First
Me: Alyson, how big are you?
Alyson ignores me.
Me: Alyson, how big are you?
Alyson continues to ignore me.
Me: Okay then, I'm going to get your belly.
I lean down and start pretending to try to eat her belly.
Alyson shoots her arms into the air while yelling "Aaaahhhh!"
Second
Me: Alyson, where's your belly?
Alyson pulls her shirt up and giggles.
After Tony got home, he was holding Alyson while I was fixing dinner. Alyson and I started blowing each other kisses. She would blow me a kiss. I would blow one back. She would "catch" it and smack herself in the face and giggle. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
I gave Alyson a little piece of a granola bar and she loved it. She wanted more, so I broke up a few small pieces and held them out to her in my hand. She tried to grab every last piece from my hand and stuff them into her mouth as fast as possible and all in one handful. Must have all the food!!
Madelyn and Alyson were playing in the living room when dinner was ready. Madelyn came in quickly to the table and sat down. Alyson looked into the living room with an expression that asked "What's going on?" She saw her plate on the table. "Oooh! Dinner!!!" As she walked slowly and purposefully to her seat, the determined look on her face said it all, "I. Will. Walk. To. The. Table. So there!"
First
During lunch, I asked Madelyn if she wanted any mushrooms. She got really excited about it. I also gave Alyson some and she ate them.
Tony to Madelyn: You are definitely my daughter in some ways, but this is one of the ways you are not my daughter.
Madelyn: Who's not your daughter?
Alyson points to herself.
(For the record, both of them are definitely Tony's daughters.)
Second
During Alyson's nap, Tony, Madelyn, and I were watching Finding Nemo. Alyson woke up before it was over. I paused the movie and went to get her. When we came back downstairs, I restarted the movie. Alyson was playing but came over to the couch where Madelyn and I were sitting (Tony had gone out to clear off his car.) and insisted on joining us on the couch to finish the movie. I think she felt like a big girl.
While at the Maryland Women's Basketball game today while announcing Sequoia Austin during the seniors ceremony before the game:
Bill to Madelyn: I don't know much about her but she must be good because everyone seems to like her. I know, I'm a bad Terp.
Alyson points at Bill and laughs.
Alyson fell while trying to drink from her water bottle and hit her forehead. I picked her up since she was crying and carried her around for a bit. She had stopped crying and seemed pretty content again.
Me: Alyson, do you want to get down?
She quickly hugs me tight with a death grip, pretty much jumping up higher in my arms, as if saying "NOOOO!!!!"
