Maddie has been going to school three days a week at Southside Baptist Daycare. For the most part, she has really enjoyed it. She has her days when she whimpers when Lindsey drops her off, but she seems to do just fine playing with the other kids. She does come home with a "fussy" mark on her daily report sheet. Obviously, the daycare workers don't understand that Maddie just wants to be the center of attention like she is here at home. I guess she is paving the way for the future when she comes home with a "frowny face" on her conduct report. I guess she is going to take after Lindsey after all. She has also been sick an aweful lot since the start of school. Who knew that swapping passys with the other kids could be so detrimental to her health. She had her first fever two weeks ago, and she seems to keep a cough.
Kudos to the city of Gadsden for what they have done to Nocululla Falls. When I was a kid, all you could do was climb on the rocks and feed the ducks. If you were lucky you would get to take a train ride followed by some Jack's ice cream on the way out. Lindsey decided that today would be a good day for us to take Maddie up to see the new attractions. They have added a new welcome center/gift shop, new animal attractions, and a new petting zoo for the kids. We have decided that Maddie must have been raised by a pack of wolves because she absolutely loves animals. She went nuts at the petting zoo. There were some animals that were pretty sketchy looking (the emu scared the crap out of me), but Maddie insisted of handling all of the animals and having seizure-like fits when they came close enough for her to touch. She got face to face with the sheep, stuck her fingers in the bird cages (despite the warnings), sat down right beside the deer, and tried to touch the emu when it got close enough. To top the afternoon off, we took a train ride around the park. Maddie got her first lesson in the Spanish language, as she was more into the Hispanic family behind us than she was the actual train ride itself.
