Maddie Dreams

Maddie Dreams

Mom, do you know what I was just dreaming about? A princess fell and cut her leg and had to go to the hospital. Which princess? Snow White. Did they fix her up at the hospital? Yeah. Her leg was bleeding a lot. A LOT. They had to put a really big bandaid on her. Oh...
Little Sister

Little Sister

Maddie got distracted playing with a party balloon attached to a stick while she was supposed to be getting her PJs on. The balloon popped and she came downstairs, in the buff, crying. She stopped crying when she saw that waving the stick made it look bendy....
Family History, by Maddie

Family History, by Maddie

When we talk about something that happened before she was born, Maddie asks, “But where was I?” Answers vary from the standard “you weren’t born yet” to “twinkle in mommy’s eye” or “a tiny cell…sort of”...
Maddie’s Sport

Maddie’s Sport

Maddie and Noah were tossing a whiffleball back and forth. She can throw pretty well. “So, Mads, what’s your sport going to be?” I say. “I want to have green shirts.” “Ok, but for which sport?” “Seventeen. Is that...
Bad Manners

Bad Manners

Maddie: What if you had to go to the hospital if you had bad manners! Me: What would they do at the hospital? Maddie: Fix your bad manners! (If only!)
Crushes

Crushes

On the topic of crushes…after reading a Berenstain Bears book… Joseph: Well, I will never like girls! Maddie: How about boys? Joseph: Yeah only boys will be my friends, not girls. Me: Well, if you do ever like girls, I won’t tease you. Maddie: But I...