31 October 2014

Looking into a clean, empty dish on the kitchen counter:

"Hey! What's in here? Uh! Why is it empty?"

30 October 2014

A Toys R Us catalog came today. Madelyn grabbed it right away to start looking at it.

Madelyn, pointing to a page of Minecraft toys: Daddy, are these real things in Minecraft or just toys?
Tony: They are things in Minecraft, but those there are just toys.
Madelyn, pointing to a spider: I want that spider. I'm going to throw it on the floor and pretend it's dead. [pointing to other things on the page] And, I want that, and that, and that....

And it has begun. How long until Christmas? :-P

29 October 2014

First

As we were pulling away from the house this morning:

Madelyn: When are we going to sell our house?
Me: We're not planning on it.
Madelyn: Why not?
Me: Because we would have to find another house and move. Don't you like our house?
Madelyn: Yeah, I like our house, but could we take the iPad?

Second

Madelyn was coloring Halloween pictures today after we got home.

Me: Why don't you draw a ghost?
Madelyn: Ghosts are white and white doesn't show up on white paper. I know! I'll draw an orange ghost because if a ghost fell in orange paint it would be orange.

28 October 2014

Talking about going into a haunted house with zombies:

"Besides, I'm not afraid of zombies. I'm only afraid of mascots."

27 October 2014

When I got to Mom and Dad's today to pick up the girls, they were outside playing with their grandpa. After a little bit, Madelyn tried coming in the back door, and I went to help her.

Madelyn, as she came running into the house: I HAVE TO GO POTTY!!!!!

She ran back to the bathroom and stripped off her jacket as she went. After she was settled for a minute in the bathroom, I went back to check on her.

Me: Are you okay?
Madelyn: Yeah.
Me: Did you have an accident?
Madelyn: No. Can you pick up my jacket?
Me, looking down at her jacket that I was practically stepping on as it sat where she dropped it at the door: No, you can get it when you come out.

A few minutes later, Madelyn came into the living room without her jacket.

Me: Where's your jacket?
Madelyn, running back to get it: Oh yeah!

She would have had to walk on her jacket when she came out of the bathroom and she still didn't pick it up at first.

26 October 2014

While playing outside at the Barbieri's house this afternoon, Madelyn grabbed a bucket and shovel from the play toys and walked away singing to herself:

"I'm gonna dig a beach! I'm gonna dig a beach!"

25 October 2014

We had edamame with dinner tonight. Madelyn likes to take the edamame and hold it a little out from her mouth and pop the beans into her mouth.

Madelyn: Mommy, watch!

I looked up to see her getting ready to pop a bean into her mouth only to miss and bounce it off the tip of her nose.