My monkey

Tonight, Maddy decided to scare the tar out of me. We were outside with the boys next door playing on the playset they have. I was talking with the neighbor and Jim called to show me what Maddy was doing. She was climbing up the ladder by herself and walking across the platform to the slide, then sliding down. Gulp.  It was about 10 rungs up a wooden ladder.

I can't believe I actually didn't completely flip out. Not only could she do it, she could do it well. Holy cow - really!?

I watched this over and over then I finally had to go get my camera to prove it to myself later. I can't believe she can do that.

No bottle tonight

No bottle for Maddy tonight. It was weird. She did want a snack at 8:30 pm. I was grateful because it made me more confident that she might be okay with out. We had started blending book time with Reagan. That routine went into action last night. We read books together. Reagan did her Tag while I put Maddy in bed.

I read another book to Reagan, sang one song, snuggled for a few minutes and put her down.

She fussed a bit, but fell right to sleep.

Yea Maddy!

Time to visit

Tonight, Maddy and Reagan wanted to go visit Mimi and Papa. Jim had taken the Maddy outside and they were calling to them down at their house. They could hear her all the way there. So Jim decided to take a walk and we just went along.

While we were there, Maddy walked around and talked to us about what she was looking at. She'd lean in and point at things like flowers and bushes and tell me what they were. She walked around and just talked the whole time. She was so busy.