We Love Our Madeleine!

We visited Sammy at another train show today, and when we got home Madeleine was playing with some cardstock divider cards.  Suddenly she went dashing outside, with me calling behind her that she needs someone big with her if she's going to play outside.  I looked out the window and could tell immediately that she was headed to the mailbox.  She ran right to it, opened it, put one of the cards in, closed it, and started walking back to the house.  Adam, Melanie, and I were chuckling at her cuteness from inside, when suddenly we heard Erin call out to her from her bedroom window, "Don't forget to put the flag up!"

Apparently she wants to be big.  She asked Adam to teach her how to drive the other day.  He told her in about 13 years.

It's been her birthday almost every day since mine.  A few times she's woken up, bounced into my room, and greeted me with a, "Guess what mom!  It's my birthday today!"  Usually it's sometime during the day that she'll be on my lap, lean in close and whisper that it's her birthday, then grin at me.  Thank goodness the real thing is coming up.

She's had a funny language thing going on lately (besides le-low, which she still says).  Most possessive pronouns now have a -zes at the end.  "Mom, this is yourzes."  Or herzes.  I don't think I've heard hiszes.  Sometimes minezes.

A few weeks ago we were in Brigham City and drove past the temple.  Madeleine pointed out Moroni, and one of the kids asked her what he's holding.  "Trumpet!  No, a tuba!"  Moroni is tougher than I thought!

Sammy loves to make Chinese food, and he cooked up a little single serving box of orange chicken.  He knows Madeleine always wants some, so when he was done cooking, he called her in and got her a little plate of it.  After eating for a bit, she suddenly took off and hadn't returned by the time Sam was done.  Figuring she didn't want the rest, he asked Erin if she wanted the rest.  She headed on in and sat down at the plate.  Right then Madeleine bopped back in and got upset that Erin was going to eat her food.  Trying to calm things down I said, "Oh!  Did you still want some of that?"  Apparently Madeleine was suddenly possessed, because she stared off into space and in an almost robotic voice replied, "I like . . . ballerinas."  She had changed into one dancing dress and was holding another, so maybe she had been thinking about that before she came back in and noticed the food problem.

I almost hate to share this story because the ending, while super cute was, well, read on.  She was dressed up and wanted me to dress up too.  She ran in to her room and found me a dress-up dress her size, and brought it in to me.  I tried to explain that it wouldn't fit, but she insisted, so I put it on and rested in on my shoulders.  She was super pleased with that and put a crown on me and everything.  Melanie walked in the door and LAUGHED at me!  I admit the effect was pretty silly looking, but all for my little girl, right?  At one point Melanie asked her want my name is.  Madeleine replied in her sweet little voice, "Queen Mama Diarrenah!"  Melanie about died laughing.  I was too busy trying to work that out to be a happy title, ending ballerina-ish maybe?  But yah.  Thanks, Madeleine, for keeping us smiling.