Dora and Math

I guess Dora is good TV. Tonight, there was a question on the program that said "how many umbrellas do we need?" She came up with four right away. I didn't look up for a few seconds, then I got curious. She was right!! Oh My!

She giggled right after she said it. Math genius. :)

Grocery store?

Maddy is cracking me up. Today I picked her up and said we had to go to the store on the way home. She said "is it the grocery story mommy?"

Seriously?

Talking so much

Maddy is literally copying everything we say. It's amazing how well she is speaking and how long her sentences are. We can have simple conversations with her. She's able to tell us what she wants and likes to do that on a regular basis.

Four scratches and a tired little girl

Tonight, the girls were very excited and also not really wanting to go to bed. We had a big day and a bigger weekend with Reagan's birthday party. They were tired.

As we got closer to bedtime, Reagan got a tad more defiant. She didn't want to do anything I wanted her to. Poor thing. I felt bad, but still needed to prove a point. Un

Reading

Maddy loves to pretend to read. She will almost always find a ton of books and take them to her room. She will sit down amongst her animals and blanket and just read. She reads like she's actually reading the book. She looks at the pictures and is able to make up some pretty accurate stories based on her viewing of the pictures in the book.

It's just so sweet to watch her do this. I used to love watching Reagan. I'm so glad to watch Hootie too.

I want something new mommy

Maddy is so talkative and has such a wonderful ability to speak in very complete sentences. Today, I picked her up from school and she was happy to be on the way home. I turned on the TV at her request but she was unhappy with the selection in the player.  She immediately said "no mommy, I want something new".

Interesting she could do that.

Barstools and my monkey

Maddy loves to  climb on the barstools in the kitchen. She climbed up and got flaming mad when I pulled her down and told her no. She started running to the bathroom and said "I have to go potty". When we got there, she walked in and got mad when I followed her. She pushed me out of the way and ran back to the kitchen to climb up on the barstool. Do you think she had that planned???