yellow socks?

yesterday, maddie and i had a busy day at home. she fell asleep during one of my meetings in the morning and slept from 9-11:45 which meant that we had a really long time to go before bedtime. around 2 o'clock i was ready to take a break outside - and so was maddie. she was already wearing a red t-shirt and black leggings so i told her that we had to put shoes on before we could go to the park. madelyn takes off at top speed to her room when we mention "shoes" or "go". i let her pick out the shoes and as i mentioned before she has been insisting to wear socks regardless of the shoes. she grabbed some yellow socks and sat down on my lap. since these didn't match her clothes, i put them back in the drawer and suggested white socks instead. this was met with a very emphatic "no" as she dove back to the drawer and grabbed the yellow socks again. needless to say, she wore the yellow socks.

she discovered that wearing a t-shirt meant that she can see her body inside her shirt. and it made a really handy "hiding" place for a quick game of peekaboo while i prepared her lunch.

everyday we watch some of our blogger friends' videos and look at pictures. madelyn is particularly taken with lorelai - as you may have guessed from my past few posts. so here is madelyn trying to say "lorelai". she asks to see her by name now.

and madelyn got shout outs from lorelai today in her blog - in two different posts. i guess this is the modern form of pen pals. it is cute to see these two become long distance friends.

on a funny note, one of maddie's current favorite books these days is "here comes peter cottontail". and then we got "corduroy" from the library and she has reintroduced her "corduroy's christmas" book into the favorites mix. it is just funny to be reading holiday books away from the holiday season - well, maybe its just funny to me. love.