09 March 2017

While out running today with Alyson in the jogging stroller, Alyson got mad and Madelyn and me for not running faster and having walking intervals. At one point I purposely started running faster, and Alyson put her hands up and yelled, "I'm on a rollercoaster!"

08 March 2017

A 7th grade boy who meets his brother at the bus stop wasn't at the bus stop today. Alyson loves this boy because he's actually really good with her and plays with her while we wait for the school bus. One thing he does every once in a while is sit on the split rail fence of the house at the bus stop. Since he wasn't there today, Alyson decided to sit on the bottom rail of the fence herself and said, "I'm trying to be like [boy]!"

06 March 2017

I asked Alyson to move her preschool bag from where it was on the floor to where it is kept in the corner. She started pushing it along the floor with her feet and explained, "I'm using my feet as a bulldozer."

05 March 2017

While Tony and Alyson were walking to a store from where they parked:

Alyson as they passed a wall with square bricks and bricks with the corners cut off so that they were something between octagons and squares: These are squares and... some other shape.

As they walked in a crosswalk with bricks in a Herringbone pattern: These are rectangles!

As they walked on the sidewalk: These are squares!

When they came to a walk like the first: It's squares and that other shape again!

04 March 2017

As we were sitting down to dinner at Julie's today, Alyson looked at her plate and declared, "This is probably going to fill up my tummy for good."

03 March 2017

The girls were supposed to be cleaning the playroom, but it sounded like there was more playing going on than cleaning. Tony went back to check on their progress.

Tony: Are you cleaning or playing?
Alyson: Madelyn's not cleaning.
Madelyn: You do't always have to stick the blame on me.

02 March 2017

Alyson's entire preschool class received copies of The Cat in the Hat today for Dr. Seuss's birthday. After she got home today, Madelyn was reading it to Alyson but being silly about it. Alyson was getting tired and fed up with Madelyn and very sternly said, "It's time to close the book now, Madelyn! I want to do something different!"