just hanging out

a new game in madelyn's exploration of size and space is to try to stuff things (and herself) between the screen and the sliding glass door. she has only gotten herself stuck once - her knee. most things she picks to experiment with seem to be small enough to fit behind the door. and then there is bear. the reason that bear is so funny to me is that she will put him there a few times and then just leaves him there. bear just hangs out until i go get him and take him back to her bed. its the small things in my life...

after running a few errands this morning and then taking her nap, we went to madelyn's friend ethan's house for his 4th birthday party. i think that madelyn had a really great time. she always likes playing with someone else's toys, but there was a full sandbox (full of toys with a little sand) and a toy car

that she spent a lot of time with outside. and inside the fridge magnets were a huge hit! madelyn pulled off every magnet she could reach which released several works of art. she left the party dirty and sticky - both signs of a really great party!


she is totally rebounding from her liquid diet over the past week by eating every five minutes or so. i had been starting to worry about her because she was just nibbling twice a day and not even drinking very much milk. plus she was acting cranky over every minor things. but all that has passed and she is making up for her lack of food with a vengeance. the funny thing is that her appetite takes longer to satisfy than she is willing to sit in her chair. so she gets down and then starts signing to eat again.

once i got her home and stripped down, she ate some more. and then she at dinner. but after that, she got bear and started to come down from the party high. maddie decided that she would climb up into her 'new' chair from our neighbor's goodwill donation. i couldn't even get her to look at it yesterday, but tonight she just climbed right up in. it took some help from me for her to get out because it reclines so much.


good night. love.