07 August 2015

This morning, when Madelyn noticed my eye make-up:

Madelyn: Are you wearing gold eye paint?
Me: No, it's pinkish-brown eye shadow.
Madelyn: Oooohhhh....eye shadow.

06 August 2015

We went to Target today to start some back-to-school shopping. While there, Madelyn excitedly told everyone she saw in the Back To School section, "I'm going to start kindergarten in the fall!"

05 August 2015

I don't remember what started this, but while eating dinner at Mom and Dad's tonight for Dad's birthday:

Madelyn, pointing to herself: Piglet. [pointing to Alyson] Piglet. [pointing to Tony] Pig. [pointing to me] Pig. [pointing to Mom] Pig. [pointing to Dad] Pig. 
Tony: Hey, Madelyn. [pointing to Madelyn and Alyson] Piglets. [pointing to himself and Dad] Hogs. [pointing to Mom and me] Sows.
Madelyn: What are hogs and sogs?

(Note: I wasn't sure that Tony was right about hogs being male pigs, so I looked it up. According to one website I found, he wasn't really wrong, but more correctly boars are male pigs, sows are female pigs who have had a liter of piglets, gilts are female pigs who have not had piglets, and there were other names for different castrated male pigs. Go figure.)

04 August 2015

Madelyn has been coloring parts of a beach scene with Grandma and putting it up as decoration in the hall at their house. Today, she added a daddy, mommy, and little girl, but they couldn't find a good toddler girl to color and add. Madelyn wasn't worried. She decided, "That's okay. We can just pretend that Alyson is still in Mommy's tummy."

03 August 2015

Alyson was being picky about dinner and not eating too much at one point. Madelyn was bugging her about it.

Madelyn: Miss Guinea Pig, are you going to eat more?
Tony: Why are you calling her a Guinea Pig?
Madelyn: Because she eats a lot, and she's a little piggy, and she's... Guinea... What's a Guinea Pig anyway?

02 August 2015

This afternoon we visited "Auntie" Julie​ for her housewarming party. Julie's parents, Donna​ and Wayne​, were great with the girls. Donna had a wonderful conversation with Madelyn that went something like this:

Donna: Madelyn, what is your favorite fruit?
Madelyn: I like all the fruits!
Donna: Okay, tell me your two favorite fruits.
Madelyn, thinking: My two favorite summer fruits are cherries and peaches.
Donna: Oh, I love peaches! We go to the farmer's market and get fresh peaches right from the orchard. Do you go to the farmer's market around here?
Madelyn: My grandma and grandma go to an orchard and get peaches.
Me: Hey, Madelyn, I think they went this week, so they might have peaches now.
Donna: Ooh! Do you think they want company? Maybe we could go visit them.
Madelyn: You don't know where they live!

01 August 2015

When Madelyn and I say goodnight, she's allowed to jump on her bed a few times with me right there. That's the only time she's allowed to do it. While at the beach this past week, we didn't let her jump on the bed (not our bed and we couldn't trust that it was strong enough). The look of pure joy on her face this evening when she realized she was on her own bed was adorable. After she finished jumping, she jumped into my arms for a hug.

Me: You missed being able to do that, didn't you?
Madelyn: YEAH!