i am lion, here me roar!

madelyn debuted her halloween costume for a play date today (she is the lion to the right of the pirate). this group is made up of kids whose parents were co-workers of matt when we were all pregnant. almost all of them were in utero at a christmas party (a few are second babies). this was by far the best picture i got! it was a little challenging to get all these little kiddos to hold still and look forward.

she did a really good job of roaring nice and loud when asked what a lion says. she also did a nice job of saying "woof" to her friend jack who was dressed as a dog. most of the kids made "woof" noises for jack (jack is on the left holding his little sister claire dressed as a peapod).

madelyn was pooped from all the fun and passed out shortly after we got on the interstate. i thought that she was so cute and took a picture at a red light.


after her nap we got the most wonderful gift from her friend lorelai! - small gloves! they were the smallest gloves i had ever seen and fit madelyn perfectly. she was so excited to have them on that she kept showing daddy and doing a happy dance. here is some of the excitement captured in this video. love.