apples and oranges

matt and i looked at each other last night and discussed how this weekend flew by and wasn't restful or really that productive. madelyn had fun though.

over the past week madelyn has been requesting apples. she likes to eat apples whole (like mommy and daddy) instead of sliced. she does a really good job of eating most of an apple down to the core (skin and all). not to mention that she loves it! she has also grown so fond of oranges that we have to stop her from eating the rind. she will pull them straight out of the produce drawer and try to take a big bite and then once she is eating the wedges she has trouble moving on to the next one when the rind is still left. in the picture she is being a ham saying "cheese" for the camera with an orange rind in her mouth.

last night we had her friends avery and tess over for the super bowl (and their parents and a few of their friends). the girls only stopped to watch the 3d commercials. madelyn really liked the glasses and spent some time wearing them today too - not to watch tv though. the 'serious' football watchers (aka the guys) went downstairs to view the game child-free. they did comment that it sounded like a herd of elephants running around upstairs. at the end of the night moms and girls were all exhausted! madelyn told me she was "sleepy" for the first time - ever. she always goes to sleep willingly and will ask to "read books" when she is ready for a nap, but this was the first time she has ever admitted to being tired.

in other maddie news...

- her favorite book right now is "paddington bear". i picked it up last minute on our quick trip to the library last week when it caught my eye on the shelf. i didn't know how well she would like it since it is pretty long, but we must have read it at least 20 times the first day! every time i would finish she would say "again". i was the one who would finally bring an end to the marathon.

- when i tell her "thank you" she replies "welcoming". she used to just say "welcome", but it has become "welcoming" recently.

- she is getting really good at singing along with me. she even sings the first verse of most songs before i get started. while i love singing with her, she really favors singing during meal time which makes it more difficult for me to eat.

i will try to include some video in my next post. love.