30 November 2015

Tony put batteries in the Fisher Price nativity set. Madelyn made it play the song it plays. Alyson got really excited, and cheered, "Oh! There it goes!"

29 November 2015

While the girls were decorating their own special little tree, Alyson declared, "This tree is gonna be all so decolated."

28 November 2015

Alyson had mixed her corn into her sweet potato casserole during dinner. That got us all talking about weird food combinations.

Madelyn: You know what's a bad combination?
Alyson, raising her hand: ME!!!

27 November 2015

Toddlers say the strangest things. As I was saying good night to Alyson:

Alyson: You're a silly little pickle!
Me: Oh really?
Alyson: And I'm a silly little pickle! And Madelyn is a silly little pickle! And Daddy is a silly little pickle!

26 November 2015

First

This morning, Tony lifted Alyson up and had "Super Alyson" flying around. When he put her down, she exclaimed, "That was funtastic!"

Second

While eating her pumpkin pie for dessert, Alyson told me, "You make the best pumpkin pie I never did seen."

25 November 2015

Alyson, pretending: I think there's monsters in there!
Me: Where?
Alyson: In the bathroom!
Tony: There are no monsters in there.
Alyson, growling and pretending to me a monster: Monster! Monster!

24 November 2015

On the way home this afternoon, Alyson was "spelling" in the car.

Alyson: T-O-K-T-O.
Me: Tokto?
Alyson: No! I spelled Grandpa!

23 November 2015

Tony had to snake out the drain pipe under the house this afternoon after we were all home. When he does that, you can hear the snake in the pipes while in the house. After Tony came back inside, Alyson asked him, "Daddy, why were you rubbing the pipes?"

22 November 2015

While I was saying good night to Alyson:

Alyson: What day is it?
Me: Sunday.
Alyson: What day is tomorrow?
Me: Monday.
Alyson: Why?

21 November 2015

On the way home today, we were stopped at a traffic light, but I needed to get over to the other lane. I signaled and was starting to put down my window to make sure the car behind me in the other lane saw and was going to let me over.

Alyson: I want my window down, too!
Me, putting my window up because the car saw and it wasn't necessary: I'm not really putting the windows down. The car next to me is being nice and letting me over.
Alyson: You have to be nice. If you're not nice, open the window and say, "Go away car!"

20 November 2015

Before bed, we were talking about visiting Santa tomorrow.

Me: Do you know what you're going to ask Santa to bring you for Christmas?
Alyson: A really, really, really big ducky! The biggest ducky I have ever seen!

19 November 2015

Yesterday, Alyson was at my work for about 10 minutes or so before I took her out for lunch. Apparently, she loved our outing.

Alyson: I want to go to your work again!
Me, teasing: No, you want to go out for lunch again.
Alyson, sounding like she got caught: Yeah....

18 November 2015

Alyson wanted to bring a small monkey that is part of a game home from Grandma and Grandpa's today. I was trying to convince her to leave in there.

Me, in a silly voice pretending to be the monkey talking to Alyson: If you take me home, I'm going to miss all of my friend who stay here!
Alyson: Well, then, can I take home two?

She's too smart for her own good.

17 November 2015

Tony showed Alyson a video of deer chasing Rudolph. When Alyson saw the deer running around, she exclaimed, "Those deer are dancing!"

16 November 2015

First

Definitely Grandpa's girl.

Alyson, suddenly while playing: I have to go potty! Where's Grandpa?
Mom: He's at the store.
Alyson: But I have to go potty!
Mom: I can help you go potty, too....

Second

While on the way home, Alyson kept telling me something that I was having a hard time understanding between her toddler-speak and the shear absurdity of what she was saying.

Me: What did you say?
Alyson: I want to get a shot again!
Me: You want to get a shot again? Like, at the doctor's?
Alyson: Yeah!

15 November 2015

First

As we were pulling up to Starbucks:

Alyson: I want a drink!
Me: We didn't bring your cup.
Alyson: They have cups!

Second

While at Target looking for a birthday present for Madelyn, Alyson was looking at a LEGO set and decided, "This is really big! Let's buy it!"

14 November 2015

First

While the girls were "cleaning" the playroom, we heard Alyson yell at Madelyn, "OW! That hurt, Madelyn! I'm gonna tell Mommy that that hurt!"

Second

Madelyn was reading the Baby Bible to Alyson.

Madelyn: God made everything!
Alyson, pointing to the picture in the book: No, that's an apple tree!

13 November 2015

Alyson was getting her pajamas on in her room while Tony and I were in ours. She walked into our room with her pajama pants on and "hiding" her nightgown behind her back. She looked up at me with a mischievous smile on her face and innocently said, "I have something for you, Mommy, to put on me....."

12 November 2015

Alyson is going through the "everyone is my best friend" stage. Before we left Mom and Dad's today, Alyson and Mom were teasing each other. 

Mom: Why should I do it?
Alyson: Because you're my best grandma!

11 November 2015

Madelyn, pretending to shoot ice at Alyson a la Elsa: I'm going to freeze you with my frozen power!
Alyson, shooting fire back at her: I'm going to freeze you because I have fire!

No, not exactly.

10 November 2015

The girls collected all of the trash from the trashcans in the bedrooms and bathrooms after dinner since tomorrow is trash day. When they were done, Madelyn went to the chore chart to put checks for them doing their job. Alyson was mad at Madelyn for putting her check mark on the chart and yelled, "You didn't let me do check marks! I'm not going to play with you anymore!"

09 November 2015

When Alyson and I were leaving Mom's, it was raining.

Me to Alyson: Come on and hurry up so that we don't get too wet.
Alyson: It's only just rain drops!

08 November 2015

We were talking about Hogwarts houses in the car:

Madelyn: I'm gonna be in Gryffindor!
Alyson: And I'm gonna be in kindergarten!

07 November 2015

While getting in the car, Madelyn got in trouble and her stuffed dog got temporarily taken away from her. She started crying. After she finished crying:

Alyson to Madelyn: When you're crying, I don't love you. When you're not crying, I do love you.
Madelyn: That's not very nice!
Alyson: I know!

06 November 2015

Madelyn brought home a balloon from the Fun Run today. Alyson was a little jealous. She announced to us, "When I go to school, I'm going to get a balloon!"

05 November 2015

Instead of going straight up to the bus stop today, Alyson and I walked around the block to get there. We passed a house that is being remodeled.

Alyson: What are they doing?
Me: Remodeling the house. They're making it better.
Alyson: Maybe at night while they were sleeping a doggie knocked the house over.

Um.... okay crazy toddler.

04 November 2015

I was standing in the kitchen before Alyson and I left to go get Madelyn from the bus stop. Alyson walked up to me and started trying to push and pull me and do everything she could to get me to move. She gave up and declared, "You're way too heavy for me!"

03 November 2015

Alyson was playing with the magnets on the trashcan, and put one where Madelyn didn't like. Madelyn told her so. Alyson wasn't taking it from her big sister, "Madelyn, I want it to be up there, so leave me alone."

02 November 2015

When we got home today, Alyson wanted a snack.

Alyson: I want a moozie! 
Me: Okay, let me get you a smoothie.
Alyson, standing at the open fridge looking in the compartment on the door: I want this!
Me, looking at the chia strawberry banana pureed fruit pouch she pulled out: Okay.
Alyson, after she started eating it: Ew! This has seeds! It not supposed to have seeds!

01 November 2015

First

While Alyson was being extremely slow about getting dressed this morning.

Me: Get your pants.
Alyson: They aren't pants. They're leggings.
Me: They're a type of pants.
Alyson: No, they're a type of leggings.

Second

As soon as we sat down at church this morning, Alyson emphatically declared, "Me want to sing songs!"