28 July 2015

As we were sitting down to dinner:

Madelyn: Can we go to the pool after dinner?
Me: No, not tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

Madelyn, whining: Why not? I like going to the pool!

Tony: No one is saying that you don't like going to the pool. We're just not going tonight.

Madelyn, more whining: But I like the pool!

Me: We know that, but we don't want to go tonight. How about we go for a walk on the beach instead and you can hunt for seashells?

Madelyn, suddenly very happy: Oh! Okay!

27 July 2015

As we were heading out for some shopping, playing, and dinner (not necessarily in that order):

Madelyn to Alyson: Are you ready to to go the playground?
Me: We're not going to the playground.
Madelyn: I know. I just said that because we're going to PLAY on the GROUND!

26 July 2015

While we were playing in the sand and Madelyn was sitting in a tide pool:

Madelyn, holding her sand-covered hands up: I need to wash my hands off!
Me: You're stilling in a tide pool. Just put your hands in the water.
Madelyn: Oh yeah.

25 July 2015

Being stuck in the car for hours and hours leads to odd things being said by our five-year-old:

Madelyn, to Tony: Why did Dobby send the plunger to the Quidditch game?
Tony, laughing: You mean bludger?

And later: When I shake my legs, my skin wiggles.

24 July 2015

For the last couple of days, we have been telling the girls that the plan for leaving for the beach tomorrow morning is that they will sleep in comfy clothes tonight, get up and go potty, get in the car, and we leave. Today at dinner:

Madelyn: I think you'll have to pick me up and just carry me to the car tomorrow because I'll be asleep.
Me: No, you'll have to go potty and get your skort on.
Madelyn: Oh yeah....

23 July 2015

The girls each have a cardboard truck from Silver Diner that they have been playing with all week. Madelyn named hers "Blaze." Madelyn has gotten pretty good at putting them back together when they come apart. Hers came apart this morning in the car on the way to Mom's, and she declared, "I fixed Blaze because I'm a little engineer!"

22 July 2015

We had dinner tonight at Mom and Dad's. While we were waiting for Tony get there with the food, Madelyn kept trying to scare me. At one point, she went behind the chair I was sitting in, and loudly whispered, "Now Grandma, you tell Mommy that I'm not here." At that point, I slowly and carefully got out of the chair, walked around it behind her, and scared her instead. Yes, she screamed.