Madison on Sportsmanship (4/6/11)

I was teaching Madison how to play Tic Tac Toe today. I've noticed that she has been getting a cocky attitude when playing games lately. Saying "Ha Ha...I'm going to beat you!" or another favorite "I'm going to win, I'm going to win!" (in that sing-song voice children do so well)

She finally beat me on a game & started her chant. I felt this was the perfect time to teach her about poor sportsmanship. I explained that it's not nice to say things in a mean way because it could hurt feelings. I then told her she should say something like "good game". I then asked her to try it out. She looked at me sincerely and said in a sweet voice "good game...you forgot to win though".

I tried...

Just wanted to Help... (3/14/11)

I began my morning not unlike other mornings... I heard Noah doing something downstairs so I went to check on him, only to find that he was in our lower bathroom/laundry room mopping my laundry basket with a wet mop. It didn't take a genius to see that he managed to get the mop wet by dipping it in the toilet. I ran upstairs to get my Clorox Disinfecting wipes & cleaned the basket & all the little drips he left for me around the bathroom.

Later in the day, during which Noah was supposed to be napping, I again here the suspicous sound of something going on downstairs. I run down to find that Noah had my Clorox wipes that I had forgotten on the counter & was wiping down my laundry basket. I explained to him that he was not allowed to touch those wipes because they could sting his eyes. I scrubbed his hands free of the chemicals.

I tried to usher him out of the bathroom, however, he ran to the toilet yelling " I need to flush 'em!" That instinct that only a mother can truly know kicked in and I felt like I was in one of those movies with the cheesy slow motion while yelling NOOOO.. I got there just in time to scoop out the clorox wipe and, apparently a drier sheet, before they were both flushed down. Whew...it was a close call.

I began scrubbing my hands and arms vigorously with soap, Noah looked perplexed and asked me "Why did you throw that away?" I explained that you cannot flush wipes or anything else for that matter. He still looked confused, but smiled brightly & proudly stated "I flushed 3 of 'em!" So much for my heroic efforts...I think I hear a stopped up toilet in the near future!

Spending Money Wisely (10-25-10)

Last night I was sitting with Madison in the living room. She had just received a birthday card from her cousins that contained a 5 dollar bill earlier in the day. She sat on the floor, holding her bill open, looked up at me and said "Mommy, this is my favorite dollar ever". I told her that it was all hers & she could spend it on whatever she would like. So then I asked her what she would like to purchase with it. She said "I'm going to buy some bread & milk." After a chuckle I explained that she could get what she wanted and re-asked the question. She pondered this for a moment & said "hmmm...I'm going to buy some milk & cheese!"

Dear Santa... (8-4-10)

This morning I was entertaining Madison by letting her look at the American Girl website. If you're unfamiliar with American Girl, it is a line of dolls that you can design to look like your child.

Madison was going nuts over the bitty baby that had dark hair & eyes, just like hers. Although, she liked the one that came with all the accessories. She made it clear that it had to be the one with all the "stuff".

A little while later I saw her scribbling in her notepad. She basically writes the letter "M" over & over again. :) I asked what she was writing. She put her pen down & read, "Dear Santa...bring me bunch of stuff. Oh & bring Noah a baseball."

Can you say Grumpy? (7-21-10)

Madison has been a bear today. I think a lot of it has to do with a skipped naptime. She just said "get me some grapes", so I calmly said "when you can learn how to ask nicely, I will get some for you". So then she decides to yell at the top of her lungs "I'm just being mean 'cause I'm tired!!" Looks like an early bedtime tonight. :)

Her Royal Majesty (7-21-10)

Madison was sent to timeout, which is the recliner, for hitting her brother. Noah’s sippy cup had leaked a little bit of milk on the seat & she said “Eww, Mommy I can’t sit here 'cause it’s wet!” I got a towel, dried it off & then put another towel on the seat so she could sit down. A minute goes by & then she says “Mommy, I can’t sit here cause it stinks & I’m Thee Madison so I need to sit on the couch!” As much as her attitude bothers me, I still can’t help but laughing to myself at Thee Madison.

The bacon incident (7-13-10)

This morning I gave Madison & Noah some turkey bacon for breakfast. As always, Noah didn't practice portion control & shoved half a piece in his mouth. I encouraged him to chew, chew, chew. He even opened his mouth so that I could get a view of his well chewed food. LOL He finally tried to swallow. He started gagging so I tried freeing the obstruction, when that didn't work I flipped him over my knee & hit his back to try and free it but he had alread managed to get it down. After he recovered, I took his bacon away & gave him some cereal.

About this time, Madison finally sat down at the breakfast table. She picked up a piece of bacon & Noah looked worried & shook his head no, he said "No chicken...No choke...No touch it!"

I have a feeling he won't be eating bacon for awhile. LOL It's nice, though, to see he's concerned for the safety of his sister. :)