07 November 2013

This was on par with most of the day. Madelyn didn't want to help me pack her lunch after dinner so I said I would do it later and she would get whatever I packed. She started crying and wanted me to pick her up. Then she said:

"Mommy, I'm ready to go to bed now."

06 November 2013

Paraphrased from a conversation we had while she was getting ready for bed:

Madelyn: Mommy, when is our next wedding?
Me: I don't know. Maybe you should bug Aunt Becca and Evan to get married.
Madelyn: When can I get married?
Me: When you are older and find someone you love that you want to spend the rest of your life with.
Madelyn: Caroline is older. Maybe I'll marry her.
Me: If that's what you really want to do and you both agree, you can do that.
Madelyn: No, I need to marry a boy.... Ethan is a boy!
Me: You can marry Ethan if you want. What about Preston?
Madelyn: I'll marry Preston when he's younger.
Me: Okay then. What about Diego? (Side note: Diego is boy in her class who gave her a picture and we started teasing that Diego is her boyfriend.)
Madelyn: Maybe. Or Javi! Who will Kishi marry?
Me: I don't know. Whoever she wants. She has a long time to decide.
Madelyn: She can marry Diego.

05 November 2013

Madelyn likes to pretend it's someone's birthday and plan a birthday party for them. Yesterday and today it has been her own birthday.

Madelyn to Tony: Hi Baker-boy, today is my birthday and I need a cake.

And later while trying to get party decorations from the clerk at the party store (Tony): Um, Mommy, he's not listening to me....

04 November 2013

Madelyn was sitting in the living room at Mom's drinking water. Then, she came into the kitchen were Mom was.

Madelyn, holding her legs like she had to go potty: I spilled my water.
Mom: Did you wet your pants?
Madelyn: Yeah, I spilled my water!

03 November 2013

Madelyn opens the fridge to put her milk cup back after dinner:

Madelyn, pausing: There's no room!
Tony: Just put it on the counter.
Madelyn: No! I want to put it away.
Tony: You can just put it on the counter and we'll get it.
Madelyn, reaching into the fridge: There's room right here! (shoves it into the fridge)
Tony: Okay.
Madelyn, muttering while walking away from the fridge: Everything is in it's place and the house is all clean....

02 November 2013

Madelyn was talking about the "black man" (Please don't take offense to that. She calls him that because he is a teenager dressed all in black on Halloween.) trying to scare kids on Halloween.

Madelyn: I don't want to see the black man next Halloween.
Me: Who's the black man?
Madelyn: The man dressed all in black.
Tony: You mean Daddy?
Madelyn: No. The one in the corner.
Tony: Oh, you mean Daddy's protégé.
Madelyn: Why is he your pretty J?

(Tony and I call this kid his protégé jokingly because he was trying to scare trick-or-treaters on Halloween, and he thinks Tony and our yard are really cool. Yes, I did talk to the kid on Halloween. Hehe.)

01 November 2013

After dinner, Tony was eating m&m's and "quizzing" Madelyn on what was written on them.

Tony, holding the m&m so it showed "m": What does this say?
Madelyn: M!
Tony, holding it so it showed "m": And this one?
Madelyn: M!
Tony, holding it so it showed "w": And this one?
Madelyn: M!
Tony: Really? Look again.
Madelyn: Ummm.... W!
Tony, holding it so it showed "E": Yup! And this one?
Madelyn: E!
Tony, holding it so it showed "3": Yup! What about this one?
Madelyn: E!
Tony: Look again. Does it look like a number?
Madelyn, studying it: It's a.....3!