A day in the life of Madelyn

Today I learned many things! We first did some science experiments with dry oatmeal. I learned about measurements and sifting and volumn and also gravity by throwing it everywhere. It was also a good lesson in sharing and in how much patience Mommy has.


Then we did some building with our Lincoln Logs and learned about horses and cowboys. Apparently when you leave the gate open, Mommy makes all the horses gallop away and the cowboy then ropes them and brings them back home.



I've also been helping Mommy cook dinner everynight! We've made spaghetti and meatballs, pizza, fajitas and french onion soup! Here I am practicing my cutting with Mommy's help. I'm very good at following directions and listening, otherwise Mommy says I can't do it anymore.


I've also been writing letters and reading lots of books. Yesterday we went to the library and brought home 35 books to read! We've been reading everyday for almost an hour! I LOVE reading!

Dear Santa

In case you can't read 4 year old speak, LOL, it says "Dear Santa, I want to have lots of presents! Love Madelyn"

I was very impressed by how much she wrote herself! I helped her spell presents, reminded her of the silent 'e' on 'have' and helped her change 'lost' to 'lots'. She even added the exclamation point herself! She argued with me about the spelling of "santa" because the 'u' makes the sound "ah" like in "umbrella" so "Sant-uh" has a 'u' at the end! DUH mom! LOL

Next I think we'll have to learn about how to put words in order...

Madelyn is READING!!!!!!

Madelyn has really surprised me with how much she is learning! She has known the alphabet for a long time and seemed interested in learning words because she was always asking me what signs and stuff said and how to spell things. So I figured the next step was for her to learn letter sounds and we picked up a LeapFrog Letter Factory movie that helped her to learn (and for me to relearn LOL)

About three days ago, I was doing Sudoku in the Sunday paper and she was looking at the comic strips. She usually walks around the house repeating letter sounds that are pretty random, so I didn't think anything of it when I heard her practicing her sounds. She ran up to me and said "Mommy! That word says "Yah-OOO-uh...YOU! And this word says "nnn-oooo, NO!" From there we picked up her books and started sounding out words. In just three days, she recognizes all the common words (the, an, is, has, etc), loves the punctuation marks (especially the exclamation point!!!), is learning about silent e's and what makes a vowel have a long sound or a short sound and is learning about combo sounds like "sh", "ch" and "th" along with sounding out lots of words! She is so excited about reading and I'm really trying very hard not to push it at all and let her lead the way. I'm still in shock that she is retaining so much and figuring it all out!

Hey mom!

take a pic of me playing dress up!

What a turkey!

Mommy thinks I look like Aunt Michala in this picture!


huh?

Looking so grown up!


This is my scary mad face!


Princess Ballerina!

Happy Birthday!!!!

SURPRISE!!!


OOOH lip gloss!!!


Cards


Bracelets














mmmm Cake


Just like Daddy!!!

My August Adventures

Mommy started doing some preschool things with me this week. We have workbooks and flashcards and games and crafts! I love doing it! Right now I know all the letter sounds and have been practicing. I've started sounding out 3 letter words using my flashcards and puzzles and am learning about vowels. We go to the library every week and pick out a bunch of books to read. Right now, I'm fascinated with fairies! Also, I've been learning about addition and subtraction and can count up to 30, although sometimes what comes after 29 is 20-10 LOL

I love helping out in the garden: weeding, picking tomatoes and checking on my watermelons. I love eating vegetables!

I ask Mommy about baby everyday! I can't wait until he gets here! Mommy said that I can be in charge of his socks and I get to tickle his little toes. I always talk about how when the baby gets here, there will be 5 of us and I'm always asking questions about how he will fit into our family. Like yesterday I asked Mommy where the baby will sit in the car.

We went to the Children's Museum yesterday (video in progress) and learned all about DINOSAURS! I learned about carnivores and herbivores and how to tell the difference. Then we played in the Playscape and experimented with water and sand. At the end, I got to ride the Merry-Go-Round! I love going to the Children's "Wee-seum".

Madelyn says

"Mommy! You're sitting on a big pile of BUTT!"

Hannah is HERE!!!!!

I'm so excited my cousin Hannah is here! We played for hours, our parents only saw us a few times when we ran out of room in the toy room and started spreading our mess...er...fun around the living room and sun room too! My mommy interrupted our jamming session to take pictures...i was singing and Hannah was playing the maracas, cymbals and xylophone. We love playing dress-up and decided to wear the princess outfits that Aunt Shirley got me! Jonas was sleeping and Harper was hanging out with the grown-ups playing Wii Guitar Hero. I think we are both really tired, it was late, but if we could've, we would've stayed up all night playing!

Kiss and Hugs!




Strutting my BEST Annie from Little Einsteins


Cutie Hannah smirk

The sounds of Madelyn

Lately, you can find Madelyn just by listening for her. All day it's "D-D-D-D-D-D-D Daddy. Juh-Juh-Juh Jump! Jump starts with a J! Buh-Buh-Buh-Buh Butterfly. Butterfly starts with a B! Buh-Buh-Buh Apple? noooooooooo...THAT'S SILLY!"

Madelyn LOVES flowers

We can't go anywhere without her asking about flowers. Clovers, dandelions, tulips, roses, daisies.... any and every flower she loves them.

What I'm up to lately

So far the summer has been great! I spend loads of time on the playset and in the pool. I even learned how to swim with my arm floaties! I love to help pick weeds out of the garden and ride my bike down the driveway. I'm a really great helper and a super mess maker. I sometimes help clean up too. I'm very excited about my new baby brother, and talk about him all the time! I even figured out that we are going to be a family of 5 when he gets here, and I already include him when I'm giving things to mommy (1 for mommy, 1 for baby). I tell lots of jokes and am very silly. I told mommy that the baby gobbles up all her food and that's why she's hungry all the time! Jonas and I play together a lot and I really like that we sleep in the same room together. When we get bigger, mommy is going to connect our twin beds into bunk beds and I get the top! My favorite colors are pink AND purple, my favorite foods are spaghetti, cheese and salad and my favorite game to play right now is princess dress-up and play games on the computer. I even made a super silly greeting card with Jonas and my head on some disco dancers! We are making new friends with mommy's local groups she is going to and it's nice to get out and play. Okay, bye!

Freckles freckels everywhere!!!

new sunglasses


I am SUCH a cutie!

Princess Camp!!!

Madelyn at princess camp with her friends (its a scan of a photo they gave me)


They did this really cute ballerina dance and then a crazy camp dance and this was after that


So tired and so excited to see us and show us what she made

Pool fun!

Soccer Star!

SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE

Happy Spring!!!

so tired

So I'm sitting here at the computer and I hear LOUD snoring. The kind that has a whistling sound at the end. And I assume it is the dog. Then it dawns on me...the dog is outside. Madelyn was eating oatmeal and drinking water at the table and it can't be Jonas he's already in bed. Maybe he came out and fell asleep before he found me. So i follow the loudest snoring ever and discover Madelyn...passed out cold.

When I grow up I want to be.....

a princess?


nope! An astronaut!!!