All About Madeline

Here's what Maddy is up to these days:

• Singing ABCs, Baa, Baa Black Sheep, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Tiny Tim (Turtle), Are you Sleeping (Brother John), Bumblebee
• Counting (she surprised me by counting to 14! and I thought she only knew up to 10...)
• Narrating life and surprising us with her vocabulary
• Reading along with us (at least with the books she knows by heart!)
• Thinking any picture of a cow jumping over the moon is "Mrs. Mooley"
• Loving goldfish and milk as a snack
• Eating lots of Noodles, Rice, Yogurt, Bananas and Beans! 
• Giving the best hugs in the world
• Playing "Leader" (Follow the Leader of course) - she holds Kitty and either Steve or I hold Doggie
• Playing with her favorite toys: Kitty, Doggie, Dado (Baby Doll) and Bunny 
• Watching a "Dora" show as a special treat
• Putting puzzles together
• Strutting about with her new baby doll stroller (with or without a rider in the stroller)
• Running and laughing - hard!
• Wearing her sunglasses
• Trying to guess if Kitty, Doggie or Little Teddy Bear might be waiting for her in the car at the end of her school day
• Saying "move to new house!" in an excited way
• Reminding us that when she turns two, Luella (her little friend who is 5 months old) will get her pacifier (we've been telling her this for quite some time!)
• Cuddling at bedtime while we read her "night, night" books (Goodnight Moon and Night, Night Sleepyhead)

We love you, Madeline!

Happy Spring!

Fun - big slide!!