Saturday was a unique event for us at church. The new Family Life Center has finally been completed and Bishop George Murry came to celebrate mass. The kids were particularly impressed by the Knights of Columbus who were in full feathered gear processing down the aisle. After mass, we all went to see the inside of the new center which was very impressive! And finally the new cross was placed on top of the church using the firetruck lift. It was quite a moment. Our family and Grandma went to Bistro GQ for dinner following that event. The funniest part of the night was when Meredith announced, "I STINKERED!". I can't quite remember how Grandma saved the day on this one, but something like, "I know you are a good girl". It was hilarious. Then Madeline a few minutes later said, "Meredith said she stinkered!". OH man.
Sunday was Madeline's Family Fun Festival at her school. They had bounce-arounds, face painting, hula hoops, some games, popcorn and cotton candy machines, and hot dogs/donuts/apple cider for lunch. Meredith decided that she would go in the bounce-around, but quickly started to cry. She said that that other girl made her jump. How dare her! Each of them sat so well for the painting, although it wasn't on their faces. 
Today, Papa and Deb came over to Canfield to help take and pick up Madeline from preschool. While Madeline was at school, we went to Bob Evans for breakfast. We even squeezed in a trip to Fair park for Meredith to play. 
After picking up Madeline from preschool, we took some new flowers to Grandma Patty's grave. Madeline was certainly trying to grasp as to what was behind that stone. Is there a button to open it? How do you talk to her? Etc. I guess the abstract idea of death is a little above her understanding. As we were leaving , we were noticing that there was soon to be a funeral there. A bunch of military men were getting dressed in the parking lot. I was tightening Madeline's seat belt when I accidentally hit the PANIC button . We joked that that was our version of the 21 gun salute. How embarrassing! I couldn't shut that horn off quick enough. I almost gave all those military men a heart attack!
Our final trip of the morning was to White House Fruit Farm for the selection of our pumpkins. We of course got some donuts to enjoy later. 
2 comments:
Great shot of the cross raising. Once again, I love your links.
I love Meredith's hand paint...so daring, isn't she??? when are you carving pumpkins???
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