Madeline Mcconnell

Singing while Spinning

2011-12-15T07:18:00.001-05:00

We like to sing and spin at the same time.

Making Ice Cream With Uncle Rick

2011-07-01T18:38:00.000-04:00

I helped Uncle Rick make homemade ice cream at the beach.

Hanging with Nic-nic and Jeromy

2011-06-27T10:22:00.000-04:00

We are at Ocean Isle Beach, NC this week. I have had fun hanging out with Aunt Nic-nic. Here we are at the beach. See how excited Ella is.

Ella and I invited Uncle Jeromy to soak his feet in the pool with us.

Catching Up

2011-06-20T21:49:00.014-04:00

Hey-guess what? Mom and Dad misplaced our camera for a while-that's why we haven't had many pictures posted lately. We found the camera, so here are some pictures of our trip to NC a couple of months ago.

We went to visit Dan Nicholas Park-which is pretty much the most awesome place ever. They have play grounds, a petting zoo, a carousel, a train, and a wildlife zoo (all for free or really cheap). Here is a picture of me and Ella looking for the bears (they were hiding).

Hey-what are YOU looking at?

Here's a picture of me and my best cousin/friend Porter playing at the play ground at MawMaw and PawPaw's house.

Bunny Ears Flashback

2011-04-24T20:53:00.002-04:00

Woah-this is me, from a while ago. Mom laughed when she thought that Molly is probably really happy in dog heaven right now-because of course, no kids try to put bunny ears on dogs there!

Darn It!

2011-04-24T20:35:00.000-04:00

So there was a "Darn It!" game in my Easter basket. The reason I call this a Darn It game is that every time I bounce the ball and miss the paddle, I say "darn it!". Now, Ella and I both call this the Darn It game.

The Easter Bunnies

2011-04-24T19:17:00.000-04:00

Hammock!

2011-04-15T19:35:00.000-04:00

Bunk Beds!

2011-04-15T19:22:00.001-04:00

So, we have super cool bunk beds at the cabin. We're still getting used to actually sleeping in them, but we definitely like climbing on them.

Waterfall Adventure

2011-04-15T19:16:00.001-04:00

We heard that there was an awesome waterfall near the cabin, so Mom, Dad, and I went on an adventure to search for it. We had to hike a little bit, but we finally found it! We couldn't take a good picture because it is really a lot of little waterfalls all close together.

Mom and I had fun putting our feet in the water.

We also saw a tree that some deer had rubbed their antlers against and rubbed off the bark.

Ralph!

2011-04-10T11:14:00.004-04:00

Friday for Uncle Adam's birthday Mama, Daddy, TT and Adam went to Blue Ridge Brewery and were introduced to Ralph, the local rooster. When we all went back Saturday, I got to meet Ralph too. He likes to roost in a Cyprus tree right outside the Brewery.

Spring Break in Blue Ridge

2011-04-10T10:57:00.004-04:00

Ella and I got to spend Spring Break in Blue Ridge at Nana's cabin.
On Saturday we went downtown to see the Adventure Race finish line. I was much more interested in blowing dandelions!

Bilibo

2011-03-13T21:43:00.003-04:00

So, Maw Maw and Paw Paw bought us a great toy. It's called a Bilibo and it's a toy that you use with your imagination. Ella used it as a kitty crib, I used it as a sit and spin for my baby doll and I also had a snail race. Daddy decided to be Mushmouth from Fat Albert.

Paw Paw

2011-03-13T21:31:00.002-04:00

Here's Paw Paw learning how to do girl's hair-he's not used it, but did a great job!

Paw Paw also helped my blanket go safely down the slide.

Brasstown Bald

2011-03-13T21:24:00.001-04:00

This weekend, we visited the highest point in GA. There was still a little bit of snow on the ground, so we had a great time making tracks. Dad asked Maw Maw and Paw Paw to take a family picture of us, but I said I didn't want to have my picture taken because I was grumpy.

Silly in the Snow

2011-01-10T16:41:00.000-05:00

Sledding

2011-01-10T15:20:00.001-05:00

We had a nice snowstorm here in Atlanta. We tried out lots of things as sleds, but mom, TT and JJ's old sleds were the best.

Yes, that is an old crib mattress Uncle Adam and I are riding on.

I am going fast...look at me go!

Let it Snow!

2010-12-25T18:01:00.002-05:00

It snowed on Christmas!
Daddy and I had lots of fun trying to catch snow flakes on our tongues-we look very silly! If you look closely, you can see one of my favorite Christmas presents-my new kitty cat (her name is Snowball).

We made a tiny little snow man-it was so much fun!

Gingerbread House

2010-12-25T15:12:00.000-05:00

We made gingerbread houses for Christmas Eve with Adam, TT and Daddy.

Daddy used icing to stick a chocolate chip to my nose. I tried to get it with my tongue, but couldn't.

Christmas Eve at Grandmother's

2010-12-25T14:52:00.004-05:00

For Christmas Aunt Beth gave Ella and me matching hats and gloves. We were so excited we modeled them for everyone.

My favorite gift of the night was the microphone that Christy and Keith gave me. I carried it around from one group to the next singing and talking. I sang my A,B,Cs and even tried Jingle Bells with Christy.

A Dusting of Snow

2010-12-12T17:36:00.000-05:00

We got snow today. It really only stuck on the deck, so that is where we played. I like snow, but it was too cold to stay out too long.

Thanksgiving

2010-12-12T17:32:00.000-05:00

Over Thanksgiving Dad took us to Monkey Joes. I did a lot of things there, but what Ella and I liked most of all was the Elephant Ride.

When we went to see Maw-maw and Paw-paw I hung out by the fire pit and played my new guitar.

Here is another fire pit picture. But this one shows my cousin Porter. See how big he is getting!

Mixing It Up

2010-10-31T21:42:00.004-04:00

Tonight is Halloween and I was so excited, I decided to do something crazy. I pulled my pillows and blankets down from my bed so I could sleep on my floor! I was very sneaky-Mom and Dad didn't even hear me and boy, were they surprised when they checked on me later.

Miney also decided to sleep for a little while on the sleeping bag in my closet. Crazy!

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T20:12:00.000-04:00

I was a pig this year and Ella was a giraffe. Some of my biggest fans may recognize the giraffe costume as mine from last year.

I told Aunt TT I would not smile for her picture, but I wasn't completely successful.

Oink or Treat!!!!

Cover Girl

2010-10-28T21:18:00.001-04:00

So, I decided that it would be super fun for me and my new friend Isabella to make each other over using MawMaw's make up. Don't I look beautiful?

Birthday Tea Party

2010-10-28T21:02:00.006-04:00

We got to have a belated birthday tea party-it was great! We all wore dress up outfits (with hats and boas too).

PawPaw was our waiter for the evening. He did a great job and accepted hugs instead of a tip.

MawMaw had all kinds of toddler favorite foods at my tea party. The cupcakes were delicious!

Sing-a-Long

2010-10-28T20:55:00.001-04:00

I got to go visit my Great PawPaw Miller at the Lutheran Home. They were having a sing-a-l0ng and I stood up with PawPaw in front of the group. I was a little scared, so I peeked out through my hat and smiled at the ladies on the front row.

Scary Spider

2010-10-18T20:28:00.001-04:00

Mom got a scary spider for the haunted house at TT's old school. It's eyes light up and it makes scary screaming noises. So, of course Ella and I decided to name it "Spidery" and we fed it pine straw, rocks, and dirt. Here's a picture of me posing with him making a very scary face.

Feeding Seagulls

2010-09-24T17:42:00.006-04:00

On our boat trip adventure, we got to listen to cheesy Jimmy Buffett song remakes and Mom got to feed Cheetos to seagulls off the side of the boat. They don't call this place the Redneck Riviera for nothing. It was fun though.

Dolphin Boat Tour

2010-09-24T17:18:00.002-04:00

We went on a boat ride to go see some dolphins! It was kind of fun and kind of scary. I mostly just hung out with Mom, but we really did get to see some dolphins (even a baby dolphin)!

Magical Animal Night!

2010-09-24T17:13:00.001-04:00

We had such a fun time the other night. We pretended to be animals and played with all of our animal toys. My favorite part was eating my dinner off of the floor!

Lizard Lunch

2010-09-22T21:47:00.002-04:00

At the museum today, we saw a lizard eat his lunch. It was worms-YUCK!

Junior Museum at the Beach

2010-09-22T21:29:00.001-04:00

We went on an adventure to the children's museum at the beach. Here I am riding the cow-we even got to ring her bell.

They had a boat inside the museum-I got to go pretend fishing and got to drive the boat. It was very cool.

More Beach Pictures

2010-09-21T21:44:00.001-04:00

Today, we played on floats in the water. I kept saying that I was "Sailing the Seven Seas"!

Ella and I are sitting on the frog in the little squirts play area.

Playing in the Sand

2010-09-20T15:37:00.000-04:00

Beach!

2010-09-20T15:11:00.003-04:00

We're at the beach again! We're staying a at a place that has a lots of fun water areas for kids. I had fun today floating on the lazy river with Uncle Adam, Aunt TT, and Mom.

The only things that would make this trip better would be for my stomach to finally start feeling better and for my Dad to be here. I keep saying how much I miss him!

Happy Birthday Hug

2010-09-13T07:27:00.000-04:00

Ella slept through me opening my presents and blowing out my candle and eating the cupcake. But she gave me a Happy Birthday Hug when she woke up. (It was a long hug.)

Blowing out the candle

2010-09-13T07:21:00.000-04:00

I was very excited about blowing otu the candle (with my full fairy princess dress-up outfit).

Dress up Gifts!

2010-09-13T07:12:00.000-04:00

Mom's cousin Christine always is good about getting me dress up clothes. Can you tell I am "super-fast" with my tiger mask.

The Presents!

2010-09-13T06:55:00.000-04:00

Eating The Cupcake

2010-09-13T06:48:00.000-04:00

It was good.

Birthday Cupcakes

2010-09-13T06:42:00.000-04:00

Very excited about my Curious George birthday cupcakes.

Pre-Birthday play

2010-09-13T06:26:00.002-04:00

We went to Monkey Joe's before my birthday party. Ella was tired and didn't stay very long. But Daddy stayed with me to play and TT took pictures.

Adventure!

2010-08-22T16:09:00.001-04:00

Yesterday, we went to a Bluegrass Festival. We got to play with crowns and wands!

I had not had a nap before we went on our adventure and I was a little bit grumpy.

I fell asleep about 15 minutes after we started driving home and Nana took this lovely picture of me!

Monkey Joe's!

2010-08-06T14:07:00.002-04:00

Today we went to Monkey Joe's! It's an indoor place with lots of blow up jumpy things and slides and I loved it! I got to go down the little kid's slide and then I went down the big kid's slide (even though I was a little bit scared when I got to the top of it).

Rainy Day

2010-07-24T17:40:00.002-04:00

Today it was very, very hot and then it rained a lot. Aunt TT went outside with me so that I could splash in the puddles. Look how high I can jump!

Butterflies!

2010-07-17T11:22:00.001-04:00

The Nature Center had a special butterfly program today. I got dress up like a butterfly !

Pier Park!

2010-07-10T22:06:00.000-04:00

We went to Pier Park and we all found out that I'm a Dare Devil! I wanted to ride all of the rides-even the crazy spinning balloons and the Ferris Wheel! Mom went with me and we had lots of fun!

Hanging at the Pool with Daddy

2010-07-10T21:41:00.000-04:00

Little Mermaid

2010-07-10T21:37:00.000-04:00

Mom turned me into a Little Mermaid!

Wii Just Dance!!

2010-07-10T21:24:00.001-04:00

At the beach, Ella and I just had to dance along with Mom, Dad, Uncle Adam and Aunt Tami when they played Wii Just Dance-we all looked very silly!

Ballerina at the Beach

2010-07-10T21:10:00.002-04:00

At the beach, I really loved putting on ballerina dancing shows-first, I had to spread out my flower stage and then I twirled around. It was lots of fun!

Beach Trip to Florida

2010-07-10T21:05:00.001-04:00

We just got back from our beach trip to Panama City Beach, Florida. It's on the Gulf of Mexico and Mom has gone to the beach there since she was a little kid. They have had some tar balls wash ashore over the last month, but when we were there it was absolutely beautiful! Here's a picture of some of the guys that walked up and down the beach every day (and night) to see if any tar balls or oil washed ashore.

The water and beach were beautiful while we were there!

Sprinkler!

2010-06-26T20:24:00.000-04:00

Bucket Hat

2010-06-17T19:57:00.001-04:00

Do you like our red bucket "hat"? We are very stylish!

Vacation Time!

2010-06-17T19:43:00.000-04:00

Ahhhh the beach...see what I did on my vacation in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.

Ocean Isle Beach

2010-06-17T19:39:00.001-04:00

I would have stayed out at the beach all day if I could have.

Here I am working on my slow motion beach run like on Bay Watch.

Aunt Liz and Paw-paw helped me jump waves.

When I got a little tired I chilled out with Great Uncle Rick.

Entertaining the Family

2010-06-17T19:32:00.000-04:00

We couldn't spend every minute out on the beach. We watched some World Cup soccer. Porter brought his soccer ball so we tried to play too.

I worked on runway poses.

This was me walking my dog.

Baby Animals

2010-06-06T17:55:00.001-04:00

Yesterday, we went to Mom's Aunt Beth's house and saw lots of baby animals. There were kittens, and puppies and....

Baby horses!

Too bad I forgot my cowgirl hat.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

2010-05-29T18:00:00.001-04:00

It's Mom and Dad's 10th anniversary! They left me and Ella with Nana and went on a beach adventure without us.

Sailing My Ship

2010-05-23T17:04:00.000-04:00

I am "sailing my ship". See me steering the wheel.

Learning to Be Silly

2010-05-23T16:56:00.000-04:00

Trying to be serious.

Paw-paw slid down the slide with me.

I am being silly...

...which I obviously learned from my Paw-paw.

Daddy's Shoes

2010-05-06T12:10:00.001-04:00

Last night, I was being very silly and walked around in Daddy's shoes.

Music Class

2010-05-06T12:03:00.000-04:00

Today, we went to the music class. Ella has much more fun than I do here, but I still had some fun times too. My favorite part is where we pretended to rock our scarf "babies" to sleep. I had three "babies" and they all fell asleep.

I'm the Boss!

2010-05-05T20:02:00.000-04:00

I like to think that I'm the boss of everyone, but Mom and Dad said that I'm only the boss of my baby dolls and stuffed animals. These guys had to go to time out today because they were NOT listening to me!

Sand Castle

2010-05-05T19:58:00.001-04:00

While Mom was making dinner tonight, I decided that Ella and I should make a sand castle out of dirt. How do you like the stink eye I gave Mom when she interrupted us? I'm teaching Ella to do it too (Mom is so happy about that).

Nature Center Visit

2010-05-05T13:20:00.000-04:00

For today's adventure, we went to the nature center. We got to see some birds and a big beaver-we watched him eat breakfast.

Adventure

2010-05-04T12:35:00.000-04:00

Uncle Adam is out of town this week and it's Mom's turn to play with us. Today, we went on an adventure at Sope Creek Park. We got to see some turtles and fish in the lake and got to splash in the little creek. Mom even caught a tadpole and I got to hold it! The tadpole was very wiggly and squiggly (I didn't like it very much).

Fun Outside

2010-04-29T17:19:00.000-04:00

Here I am sitting on my bench and eating a popcicle

I had Daddy take a picture of me with my babies.

TT got me some ping pong balls and a toy that shoots the balls into the air. She saw me play with one of these at Church one week and thought I should have my own.

I pointed out some ants to Ella when we were looking at the Peonies.

Molly

2010-04-06T18:42:00.003-04:00

Today, Mom and Dad were very sad because we had to put Molly to sleep. She lived a good long life and we had lots of fun. We'll miss her, but we have lots of good memories to make us smile.

Having Fun

2010-04-06T09:37:00.000-04:00

We went to an Easter Fair this weekend and I jumped in a bouncy house.

I got butterflies painted on my cheeks too.

Nana let me have jellybeans.

Here I am later playing in the birdbath with Ella.

Easter Eggs With TT

2010-04-03T13:23:00.000-04:00

I went and made Easter Eggs with TT, so we could hunt for them.

After I cracked my first one, I discovered that peeling them was just as much fun.

Cupcakes with Sprinkles

2010-03-31T20:27:00.000-04:00

Or maybe I should say: "sprinkles with cupcakes". I love sprinkles so much, that I dumped a whole bottle full of them into the bowl when Mom and I were making cupcakes for Ella's birthday.

Making Cupcakes for Ella

2010-03-17T21:37:00.003-04:00

I made cupcakes with Mom for Ella's birthday. My favorite part is the sprinkles.

Hollywood

2010-03-02T20:32:00.001-05:00

On the way home from church Mom let me wear her sunglasses because the sun wouldn't turn off when I told it to!

I LOVE Ollie!

2010-03-02T20:28:00.002-05:00

My favorite pillow and Adam and TT's is my "best friend Ollie".

At the Park

2010-02-28T11:03:00.000-05:00

Saturday fun

2010-02-28T10:57:00.000-05:00

PawPaw helped me build a VERY tall tower of blocks (and then Ella came over and knocked it down).

I got to show PawPaw my favorite funny kitty cat video (on YouTube of course).

Mom's Glasses

2010-02-27T14:11:00.000-05:00

Everything looks a little strange through Mom's glasses.

Tea with Paw-paw

2010-02-27T14:01:00.000-05:00

Maw-maw and Paw-paw came for a visit this weekend. Paw-paw and I had tea and played on the computer.

My Fun Adventure

2010-02-15T13:27:00.001-05:00

I went on an adventure today with Ella, Nana, and Mom. We went to the Children's Museum and it was SO MUCH FUN! I got to go pretend fishing, I played the piano, and planted some pretend flowers.

Snow!

2010-02-13T20:59:00.003-05:00

I had so much fun playing in the snow! I tried to catch snowflakes on my tongue, threw snowballs at Mom and Dad, and here's a picture of the little snowman we made.

How I Get Ready for Bed

2010-02-07T10:38:00.000-05:00

First I do a little fishing.

Then I release the fish I caught.

Finally I crawl into to daddy's lap in my PJs.

Baby

2010-01-19T20:36:00.001-05:00

Today, we were home with Mom and I decided that I was going to be "Baby Ella" all day. Can you imagine how happy Mom was to have two baby Ellas?

Snow Day!

2010-01-10T14:41:00.004-05:00

On Thursday it snowed and I decided Friday that I should ride my tricycle in the snow. So Uncle Adam went to supervise. It was lots of fun!

I liked riding in the snow, being pulled on Uncle Adam's "boogie board" and even taking a stick and knocking icicles off the van and Uncle JJ's truck!

Christmas Vacation Pictures

2010-01-02T17:49:00.002-05:00

Nana and I went for a walk in the rain-here I am all decked out in my rain gear.

This is my play house at Nana's. For Christmas, we decorated it like a gingerbread house (with twinkling lights and everything)!

Christmas in North Carolina

2009-12-30T17:40:00.001-05:00

My cousin Porter is this tall....

Me and my Mommaw

Here's me and Dad-hanging outside while the boys finished cooking the meat for our lunch.

Me and Poppaw hanging out.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-30T17:28:00.000-05:00

Santa brought me a kitchen play set. I had lots of fun making breakfast for everyone on Christmas morning!

Sisters!

2009-12-22T21:09:00.002-05:00

Today I wanted to climb into Ella's crib when she woke up from her nap. We've been having fun hanging out with Dad this week!

Pink Pig Train!

2009-12-21T20:13:00.000-05:00

On Sunday, we rode the Pink Pig train at Lenox Mall. I did NOT like it very much at all. Oh well.

I love to draw!

2009-12-18T21:58:00.001-05:00

Here are some pictures of me drawing random things-I love to draw right now. If you look closely, you can see a nice bruise on my forehead from where I ran into Ella's bedroom door (with my head).

Turkey Day in Salisbury

2009-11-29T22:08:00.001-05:00

Eatin' bananas on Maw-maw's back porch for breakfast.

Higher Paw-paw!

I got on the big girl swing with paw-paw.

Soft kitty.

Rainy Sunday

2009-11-22T12:09:00.001-05:00

It is cold and rainy today, so of course I wanted to go out and play with my umbrella and rain boots!

Saturday Morning with Dad

2009-11-15T10:04:00.001-05:00

Ruuuunnnnn!

Come on Daddy!

Climbing.

Whew, playing is hard work.

Old Pictures

2009-11-11T21:29:00.001-05:00

Can you tell that I absolutely LOVE popsicles-had to change my pajama's after this mess!

Playing Halloween

2009-11-09T11:19:00.000-05:00

I wanted Ella to wear a wig so she would be a Butterfly and for her to push me on my tigger

Birthday Party

2009-11-09T11:14:00.000-05:00

These are old pictures but I went to my first birthday party in October. It was for Roenne (in the picture). She gave us all crowns and capes and we got to ride the carosel.

Halloween!

2009-10-31T23:22:00.004-04:00

I had so much fun today! I absolutely love to ring doorbells and knock on doors-I even remembered to say "Trick-or-Treat" and I got a lot of candy! We ended the night back at Nana's house and Uncle Adam was there to give me some candy. Yea!

Candy Corn and Trick or Treat Practice

2009-10-31T11:32:00.002-04:00

Today I am wearing my candy corn shirt. Candy corn is delicious!

Mom suggested that I practice trick or treating. I knocked on the door and when mom opened it I said trick or treat.

Here I am wearing my "hoppy ears" as a belt.

Pre-Halloween Fun!

2009-10-25T21:47:00.000-04:00

Mom is helping to set-up a Haunted House at Aunt Tami's school and I get to play with the props! Fun!