First
Whenever Madelyn takes leftovers for lunch, I remind her that she will not be able to heat it up at school. While fixing dinner tonight, I was trying to figure out how much to cook, so I asked if she wanted leftovers for lunch.
Me: Remember, you can't heat it up so it will be cold or room temperature.
Madelyn: Because my lunchbox is not an oven.
Second
We bought workbooks for teaching handwriting, especially cursive, to supplement what Madelyn learns in school. The workbooks came today, so I was showing Madelyn. She looked at the cursive one and said, "Oooh! It's for learning fancy letters!"
Before leaving for the bus this morning, the girls were playing Star Wars and having a lightsaber battle. (No, neither one has seen any Star Wars and I'm not sure they know what a lightsaber is. Madelyn has picked this up from a boy at school, and it's awesome.) Madelyn play collapsed onto the floor after Alyson "hit" her and explained, "I wanted to show her how to die!"
Madelyn was eating a package of Bitsy's Brain Food cookies while doing her homework after school. Her homework was to list as many words ending in "at" as she could. After she listed quite a number of words, Madelyn was impressed with herself and declared, "These smart cookies really work!"
Empathy is not quite strong with this one yet.
Me to Madelyn: Poor Owen threw up this morning.
Madelyn: Why?
Tony and Madelyn made blueberry bread today at Madelyn's request. With every ingredient that Tony got out, Madelyn excitedly asked, "Is that it? Can I pour it in?"
Madelyn gets a monthly calendar with her homework assignments on it. This morning after we decided that she was staying home from school because she is sick, she asked, "Can I still do my homework today even though I'm not going to school?"
For dessert tonight, Madelyn wanted some chocolate cherry granola. The bag is half gone, so most of the bigger pieces have been eaten.
Madelyn: I don't want all of the crumbs! I want to real pieces!
Me: This is what granola is. The bigger pieces just weren't broken up as much. They're all gone.
Madelyn: Oh, okay, I guess.
