This afternoon Summer and I took off a little early to get a head start on labor day weekend. I had plans to smoke a Pat's Pastured chicken on the grill, so we all spent a couple hours in the yard. Madeline approved of this plan.
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She also giggled when I ticked her -- a relatively recent development.
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She wanted to see everything going on around her, so she stood on me.
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And she got to see our neighbor's scarlet macaw! She was captivated.
When the chicken was done, Madeline joined Summer and me in approving of the end result.
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But by that point she was very sleepy, rubbing her eyes with chickeny fingers. When dinner was done, she went down for her second crib-bedtime. She's been sleeping pretty soundly despite lots of noises from the second floor, so all seems (knock) to be (on) going well (wood).
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