I've changed my name plus new photos

Madison hasn't been this whiney in a really long time, so tonight I have changed my name. I am no longer "mommy" I will not repsond to it, answer it or even own it! :)

Thank goodness she is asleep now. She was watching her "5 minutes" of a movie that she loves right before bed time and actually feel sound asleep, that hasn't happened before. Hopefully a good night's rest will solve this problem and I can change my name back tomorrow. hee hee

Our sister-in-law Kelly had several friends give her Barbie power wheels, so we inherited one recently. It was quite faded and needed a new battery, but Madison was thrilled. When we got the new battery charged she was ready to role, but Scott and his OCD couldn't let her play with a faded toy. So he has repainted it to a more neutral toy...in case we have a boy one day, he too can play with the power wheels. Here are a couple of photos of the restored car:

Sidestory:

So as she was learning how to "drive" her new car, she actually ran into Scott's back bumper of his real car. She looked at me with true fear in her eyes and said (using her little hands to emphasis) "Please mommy, don't tell Scott! Don't tell Scott!!"

Little stinker has her first "car accident" and already knows which parent not to tell! :)

Future Career

Tonight in the bathtub Madison was playing while Scott was fixing the towel racks. He had to run to the garage to get something, so I went up to keep an eye on her. She had two different cups filling them with water. Then she proceeded to fit the small one onto the big one and started shaking them... she seemed to know what she was doing. Mixing drinks perhaps? She was so content shaking her concoction and then pouring it into a third cup. I swear we are NOT big drinkers in our house! :)

Laughter Lives Tuesday

This post is part of "Laughter Lives! Tuesday" on the Riggs Family Blog. Check our their blog to read everyone else's "Laughter Lives!" posts.

So here goes:

Yesterday was a day off for work for me and daycare was closed for Madison. So we had a lazy morning and really nothing to do all day. I thought we could just browse through Target (my favorite store) and then get some groceries. As we were driving there, Madison noticed a park along the way. This is how the conversation went:

"Mommy, did you see that park?"

"Yes, we have played there before."

"Well, I have an idea!"

"OK, what is your idea?"

"We need to go to Starbucks."

"But we already had breakfast."

"No we won't get breakfast, you can get a coffee and you can buy me a chocolate milk and one of the little 'scomes' (scones). Then we can drive back to the park and you can hold my chocolate milk and my scome, while I play on the swings, so if I need a drink, you can have it ready for me!"

"Well, I don't think we can do that today, we are going to the grocery store and Target."

"No, mom we can do it today, just make the car drive to Starbucks first!"

Too funny!!

I voted...did you?

So yesterday, Madison and went to vote before school/work. I told we had to hurry because we needed to go vote. So the whole way there, she kept saying, Mommy I am so excited to go see the "boat". Is it like Uncle Chris's boat? Where is the boat?
So we arrive a little early, the doors are open yet. So here we are waiting to go inside and she is still insisting that we are going to see the "boat". The people in line sort of giggle at us. Finally the doors open and we go inside and much to her disappointment no boat. She tries to look around and find it, they must have it hidden.
I go and cast my ballot and return to the desk to get my sticker and Madison gets one too, now there is a long line of people waiting and Madison asks her where is the boat. She was a little testy and didn't really hear the question and shuffles us towards the exit. So we get outside and Madison is still wondering where the boat was. Oh well, but look mommy she says I got a boat sticker.

We arrive at school and she walks proudly inside and tells Katie, her daycare teacher, I went to see the boat today.

First time voting 11-2005

Voting this year~2008

One more funny:
Today at school this little boy comes in all excited and tells me that "blue won, blue won" I honestly didn't know what in the world he was talking about. Then he tells me "Last night I watched the TV and the world was blue and red and the blue won. My daddy said he picked blue and he won." It was so cute, he was so excited that blue won...and so was many others.

Plus, I was tagged so here it is...

6 things I value

1. my family/friends
2. my education which got me
3. my great job
4. empathic people
5. my home
6. summer vacation

6 things I don't value

1. whining-totally agree with Katie
2. the time change, making it dark so dang early!
3. the cold weather
4. ignorance
5. having to cook/figure out what is for dinner every night
6. bad drivers/road rage

6 people I'm tagging

1. Kelly
2. Kristen
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?
6. ?
   

I don't know where she gets it...

Last night was no different from other nights during our bed time routine, "I don't want to go to bed, the vent is scary, I am not tired, I need water, I need a blankie, I need my lovie..." 

BUT...

As she was drifting off to sleep she was going through the alphabet and singing the song and then going back and saying all of the sounds. It is crazy...I teach kindergarten and more than half of my class does not know this! And please don't think I am a crazy mom trying at times to quiz her, it is all her doing. I am afraid she is really growing up.

NOT TO MENTION...

any chance she gets she shows her muscles in her arms and declares that she is growing getting so big, "feel my arms" I am strong.

wisdom of a 2 year old...

#1: We were talking about who are boys and who are girl. Here is how the conversation went:
Kim: Is our dog Mickey a boy or girl?
Maddie: He is a boy!
K: Is daddy a boy or girl?
M: Daddy is a boy!
K: Is mommy a girl or a boy?
M: Mommy is a girl/boy, ha ha ha no mommy is a girl.
K: Are you a girl or a boy Madison?
M: I am a LADY!

#2 Driving down the street when we see a gardener's truck.
Madison: Look mom there is a lawn molar. Those are for daddy's!

P.S. She is right, I tried to mow the lawn once and it was a nightmare.


#3 Shopping with my mom in the shoe department:
Madison found a whole bunch of shoes for my mom to put on...
Madison: Nonie these are cute, try these on. No, Nonie, those are not cute, no those are too smalll.
So finally my mom finds some shoes she wants to buy...
Madison: Nonie, don't buy those they are not cute and they don't fit. You have black shoes.

#4 In the candy aisle, she found the mini M&M tubes.
Madison: Mom we have these at home.
Kim: What are they?
Madison: M&M's mom
Kim: What is in there?
Madison: (shaking the tube with a smile) It's sugar in there!