Teaholic not quite anonymous

Maddy had a very busy day today! I had my annual at the gynecologist today. It was midmorning so there was no way Matt could stay home and I didn't want to put it off for four weeks when their earliest appointment was open... so I thought I'd just take Maddy with me. She was great. I had to fill out all new paperwork since our insurance had changed and I hadn't been there in two years (I had last year's annual at my family doctor instead since I was there for something else). Well, I went up to the counter to get the paperwork and they had lollipops there. I snuck a lollipop into my coat pocket and brought it back to the couch with me. I was going to keep it handy in case I needed it while we were in the examination room. But nope, the first thing I hear is, "Lollipop in pocket!!!" So..... she got the lollipop. Fortunately, it did help bide the time while I did paperwork. The wait was a little long (for a 2 year old, they are always very timely actually) but she sat in the chair so nice and played with the toys I brought for her. The doctor came in, we did our thing and out the door we went!

In the hallway there was a woman there with her son waiting for the elevator. I looked at her and placed her after a bit. She was the one who delivered Maddy! So when we got into the elevator I told Maddy, "Maddy, meet the doctor who delivered you!" It was pretty neat, actually.

Then we went to the mall. We had a free ice cream from chick-fil-a because she had her Easter pictures done so we wandered around (lots of escalators and elevators) and had icecream. Then she even let me shop a little bit for clothes (bust--I'm taking back everything but one blouse. Didn't like how the rest looked on and didn't want to try it on with Maddy in tow.) and was such a good listener. By the time we were walking back to the car I knew she was tired when she wanted to be carried, even down the last escalator. When we got to the car I gave her a juice box of apple juice and she just finished off the entire thing. She's never done that before! she's been into the Mott's tots lately a lot. I don't mind since it does give her the vit. c and it's not always milk.

After we got home I got a ton of food into her (all that walking made her tired AND hungry!) and she went down for a nap 15 minutes early since she was just beside herself she was so tired. She slept for 3.5 hours!! And she still went to bed tonight without fuss at 8! She's in a growth spurt I think with all this eating and sleeping. Not that I'm complaining about either.

Our afternoon was a lot less eventful. Just did a lot of playing and singing. She loves to sing songs lately and sings entire lyrics now. She especially loves 5 Little Monkeys and her lullaby that she calls "The Madeline Grace Song" which would be true. One day I need to get both of those on tape before she's too old and keep them around. They are too sweet.

Matt's folks are coming up for the weekend! I know Matt and I will at least go out on a date this weekend, maybe even overnight somewhere. We'll see how that goes or what we'll do with that.

Tomorrow I host playgroup. Speaking of, the picture above is from Nate's mom of the kids (except Hailey who was home sick with a cold--feel better, Hailey) after art class. They are all getting so big! I can't believe we've been in this little playgroup for almost a full year now. I feel so grateful for it and that Maddy has playmates who are her same age and I have mom's I can relate to.

Ok, for the Maddyisms:

Singing. The girl LOVES to sing. I'll sing a line and she'll sing a line. Or she'll come up to me asking me to sing a song and then she'll dance along. Or she'll start a song and then come up and want me to join in. It's cute.

She loves to drum--on anything and she can really keep a beat. I'm impressed.

She's starting to explore emotions and names related to them. She'll tell me that "Maddy is sad." I'll ask her why she's sad and she'll say, "I'm sick!" Ha! She's not sick. Or she'll notice that I get irritated and she'll say, "Mommy mad!"

She sees cranes and says, "Maddy fishing!" Ha!

She loves to ride escalators and elevators.

She loves to play hide and seek. She's spontaneously surprise us with it though. She'll bury her face in a corner and count 1... 2...3... 4, 6, 910! (She'll completely skip 7 and 8 and hurry through 9 and 10.) Of course, we don't have anywhere near enough time to actually hide when she counts so we're still standing there. Most of the time we don't even know we're playing! So when she turns around she'll give me the most disgusted look and sigh and say, "Moooommmmy! Hiiiiiiiide!!!" Sure kiddo, sure...

She loves to play in the dark with a flashlight and that will keep her preoccupied forever. Although she'll pretend to go to sleep and then yell, "Coffee please!" at which point I bring her a cup of her pretend coffee. She takes a sip and says, "Yum! Delicious!" and jumps up saying, "I'm awake!!"

She very explicitely tells me what she should NOT do, "No eating Bubbles!" before she's about to do it--like bubbles in the bathtub.

When going outside she insists on having "Coat, shoes, hat!" And if her coat isn't zipped when she walks outside she FREAKS OUT! She knows all winter long her coat gets zipped so she comes running, "Uhoh mommy! Coat! Zip!" And she hates wind, too so she loves to wear a hat. (Am I lucky or what?)

Tea of the day: Lots of herbal stuff tonight!