over the past week or so madelyn's 'posse' has grown substantially to include "my friends". her friends include - friend, curious george, piglet, minnie mouse, and monkey.
even though this is a large group, she knows when someone tries to sneak into the mix and will cast them out when discovered. most of the time she will carry all of them at once, but sometimes she will start with friend and then announce that she needs to go get "more my friends".
she has spent lots of time "tuck, tuck," tucking them into her bed. she tells them all "good night" by name and gives each one a kiss before tucking them in and climbing in between them herself.
any one of "my friends" can be a stand in for friend when we leave the house. not always, but a few times now. she is really great about giving up friend willingly when we tell her that friend stays at home (so we don't loose him).
today her friends were helping her play with maggie and lady. madelyn spent most of her day out on the deck. she really likes it when she sees a neighbor that she can yell out to and say "hi". love.
The paradox of insular language
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Ah, the weather there looks beautiful- way too hot to play on the deck here! Lorelai has special 'crib friends.' Two of them have seniority - Mr. Cow and Blanket Bear, but her posse went through a growth spurt a while back, too. When we go places, the four core crib friends come with. Blanket bear is so very important that I cought a second one and have him as back up in case we lose him or he suffers some other ill fate :)
It's nice that Maddie likes to take her "friends" outside. Adorable!
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