31 March 2014

As we were leaving the house, we noticed that someone left a "Missing Cat-Reward" flyer under our doormat. 

Me to Tony: Is it bad that that flyer made me think "Aww, someone is missing their cat reward. I hope they find it."?
Tony laughed.
Madelyn: Where is their cat reward?
Me: No, they're actually missing their cat and there is a reward for anyone who finds it. It's just worded funny.
Madelyn: Oh. Where is their cat?
Me: I don't know because it's missing.
Madelyn: I think it's because it went off to the supermarket I think.

30 March 2014

After she had been playing games on her digital camera, Madelyn came out and asked if she could play on the iPad.

Tony to me: How much screen time has Madelyn had today?
Me to Madelyn: Have you had a lot of screen time yet today? How much did you play on your camera?
Madelyn: Not that much. I played three.
Tony and I waited for her to elaborate on "three".
Madelyn: Three games. That's less than ten!

29 March 2014

While I was getting dressed this morning, Madelyn was "jumping" from the bench at the foot of our bed onto our bed.

"Jumping is a kind of exercise, too. It makes your leg muscles big and strong so that you can lift heavy stuff like the pillows downstairs."

28 March 2014

For no apparent reason during dinner in regards to Alyson:

"She's stinky like a fish in the deep blue ocean."

We probably should have informed her that fish don't smell until they are dead and starting to go bad. We did tell her that that wasn't nice.

27 March 2014

Madelyn, who has caught the crud Tony brought into this house, was chasing Alyson around with her firetruck picture she made at preschool.

Madelyn, loudly: Weee yoooo! Weee yoooo! Weee yooooo!
Tony: Madelyn, does your throat hurt?
Madelyn: Yeah.
Tony: Then stop it.
Madelyn, softer: Weee yoooo. Weee yoooo. Weee yooooo.

26 March 2014

Alyson was playing with my back massager thing in the kitchen while I was cooking dinner. Madelyn had on her superhero cape and was carrying around some of the play spoons that Alyson had brought out of the playroom. Somehow the massager was turned on so that it was vibrating. Alyson put it on the floor to watch it "walk around" and make noise. Madelyn started running away saying:

"Quick! We must save the spoon children from Oven City from the monster!"

The monster was the massager (and maybe Alyson as well).

25 March 2014

In school today, they learned about helpers. Madelyn informed us:

"Even helpers get hurt and need help sometimes. Firefighters get hurt, and ambulance drivers get hurt, and doctors get hurt, and vechernarians get hurt, and post officers, I mean post men and women...."