Maddy likes to eat

... but only fruit and cheese.

Climbing again

Tonight, she didn't just climb up the ladder on the neighbor's play set, but she also went up the "rock wall". She climbed up the stairs and green things on that until she reached the top. Are you kidding?

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. 

Reagan is playing dolls

It is so cute to watch Reagan's imagination. She started drawing today in the basement. Then she grabbed her Barbie and just started playing. Next thing I knew, I heard her saying "it's okay, mama's gotcha". Ha! That's what I say. :) She was tucking her baby into bed. Actually, she had colored a piece of paper front and back and wrapped it around the barbie doll. Then she glued it shut with a glue stick. Even cuter.

Now she is waiting for her doll to wake up from a nap by eating her peanut butter sandwich.

Should I go wake Maddy up now?

Maddy is tired

Tonight, we went to Mimi and Papa's house. We ate dinner, fixed their electronics and let the kids play endlessly. About 8:45 pm, Maddy started walking around saying "nigh nigh". She was tired. She had done so well. We played hard (or they did). When we didn't leave, she walked over to Mimi and said "bye bye" and waved at her. Then she walked over to the door and started knocking and started that routine all over again.

We did get her coat on. Normally she fights up, but I think because she wanted to go to bed, she was ready to do whatever. She was done and her clock told her so.

Needless to say, we got on our merry way. Jim put Maddy in the car. I wrangled Reagan into the car. They both fell asleep fairly easily. :) Yea team!