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I was out fighting our ongoing battle against being blocked into our house by leaf drifts when I noticed how cute Madelyn was being and had to stop and take a few photos.

Nothing says happiness like a two year old in a pile of leaves.

She was fearless! She just belly flopped into the piles and thought it was hilarious.

After destroying my nicely raked piles she started building her own. It was important to pat the top when she was done.

Festivities

We've been doing a lot of trick-or-treating and it isn't even Halloween yet! Madelyn was a lion this year. She was really good about not touching her face paint. I was impressed.

Since we're in Kansas now we couldn't resist a little Wizard of Oz pride. Wicked Witch, Scarecrow and Lion.

Manhattan actually has a fourth season. It's called Fall. We're so used to Winter and Not-Quite-as-Cold-as-Winter that it's been a little weird to have all this mild, wonderful weather. Madelyn loves the leaf piles.

Britt's Farm

We picked our pumpkins this weekend at a local farm. They had a lot of fun stuff for kids to do so we spent an afternoon there.

Pretty sunflowers.

Conquering the long dark tunnel. She was a bit nervous to go in there. 

They had this spiffy plastic slide that she loved. She only went down twice but she spent a lot of time at the top giggling while other kids went down. It was amusing to watch.

A smaller tunnel slide that was a lot more manageable than the huge white slide.

Corn maze.

Free pumpkin patch! It only had these teeny pumpkins but Madelyn thought they were just right for her.

This is the most ridiculous bike I've ever seen. There was no way to steer. But it was funny to watch them go round in circles.

There was also a huge teeter totter!

It was a pretty sweet ride.

At the petting zoo Madelyn was almost eaten by the little brown goat. He decided she looked pretty delicious and started nibbling on her shirt. Haha. I can't blame him.

L'Artiste

Madelyn immersing herself in her new favorite art: watercolor. I especially like the outfit she decided to wear.

She's also becoming quite the little culinary artist. We've spent a lot of time lately with her building and baking "cakes" for me.

Two Cute Girlies

We met up with Sara today and let the two girls play around on just about the coolest park I've ever seen. It was part maze part castle part everything a little kid could want. We're so glad we live close enough to get to have play dates with the Birches!

I just have to clarify with this picture that Madelyn was closer to me than Rose. She's not actually as gigantic as the picture makes her look. 

Konza Visitors Day

Rory helped out with the Konza Visitors Day this weekend. Since he gets to research for free out there they like to call in favors sometimes. It was a fun little event. Madelyn got a "tattoo" and felt some bobcat pelts. We also got to go on an educational hay ride. 

I'm not really sure why she's making this face. She wasn't screaming… just being weird.

Hanging out in Manhattan

So we haven't really been doing anything huge and post worthy lately but here are a few pictures of what we've been doing around town.

Waiting for a Lindsey Stirling concert to start. It was free so we thought we'd check it out. Too bad it started about an hour late! We only heard a few songs before we had to head home to put the little one to bed. The few songs we heard were great though!

Hanging out with R2D2's friends at a street fair in Aggieville.

Madelyn getting her first face paint. The sorority/fraternities put on a free children's carnival. Madelyn got so much candy!

Playing dress up with dad. I feel like the song "I'm so glad when daddy comes home" was meant for moms, not kids. When Rory gets home it's instant relief for me. He's so good about playing with Madelyn and I get a few seconds to myself. Yay!