Product of routine?

Maddy crawled up into Mimi's lap and grabbed her bottle to start drinking it right at about 5:30 pm. I cracked up because we sit down around 5:30 pm every night and she sits in my lap while drinking her cup of milk. I love it. Guess she found a way to have her snuggle time.

Coloring

This morning, I wanted to do something with the girls while we were hanging out. Coloring sounded like a great idea. Reagan immediately started making some kind of picture which got hung up in our front window. Maddy started coloring and got so excited once she got her first crayon. She giggled and danced the entire time. She'd squat down and pop back up all the while coloring on her piece of paper. Too cute.

She called out for "lello" and reached out her hand as if to ask for it. So I gave it to her. She colored and colored. Once she was done with her page, she actually picked up the paper and flipped it over. I was amazed that she knew to do that.

Moving stuff

Maddy loves to move stuff around. I'm not really sure why, but she does. We can be in the basement or up on the main floor - she will move anything that is about 10 times her size. :) She started with kitchen chairs. By the way, they are not easy for an adult to move. But when she puts her weight into it, she can actually move one completely to the other side of the eating area. All by herself.

FIrst official temper tantrum

Maddy has a quick temper - we know that. The funny thing is that we've seen  bits of her temper on and off for a little while now. Tonight, she threw her first official tantrum. I mean - throwing herself on the floor, legs kicking and crocodile tears and the whole bit. It was awesome!

Yea. The bad thing - Jim and I just looked at her like nothing was going on. It didn't stop her from doing it, but we got a kick out of it all.

I think she was a little shocked we didn't "fix it" right away. She stopped.

Yellow?

Maddy says "lello" for yellow now. Sometimes she can actually spit the right word out. Odd, but so cool.

Talking more

Jim and I have both noticed that Maddy is talking alot more now that her head is clear. It's nice. She just babbles all the time in the car. She is actually attempting more words. I think he latest one is Papa (not sure which grandfather she is talking about, but it fits all of them).

Some of her newest words are:
Papa
Mimi
Nini (still Jordan)
Mama (flat out clear)
Dadda (clear)
Dog (dggg)

Drinking from a tumbler?

I picked Maddy up a tad early today. When I got there, she had just finished snack. I was promptly informed that she was no officially drinking out of a cup and that I should let her do that at home.

I am seriously not sure of what magic they have at that school, but tonight she about drowned in milk. Why? I dunno. She didn't drink out of a cup for me. Hmmm. Something about school - they seem to be able to get my kids to do all sorts of stuff.