21 July 2015

In the car on the way to Mom's this morning, Madelyn was playing with her car and had it crash into something.

Madelyn: Sometimes Blaze isn't paying attention, and he crashes into stuff.
Me: That isn't good.
Madelyn: He just crashes into soft stuff like cotton candy, cauliflower, bushes....

(Wait? What?)

20 July 2015

When we got home and were walking to the front door:

Me, looking at the flower garden in the front yard: I need to water the flowers.
Madelyn, looking at "her" flower garden: I want to water my flowers! Actually... it's too hot. I want to go inside.

19 July 2015

Our rule at dinner is that everyone has to eat at least one bite of everything on their plates. Beyond that is up to the person eating, but everything has to be eaten to get dessert. The girls knew that today is National Ice Cream Day.

Alyson, with food still on her plate: Me done.
Madelyn: Did you want dessert?
Alyson: No.
Madelyn: It's ice cream!
Alyson: Oooh! [She grabbed her plate and ate more food.]

And later:

Madelyn: I don't want to eat this last shrimp.
Alyson, shocked: You no want dessert?

18 July 2015

When we were leaving Gina​ and Matt​'s house today, Madelyn was able to get Andrew to hug her, and they both fell over. Madelyn broke Andrew's fall (as in they fell back on Madelyn and Andrew fell on top of her), and Andrew gave her a big, open mouthed baby kiss. After they got up, Madelyn tried getting a "real" kiss from Andrew.

Madelyn: Andrew, give me a kiss!
Andrew ignored her.
Me: Madelyn, he already gave you a kiss.
Madelyn: But all I got was baby slobber!

17 July 2015

We went to Silver Diner for dinner tonight and Madelyn actually branched out and had something other than her normal blueberry pancakes. Instead, she got Coconut French Toast. But, they first brought out Quinoa Coconut Pancakes for her, and we had to tell the server that was wrong and get the right thing.

Me, after Madelyn ate some French toast: Do you like it?
Madelyn: Yeah, it's really good.
Me: See? Trying something different can be good. I bet you would even like the quinoa pancakes.
Madelyn: But I don't want that one. I don't think I'm ready for it yet.

16 July 2015

Alyson's Pley set, the Duplo airplane, came today. Madelyn started building it for Alyson so that they could play with it together. Alyson was trying to have her Duplo figure fly on the plane before Madelyn was done building it.

Madelyn: Alyson, you can't fly on that yet! It has to be inspected!
Alyson: Inspected?
Madelyn: Yeah, but I'm not sure what that means.

After I finished chuckling at her and writing this down, I explained what "inspected" means to Madelyn.

15 July 2015

While playing at Mom's today, the girls were playing in Mom and Dad's room. Madelyn was laying on the bed, and Alyson was laying on the floor.

Alyson, fake whining: Me scared down here!
Madelyn: Get up and come up here.
Alyson climbed up on the bed.
Madelyn, talking softly to Alyson and cuddling with her: There, there. Everything is going to be okay. You don't have to be scared.