The neighborhood Easter egg hunt took place this morning with approximately 20 kids and a whopping 700 eggs! You can do the math on your own, but I can safely say everyone can away as a winner. This was Morgan's first Easter egg hunt and she had a lot of fun. She didn't even mind the pesky paper on the candy that she inhaled :)
The girls had so much fun and I loved every minute of it as well. I took a boat load of pictures which you are welcome to see at Picasa
The other friend in the Easter egg hunt pictures is Janea, who lives down the street. She is in kindergarten and plays so sweetly with Madison and McKenzie. We have a Brown Beauty play date next weekend with several friends in the neighborhood. I hope it turns into a regular play group for our girls. Anyway, Janea is also adopted, only by an African American family, which totally confuses my children since they think adoption means "different". We are so thankful to have Janae and her family down the street. And then even bigger bonus is I love her mother! We are gonna be friends for a while, I can already tell!
After the Easter egg hunt, we had a quick lunch before Madison and I left for a birthday party. This party was for a very special friend, Joshua, who has been my future son-in-law since Madison and Joshua were in the baby room at Mt. Sinai. I love this child. I love his mother, Gayle. It was heartbreaking when the children graduated from Mt. Sinai and went their separate ways to neighborhood schools. We haven't seen Joshua in over a year and I was elated to receive the birthday invitation in the mail!
The party was held at Main Event, location of Madison's 7th birthday as well. While we opted for bowling for Maddie's party, Joshua chose to climb the rock wall with his birthday guests. I actually clutched my chest when we walked into the rock climbing wall room, but not Madison! She didn't even flinch! Even wearing a skirt, she was the first in line, politely after Joshua, to climb the wall. It was amazing! She climbed the wall like she was walking down the street! I was so proud when I saw her ring the bell before anyone else.
Madison climbed (and climbed) every rock wall she could find for over an hour. I was amazed. Do you remember the movie and/or the novel "Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"? There is a line in the novel and the movie where the mother tells the daughter that all her life she has prayed for God to make her better, prettier, braver, stronger, smarter, better. What the mother finally realized was God made her all those things through her daughter. I felt that way today watching Maddie climb. I was such a fearful child and wanted so much to be braver, more adventurous, not so self conscious. And God gave me Madison,who is all of that and more.
We had a wonderful time at the party and I was sad to tell Maddie we had to leave. Joshua and Maddie stayed together the entire afternoon, picking up where they left off years ago at Mt. Sinai. I remember watching Maddie wipe his nose like the little mother she is when they were about 18 months old. And now look at them! So grown up. It touched my heart more than I expected to see them together today. Gayle and I are going to do our best to hook up on Good Friday (school is closed) to take the children bowling. I hope we never let this much time pass between visits. I mean, this is potentially my future son in law!
The sun is now setting and I am exhausted. Madison climbed for over an hour and then took a LONG walk with the neighbors when we came home. I am expecting her to drop momentarily. I might better fold down her bed now because something tells me I will be carrying her up the stairs tonight.
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