So in the last two days I've seen my very first purposeful 'defiant' acts by Maddy. Yesterday, she went over to Joe and laid on him like she always does, burying her face in his fur. Then she sat up and grabbed ahold of his tail. So I told her, "No. Nice hands." and took the tail out of her hands. Well, OOOH WHEE! Did she get MAD! She kneeled straight up from sitting, clenched every muscle (her face got all red) and yelled! Then she reached out and grabbed ahold of his tail with both hands as hard as she could! Well, fortunately she didn't yank it, but Joe was definitely paying attention. So I pryed both her little hands off and said, "No, Madeline! Not nice!" I wasn't yelling, but the tone of voice was definitely firm. Then she yelled at me again and crawled away! It took all my effort to not laugh so she could see it!
Then, this morning she found my gum package in the outside pocket of my purse (I never put anything there). Since that's not safe for her to have, I had to take it away. Well, she held on as tight as she could, yelled at me and tried to crawl away with it. I got it away from her, but with more of a fight than I expected. She fussed for a second, but then moved onto something else.
Maddy tried a couple new foods in the last couple of days. She had clementines (just the inside pulp) and loved it. She also had Turkey kielbasa and macaroni and cheese. I guess I should have expected it, but she LOVED the Mac and cheese! We very seldomly have it, but she must have had at least 10 elbow noodles. She also liked the kielbasa which we chopped up very fine. She tried some of the Zwieback toast, biter biscuts and Gerber cheese crackers. She likes them all! However, I now need to be careful how much she has on her tray because she'd love to stuff it all in her mouth at one time and then try to chew. HA! She's especially that way with her biscuts.
So this morning I worked out like I always do, but I swung the flat screen on the bracket on the wall to face the Elliptical Machine! I put on Discovery HD Worlds Best Aquariums on our high def Tivo. Can I just say, DARN that picture looked good?!? I'm not one to care in the least about TV. For me, the less TV the better. I certainly don't care how big, good, loud, surround sound or base-y (the less the better) it is. I can easily live with a 15 inch as long as I have Tivo and Cable. But, giving credit where credit is due--the picture was FABULOUS. I mean, underwater pictures are gorgeous but it was so sharp and bright. The issue is I'm afraid to turn it up too loud since Maddy is napping and I'm working out. I don't know if I want to try to overpower the Elliptical's noise to hear dialog. The Elliptical is quiet, but it still makes SOME noise. So there ya go, hon, your TV is definitely sharper and brighter than most I've seen. I think you picked a good one!
Well, we'll probably make a mall trip tonight. We may even get Maddy's picture taken with Santa if it's not too long of a line and depending on her mood. Still haven't figured out dinner! That's next! Have a good one!
Tea of the day: Ahmad Blackcurrent Tea
WO of the day: 30 min. Elliptical, eating a 1-- I don't even want to talk about it!