Grape Walk

We went to check on the vineyards this weekend, and when we split up Maddie and Dan saw wild turkeys in the lower vineyard! Before we divided I got this cute shot of Maddie by the lower rose garden--not a bad view even over the compost pile.

Sleepover

Since Maddie entered Kindergarten we have let her have a few sleepovers at our house. Each has been a little different, but all in all the girls go to sleep after what we call "5 minutes of chitter chatter." They generally wake up early (6ish) but last night when Berry was spending the night we told the girls that they could not "wake up" until 7:00. Well the girls took that very seriously--and I learned that all the clocks in Maddie's room are completely wrong. When they realized that none of the clocks were even close to 7:00 Maddie tip toed into Lindsey's room to see what her clock said, and found out it was 7:04--they had made it!!!

Getting to hear their conversation about it all was priceless...I never want to take the baby monitor out of Maddie's room--its a little sneak peak into the cute thing girls say and how a 6 year olds mind works.

Also the best part of the sleepover--the morning after. 3 girls can play really nicely, independently and I can finally get some photos posted to the blogs, and some bills paid!!!!

Father's Day at Solage

Maddie and Lindsey learned about Thumb Wars...and played over and over again while waiting for Dad to arrive....

Cousin Love

Maddie adores helping with Georgia. Here are all 3 girls getting cups of water at Taylor's in St. Helena...

Maddie's Year End Page

We made a book for the Kindergarten Teachers that had a questionnaire filed out by each student. They worked on them solo, and needed to answer a few questions and decorate the page any way they like. Maddie has come really far on the reading and writing track--she did the sheet without any help or "resources." Its fun to see what all the girls, remember about school.

Maddie's Drama Class
Maddie has been taking Drama class on Tuesday after school at Burke's and her final show was while Dan and I were in Japan, so Aunt Vicki and my Dad went to represent for the Bailey family. She is still a little shy on performances, but she came up with her own costume, and had a blast.