Well, Maddy slept ALL night last night!! She even slept until 9:30 this morning! So did Matt and I. I couldn't believe it when I woke up and looked at the clock!! I actually slept quite poor last night. I was awake from about 1:45-3:30. Argh. I hate that. But I was able to get some extra sleep in the morning so I can't complain. As I thought, the sheets and bedding are just heavenly. It gives going to bed a whole new meaning.
I threw together a batch of banana bread first thing this morning and also ran the dishwasher. Maddy loves my banana bread although I need to avoid nuts and chocolate with her. But she loves it. She also loved the whole wheat bagel and light cream cheese this morning for breakfast as well. I think I may whip up another batch of bread since one of the two loaves are already gone and my other bananas are getting a bit over-ripe. I'll just freeze it.
Maddy and I ran to the post office today and then to Kmart. It's amazing how many nice people there are out there. So many people who are willing to hold the door, talk nice to Maddy, (the postal carrier even tried to sneak me in past noon, but I was there to use the kiosk anyway, but it was much appreciated), in general, being helpful. I think it helps that I take Maddy out when she's in such a great mood and wanting to interact with people. It's hard not to like a kid who is being nice to you.
I took Maddy to Kmart to pick out a new toy with the Gift Certificate that Aunt Sandy and Uncle Fred gave to her. She decided (with no persuasion on my part) that she wanted a Sesame Street MP123 toy. Maddy's was on sale for $10. She got the concept immediately and continued to play it as I finished shopping through the store. She danced to it in the chair and that was really cute. Everyone who wandered by us smiled or giggled at her and over half commented on how cute it was that she was dancing to the music. She LOVES to dance and LOVES music.
But back to people who are nice. Again, at Kmart I had so many sales clerks cooing over Maddy. I ran into so many customers smiling at her and letting us go first down aisles. The Kmart I sometimes shop at (I don't shop Kmart that much, I'd rather shop Target) has very tight check-outs. So tight that there is about 1 inch on either side of your cart when it goes between them. Well, without thinking, I pushed in the cart and then myself. Well, I can't reach the basket over Maddy who's sitting in the seat! So I was going to push my way out past the checkout and then back the cart back in with me by the basket. But the manager who was talking to the check out clerk wouldn't hear of it. He insisted on getting my stuff out of the basket for me while talking and playing with Maddy the whole time. Then, what I purchased was $35 (a little over) so he reached over and gave me a $5 off coupon for buying $35 or more. Then he continued to talk with Maddy while I finished checking out. It was really neat! It's fun to see people enjoy Maddy as much as I do.
When we got home we found that Matt was almost done installing the drawer and cabinet locks. That means that Maddy can now go into the kitchen once we remove the cat food and put that in the basement by their litter box. She'll be thrilled to have another room to wander through.
She went down for a late afternoon nap (given the time she got up this morning that's understandable). I need to get her up in a couple minutes, we'll all eat dinner and then head out to the grocery store. We're making shrimp and grits for New Year's Eve dinner. We don't have any big plans. I'm sure we'll be in bed by midnight. We aren't really the 'go out on New Year's Eve' type people. Never have been. We will buy a bottle of champagne and have boiled shrimp as well. Other than that, same old kind of evening! But that's never boring with Matt and Maddy around. :)
Ok, well, time to wake up that sleepy head so she feels like going to bed at a decent hour tonight! It's almost 5:15!