31 October 2013

There's a house near ours that has a blow-up pirate Spongebob as part of their Halloween decorations. As we were leaving the house:

"It's a pirate cheese!"

(Also, after we got home and finished going through the candy, she saw some Spongebob fruit snacks and asked, "Are these cheese fruit snacks?")

30 October 2013

After we got home, Madelyn was painting a pumpkin. She spilled the water to clean her brush all over the floor. Since I had fussy (teething) Alyson in the Ergo, I handed paper towels to Madelyn and asked her to clean the floor. She looked down and saw how much water and said:

"Oh, my...."

29 October 2013

First

On the way back to Grandma's after preschool:

"Mommy, it's okay if you crash into something. You can just buy a new car."

(Um, no, sweetie.)

Second

Near the end of dinner:

Tony: I have a treat for you from Miss Lisa.
Madelyn: What is it?
Tony: Finish your veggies and you can find out.
Madelyn: I hope it's watermelon!

Third

After figuring out that there were three cookies for three people (poor Alyson doesn't get cookies yet):

"But I wanted all of them!"

28 October 2013

After counting her peas at dinner:

"Mommy, how many numbers are there in the numbers?"

27 October 2013

I was talking about a meme I saw on Facebook about the Internet. The conversation took an interesting turn:

Me to Madelyn: When I was your age, the Internet didn't exist.
Tony: At least not for public use.
Madelyn: You were my age?

26 October 2013

While having quiet time, I noticed Madelyn playing with her alarm clock over the video monitor. This entire conversation happened over the intercom on the monitor.

Me: Madelyn, what are you doing?
Madelyn: Looking at my clock. How much longer do I need to have quiet time?
Me: About another half hour.
Madelyn: How long is a half hour?
Me: 30 minutes.
Madelyn: What time is it now?
Me: 1:36.
Madelyn: When is a half hour?
Me: You can get up when the big hand on your clock is at the twelve at the top.
Madelyn: But the hand isn't at the twelve!
Me: You'll just have to wait until it's at the twelve.
Madelyn: How about if I turn the dial to get it to the twelve?
Me: No because then your clock will be wrong.
Madelyn: Why would it be wrong?
Me: Because the time it says wouldn't be the actual time that it is.
Madelyn: Oh.

25 October 2013

While watching Tony play Minecraft (which she keeps asking him to play):

"Where are you going, Daddy? Are you climbing down to your attic?"

24 October 2013

Madelyn came with me to work for about an hour this morning. I had to take her to preschool today, so it just made more sense to have her come to work with me first. She had the following conversation at the desk of one of my coworkers:

Coworker, pointing to something hanging on her cubicle wall: What's this?
Madelyn: A map.
C: Of what?
M: A map.
C: Of what?
M: A map.
C: Of what?!
M: A map.
C, giving up: Of the world!

She then proceeded with trying to get Madelyn to tell her where the US and Maryland are. Hmmm....

23 October 2013

While watching TV at Mom's, Madelyn saw a commercial for a Dora kitchen:

Madelyn: I really, really want that kitchen!
Mom: But you already have two: one at home and one here.
Madelyn: So, it can go downstairs!

22 October 2013

First

I was trying to get Madelyn to come outside after we got home so that I could start digging up sweet potatoes.

Madelyn: But you and Daddy can do it after I go to bed.
Me: But it will be dark then.
Madelyn: Use a flashlight.

Second

Alyson was scooting around on the floor and Madelyn started crawling:

No, sister! Like this! This is how you crawl! Sister? Sister! Watch me!

21 October 2013

While at Mom's, Madelyn was walking back and forth in the living room, four or five steps each way very deliberately.

Mom: What are you doing?
Madelyn: I'm pacing.
Mom: Okay. Why?
Madelyn: I'm trying to think of what I'm gonna do. I know! I'm going to be a superhero! (runs over and gets her cape)

20 October 2013

Me to Madelyn: I booked your birthday party! It's at Kidville. It's like where Liam and Grace's party was but you get to make crafts and play and have your face painted.

Madelyn: I don't want my face painted!

Me: I figured. That's okay.

Madelyn: Because I like it just the way it is.

19 October 2013

While at the Playseum today, Madelyn was playing in the grocery store and some other kids were playing in the fire station next to it. The "Firefighters" came into the grocery store pretending that it was a house on fire:

"I can't get out of the house firefighters because I'm busy shopping."

18 October 2013

Me to Tony: I don't have a Madelynism yet for today. 
Tony: Okay. 
Madelyn: Stop! What are you talking about guys?

17 October 2013

While at Alyson's 9-month check-up, Madelyn was also getting her flu shot. Before her shot, she asked the nurse:

Madelyn: What size needles do you have for your shots?
Nurse after a long pause: Um, small ones. (to me) I've never had a 3-year-old ask me that. I didn't know how to answer.

16 October 2013

As we were leaving this morning and walking off the front porch, Madelyn was admiring the nice sanding job on the railings her daddy had gotten done the day before to help prep the porch for paint.

"Nice job sanding, Daddy. Your fence is really pretty."

15 October 2013

First

Getting ready to leave my mom's and she was putting Madelyn's pink Chucks on for her:

Mom: Do you put these shoes on yourself or does someone have to help you?
Madelyn: Me! (then under her breath) I need help sometimes....

Second

After we got in the car and were getting ready to go home:

"Mommy, when am I not going to have a baby sister anymore?"

(I think she really meant when will Alyson not be a baby anymore, but Mom and I told her she was stuck with her sister.)

14 October 2013

All evening, Madelyn was singing the chorus to "Chiron Beta Prime" by Jonathan Coulton when she asked:

"What the man's name who made a prime?"

(Chorus:
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime,
Where we're working in a mine for our robot overlords.
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors.
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime.)

13 October 2013

First

While eating breakfast:

Madelyn: Mommy, did you put syrup in my oatmeal?
Me: Agave? Yeah. Is it sweet?
Madelyn: It's very, very sweet.
Me: Is it too sweet?
Madelyn: No! I said it's very, very sweet, not too sweet!

Second

While talking about Alyson being jealous of Mommy holding Madelyn during church:

Madelyn: Why was she jealous?
Tony: Because she saw you being held by Mommy and didn't want to be help by boring, old Daddy.
Madelyn: Sister, Daddy isn't boring!

Third

While watching Tony play Minecraft:

Madelyn: Daddy, start going again.
Tony: I'm going to wait here a little bit to get my health back and go kill that skeleton before he kills me because I don't know where I am, and if I die I will have to find my body to get back all of the stuff I have.
Madelyn: Uh, Daddy, you're in your body right now.

12 October 2013

First

While football was on, Madelyn wanted to watch Doc McStuffins.

Tony: What day is it?
Madelyn: I don't know.
Tony: Saturday. What is on TV on Saturday?
Madelyn, very dejectedly: Football....

(She did get to watch Doc McStuffins since it was actually early in the day.)

Second

While teasing her that the cinnamon rolls waiting to go into the oven were not food, but were for decoration:

Tony: Put one on one ear and one on the other ear and wear them for decoration.
Madelyn: No! You can't wear food!
Melissa: Why not?
Madelyn: Because it might mess you up!

11 Oct 2013

Talking about her raincoat from last year:

Madelyn: It was shrinking.
Mom: It was shrinking, not you getting bigger?

10 October 2013

In the middle of about a gazillion other 3-year-old-kid questions:

"Why don't I have a tail?"

09 October 2013

First:

While talking about what people would be for Halloween:

"Maybe Grandma can be a ghost and Grandpa can dress up as a witch like Caroline." 

Second:

On 270 coming back from the pumpkin patch at Butler's Orchard:

Madelyn: Mommy, why are we going fast?
Me: Because we go fast on the highway.
Madelyn: But on a low-way you go slow.

08 October 2013

On the way to the car after getting the girls today, Madelyn picked up a "baby leaf". She got into the car and said:

"It's so tiny and cute like my little sister!"

07 October 2013

On the way home from picking the girls up, I was asking Madelyn what she wanted with dinner. Alyson let out a little squeal like she wanted in on the conversation.

Me: And what do you want, Alyson?
Madelyn: A punch in the nose.

06 October 2013

While cleaning up her playroom, she was trying to shut her overstuffed drawer of Duplos.

"The drawer won't stop making noises!"

05 October 2013

My mom was taking photos of the girls during dinner. Madelyn was signing "stop" to her because she didn't want anymore photos taken.

04 October 2013

During dinner while at Grandma and Grandpa's house:

Madelyn: When will it be dark out?
My mom: In a couple of hours.
Madelyn: Good.

(Someone didn't want to go to bed?)

03 October 2013

Two things related to President Obama being in Rockville (we got stuck in road-closure traffic after I picked her up from preschool):

"Do police helicopters have sirens?"

"When I grow up, I'm going to be a police officer and you can build me a police car!"

02 October 2013

Tony, to Alyson who was crying after he took away a foam puzzle piece she was chewing: I know, I'm so mean. 

Madelyn: Just like Grandpa!

01 October 2013

While I was fixing dinner, Madelyn felt that it was "time for [my] checkup." When she was through she declared:
"I have a diagnosis. You have stuffed colditis."

30 September 2013

She went through this once, but I didn't get it on video, and it was too much to remember. I asked her to tell us again. She was "reading a map" with how to get home from where we went to dinner. The first time was admittedly better, but this was still cute. (Not sure how Alyson was quiet the whole time.)