31 January 2015

This was the reoccurring theme of the day whenever Alyson got into her seat at the table (a Fisher-Price high chair/booster that attaches to a chair and has buckles like a high chair):

"Mano buckle me!"

"Mano" is how Alyson says Madelyn. Alyson got mad if anyone else tried to buckle her into her seat or put on her bib.

30 January 2015

Before leaving Mom's today, Alyson was being silly. First, she was blowing raspberries into her hands and then trying to wipe her hands on me. Then, she was being even sillier. She insisted on putting her hat on herself as usual. She very purposefully put it on so that it covered her face, and then walked around while unable to see anything while laughing the entire time.

29 January 2015

Tony got home early today, so I took advantage of it to go to the gym to get my run done before the roads got potentially icier later this evening. As I was getting ready to go, Alyson tried to get her coat as well to come with me. When she was told that she was staying home, she laid on her coat and sucked her thumb instead.

After Tony and the girls finished dinner, which was before I got back, Alyson said, "Momma run. Waiting." She was still waiting for me to get back from the gym.

28 January 2015

I was in Alyson's room as she was starting to take her clothes off to take a bath. As I was leaving to go get the bath started:

Me: I'm going to go get the bath ready.
Alyson, looking up and pointing at me: Basha ready!

I took that as an order to go get the bath ready.

27 January 2015

Little girl was being really silly while taking her clothes off before bed. First, after taking her shirt off, she was walking around sticking her stomach out yelling, "Belly!" Then, she she got up from taking her socks off, she put her self into downward facing dog position with her socks in her hand and walked on her hands and feet over to her hamper. Once she was at her hamper, she put her socks on her hands instead of putting them with her other dirty socks. Then, Madelyn came in to see what was so funny. Alyson showed her how she was walking on her hands and feet, and then kept trying to do a somersault. 

26 January 2015

Last week, Mom dropped her phone in the toilet. Luckily, I came to the rescue with my old phone. Alyson isn't going to let her forget that one, though. During dinner, she saw my phone and blurted out, rather sadly:

"Grandma. Phone. Potty...."

25 January 2015

First

When Alyson work up this morning, we brought her into our bed for a few minutes. When we decided that it was time to get up to get ready for church, Alyson took that as her cue to go get her sister up (she was already awake and just laying in bed). Alyson scrambled down the bench at the foot of our bed. She ran to our bedroom door, grabbed it, and threw the door open, slamming it into some stuff near the door. She ran across the hall to Madelyn's room and barreled into the door to open it, slamming that door into Madelyn's hamper. She stopped and yelled to Madelyn, "Wake!!"

Second

Today was the start of Catholic School's Week, which meant that Catholic education was talked about during the Homily. We send Madelyn to Catholic preschool, but will be sending her to public school and CCD starting next year.

Me to Tony in the car after we left Mass: I keep waiting for a parent to ask us why we aren't sending Madelyn to [school] next year. It's so expensive. If it was just Madelyn, we could do it, but we can't afford to send both of them. We'll just blame Alyson.
Alyson incredulously from the back seat: What?!?!?!?!