28 February 2015

Before going to the grocery store with Tony today, Alyson said that they were going to "go shopping food dinner".

When they were actually getting ready to go:

Alyson, showing Tony her mittens that were on backwards with the thumbs at her pinkies: Good?
Tony: If that's how you want them.
Alyson: Good enough!

27 February 2015

While getting Alyson ready for bed:

Me to Tony: Are you going running tonight?
Alyson, before Tony could answer: Yes! Daddy running!
Me to Alyson: Are you going running?
Alyson: Me running bathroom later. (Meaning that she was going to run to the bathroom when it was time to brush her teeth.)

26 February 2015

While eating dinner:

Alyson, pointing to my unopened side salad container: Open up.
Me: You want me to open my salad?
Alyson: Open the salad.

I took the container, but was having a little bit of trouble opening it because the "helpful" tabs were on opposite ends and didn't help with opening it.

Alyson, concerned: Hard to open?

25 February 2015

The shirt Alyson was wearing today had two little pockets on the front near the hemline. When Mom went in to get her from her nap today, she had her hands in the pockets.

Mom: What's in your pockets?
Alyson: Hands.

24 February 2015

We made homemade personal pizzas for dinner tonight. While they were cooking, Alyson wanted to see them. She also wanted front row seats at the oven door. Then, since the oven and pizza were hot, she pretended to blow on the pizza through the door and then eat her pizza with a loud chomping noise.

23 February 2015

I didn't notice this until after I got back this morning from dropping the girls off at Mom's. When Alyson took her slippers off this morning to put her shoes on, she found the perfect place on top of her daddy's slippers.

22 February 2015

Alyson slid down the stairs when she came back downstairs after getting her diaper changed this morning. As she walked through the dining room into the living room, she kept yelling, "Icy butt! Icy butt!" We were all laughing at her. She walked past Madelyn, who was sitting on the living room floor, stuck her butt out at her toward her face, and said, "See? ICY BUTT!"

21 February 2015

While "playing" hide-and-seek this morning before going downstairs, Alyson was counting while Madelyn hid. In addition to the silliness of them hiding and counting in the same spots the entire time, Alyson's counting went something like, "One, three, nine, ten, eleven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, eating."

20 February 2015

While I was fixing dinner, Madelyn and I were in the kitchen. Alyson was in the playroom.

Me, relatively quietly to Madelyn: Do you want buttered noodles or mac and cheese?
Madelyn, louder, but not too loud: Mac and cheese.
Alyson from the playroom: Mac and cheese for me! Mac and cheese for me!

19 February 2015

When it was time for Alyson to say goodnight to Madelyn tonight:

Alyson, running out of her room and looking in the bathroom: Run run! In there?
Seeing that Madelyn was no longer in the bathroom: No....
Turning toward Madelyn's room and running in: In there?
Upon seeing Madelyn: Ninight!

18 February 2015

We had asparagus tonight with dinner, which we know the girls don't really like (oh well). Madelyn ate all of hers quickly first to get it over with (she's learning!). Alyson wouldn't touch it after spitting the first bite out.

Alyson, pushing her plate toward me but only with asparagus on it: Mama help.
I put some asparagus on her spoon.
Alyson, hiding her face in her arms on the table: Not nice....

(Not sure what she had wanted me to do with her plate, but apparently it was not to put asparagus on her spoon.)

17 February 2015

First

The girls have a small, rubber monster finger puppet that Tony found in this childhood bucket of LEGOs. Madelyn named it "Stony" because it's back looks like stone.

This morning, Alyson was holding Stony above her head and spinning around to make him fly.

Tony: Are you getting dizzy?
Alyson: Yes dizzy. More dizzy. Stony DIZZY!

Second

Alyson came into the living room from the playroom with a blue coffee cup.

Alyson, handing Tony the cup: Daddy, hot coffee.
Tony, taking the cup and "drinking" it: Mmmmm....this is good coffee.
Alyson: Hot! Blow it!
Tony: It was warm but it was good. Thank you.
Alyson: More?
Tony: Sure. I'll take some more.

Alyson walked back to the playroom and then came back with the cup again. She gave it to Tony.

Alyson: Hot coffee!
Tony: Thank you. What type of coffee is it?
Alyson: Apple juice coffee. Starbucks. All gone. Need go shopping Starbucks later.

16 February 2015

While I was in the bathroom, I heard Alyson come out of the playroom looking for me:

"Mommy? Mommy?"

She must have come back down the hall from the living room and saw the closed bathroom door.

"In the potty!"

15 February 2015

We had pork chops, peas, and baked apples for dinner tonight. Alyson of course ate all of her apples first. When she tried to poke one of the apple pieces with her fork it went sliding across her plate into her peas. She squealed, " Ah! Watch out, apple!"

14 February 2015

After dinner, Madelyn was playing in the living room while Alyson was still in her seat at the dining room table. Madelyn scooted/crawled into the dining room from the living room, heading straight for Alyson's chair.

Me to Madelyn: What are you doing?
Madelyn: Crawling around.
Alyson in all seriousness to Madelyn: Stop it!

13 February 2015

While at Target today, I bought more vitamins for the girls. Alyson was excitedly showing her daddy the new vitamins. 

Alyson, hugging the bottle: Hugging!
Me: Are you hugging the vitamins like a baby?
Alyson, cradling the bottle and rocking it back and forth: Rock a baby...

She then sang and rocked her vitamins for a few minutes until I guess they fell asleep.

12 February 2015

Before getting ready for bed, Alyson was playing with a little panda that was in her room. She still had it when Tony put her on the changing pad to change her diaper.

Tony, as Alyson threw the panda on the floor: Oops, bear's all gone.
Alyson: Why?
Tony: Because you threw it on the floor.
Alyson: Bear nap.

11 February 2015

Alyson narrated her bedtime routine for her daddy tonight:

"Pink nap dapper on. Yotion on. Piggy jammas on. Slippers on. Bush teeth!"

(Translation: Pink nap diaper on. Lotion on. Piggy pajamas on. Slippers on. Brush teeth.)

10 February 2015

I made waffles for dinner tonight, complete with whipped cream that Madelyn helped me make using some left over whipping cream I had. There was one waffle left, so I asked the girls if they were wanted to take it to Grandma's for breakfast tomorrow.

Me: Do you want whipped cream with it?
Madelyn: I do!
Alyson, not to be left out: Me, too!!!!

09 February 2015

First

This morning when she woke up:

Alyson, standing in her crib looking around: Daddy! Baby?!
Me, walking into her room: What's wrong?
Alyson: Baby?
Me: You can't find your baby? Is she under the covers?
Alyson, just before I lifted up her covers: No....
Me: There she is!
Alyson: Baby doll hiding!

Second

Tony bought two flavors of coffee creamer this week and was asking me which one to keep here and which he should take to work.

Tony, to me: Do you want to keep Macadamia Brittle or Peppermint Mocha?
Alyson, before I could answer: Pepmin mocha!

Third

Just before I put Alyson down for bed, she nuzzled her face in my chest as if she was wiping her mouth all over me.

Alyson, lifting her face away and looking up at me and smiling: Mommy messy.
Me: Did baby get me messy?
Alyson: No.
Me: Did toddler get me messy?
Alyson: No.
Me: Did Alyson get me messy?
Alyson: No.
Me: Well then, why am I messy?
Alyson, looking at me for a few seconds, thinking about the question, and then smiling: Mommy hair messy.

08 February 2015

We always take my car to Mass just because it's easier to get out in the direction we have to go. Often on the weekends, Tony takes the girls in his car to go to Starbucks. We walked to the car this morning to go to Mass, but Alyson kept going toward Tony's car.

Tony: Where are you going, Aly?
Alyson, smiling at Tony as if it was a silly question and he should know the answer: Shtarbucksh.

07 February 2015

"Let It Go" "covered" by Alyson while riding in the car:

Song playing: Let it go,
Alyson: Go!
Song: let it go.
Alyson: GO!
Song: Turn away and slam the door!
Alyson: DOOR!!!!!

06 February 2015

Alyson is a definite tease. While getting ready for bed tonight, Alyson took off one sock and handed it to me to unbunch. She took off the other sock and looked at her daddy. He put his hand out to take the sock from her. She looked right at him, smiled, reached her hand back toward me (I was standing behind her), and walked backward to give me the sock.

05 February 2015

While getting ready for bed, Alyson was playing with a hair tie that was on her dresser. She was putting it on different parts of her body such as her toes and nose.

Alyson, putting the hair tie on her wrist: Bayshlet! (Bracelet!)
Tony: You're wearing that as a bracelet?
Alyson: Yes! Silly Alyson!

04 February 2015

First

While cuddling with her daddy this morning:

Alyson, trying to get Tony to move his arm: Moosh arm, Daddy!

And then a little while later, she wanted to lay on top of Tony and cuddle:
Alyson, pointing up to Tony's chest: Daddy lay?
Tony: Do you want to lay on top of me?
Alyson: Yesh.

Second

As we were leaving Mom's today, there was a woman across the street running down the sidewalk. Alyson yelled to her, "Run! Run!"

03 February 2015

While going up to get ready for bed, Alyson fell down a few stairs. She was fine, but didn't want anything to do with anyone other than me. While she was cuddling with me and shunning her daddy:

Tony: Alyson, do you love Daddy?
Alyson, crying: NO!

She cheered up quickly and got ready for bed. When I was putting her down to bed:

Me: I love you, Alyson.
Alyson, with a teasing look on her face: I wuv....Daddy!

02 February 2015

First

Alyson was on our bed this morning when she decided to get down and go pick out her clothes. As she slid down onto the bench and then off of the bed, she yelled, "Oh! Watch out!"

Second

Alyson was really excited to get to wear her piggy pajamas again tonight since they were clean. She took off her clothes and was putting them in her hamper when she saw the pajamas she wore last night in her hamper:

"Purple jamma in there! Purple jamma washing! Piggy jamma! Weeeee!"

She ran to her dresser, opened her pajama drawer, grabbed out her piggy pajamas, shut the drawer, and threw the pajamas up onto her dresser so that they were ready for her to change into them.

Third

Before bedtime stories, Madelyn came in to show Alyson a book with a picture of both of them on the cover. In the photo, Alyson is around 6 months old.

Madelyn, pointing to Alyson in the photo: Alyson, who's that?
Alyson: Baby me?

01 February 2015

On the way to the Maryland Women's Basketball game today, I was stopped at a light waiting for cars to go by so that I could make the right turn on red. Alyson was really excited to be going to the game.

Alyson: Momma, go!
Me: I can't until the cars go by.
Alyson: Waiting people...