That Kind

Yesterday afternoon Scott and Madeline were playing outside on the porch while I was making dinner. Miss Madeline poked her head inside at one point and said, "C'mon outside, Allison!".

Hmmmm...

I don't think we're going to be that kind of a family.

The kind of family we ARE right now is one without diapers. It went better than I could have imagined. Anyone want half a box of size 4 LUVs?

Today

I'm potty training this cute little darlin' today. Wish us luck - we could use it!

Mommy ones and baby ones

It's been so fun to watch the beginnings of Madeline's imagination, and how it's shaped by her life. For example, anything that she plays with that is small is the "baby one" and anything that is bigger than the "baby one" is the "mama one". If something is really, really big it's the "daddy one". This naming scheme goes for pretty much anything: rocks, stuffed animals, baby dolls, cars, rubber bands, etc.

A few months ago we were hanging out as a family on a Saturday afternoon, shortly after I'd woken up from my Saturday sleep. Scott and I were talking, and Madeline was standing next to me playing with three rubber duckies. A daddy one, a mama one, and a baby one. I started to pay attention to what she was saying as she played, and this is what I heard:

Baby go night night. Baby crying. Mommy no get you. Mommy working (which she pronounces yerking). Baby crying. Daddy get you. Mommy come home. Mommy tired. Mommy go night night. Baby crying. Mommy no get you. Mommy night night.

Well, that was enough to break my heart. At least she knows our weekend routine, I guess.

And speaking of mommy ones and baby ones, Madeline has taken to asking me everyday, "Baby come Nan's (Madeline's) house? Nan wants baby at Nan's house."

I agree.

Tonight

Curling up against newly covered throw pillows with a much anticipated new book = a little bit of heaven.

Motherhood

I'm sure some of you have seen this, but if you haven't, watch it please.

All I have to say about motherhood today is that I, too, feel it a wonderful privilege to have the opportunity to be a mother. Nothing else brings me greater joy.