unfortunately, due to a long and complicated scenario (that I won't go into right now) she hadn't gotten a chance to try it out yet. So, she was practically dying to get her hands on it! For the next few hours, I enjoyed watching Madi do her scrapbooking thing...
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| Madi's Cricut ~ this thing is pretty awesome...I just might have get her to share with me :) |
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| Showing me how to put the paper on the mat |
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| Schoolin' me on how this thing works. |
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| Showing me how small the print can get. |
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| Some of the fun little cut outs Madi played with. She did the M&C for Madi and her friend Carly. |
The weekend before Madi's Birthday, she had gone to a scrapbooking party hosted by Miss Debbie (her Uncle Andy's Mom). Miss Debbie has a Cricut Expression and was kind enough to show Madi how to use it. So, once I got the machine set up (which was super easy) Madi knew what to do from there. I was amazed at how much she knew about it and how easily she recalled what she had learned *Thank you, Debbie, for taking the time to teach Madi!*
After a few hours of scrapbooking, I asked Madi if she was feeling well enough to go for a hike. I wanted to take her out to Miller Springs Park where her Dad and I go trail running. She said she felt up for it and so we hit the trails. We spent the next two + hours hiking and exploring. We enjoyed ourselves so much that we kind of lost track of time and were surprised when Jack called to say he was leaving the office and heading home. I showed Madi one of the longer trails that Jack and I run on when we come to Miller Springs. I took a few pictures of our journey along the way...
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| Some kind of turtle laying on a dead tree in the Leon River. |
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| A tree full of buzzards ~ creepy! |
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| Already seeing trees blooming all about! |
Although I hate that Madi was sick earlier in the day, I was glad to get the chance to spend some time with my beautiful daughter. She may have gotten bored during the long hike, but we don't get many chances to get out and just spend time like this together. I think it really meant a lot to us both, even if she doesn't realize it now, I know she will someday. She is growing up so fast and I'll take as many of these moments along the way as I can.
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