The Little Things

I wanted to write something besides my usual gratuitous posts of the cuteness, so here is a post with some other schtuff..... I named this post "The Little Things" because I based this on my observations of all the little things lately- which, when you add them all up, they actually seem kind of big!

One day Madison starting piling up blocks. She has always been the Little Organizer, so now with the blocks integrated into her Plan to Reorganize Our House, she'll pile them up, look at them thoughtfully, then try to carry the stack somewhere else in the room, set them down, and survey the result.

Another new discovery is dumping things from one cup into another. She's been doing this for a while now with toys (mostly dumping them OUT), but I noticed that now in the tub, she'll dump water from one cup into another over & over again. She's fascinated by the water.

I guess one of the little girls in day care taught Madison "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" and much to our surprise, I started singing it one day and she started doing the hand motions. It's more like an interpretive dance, with swaying and waving and even feet! I tried to capture it on video but so far I only have it on my cell!

Hmm what else... Running! She is not quite running yet (thank GOD!) but she loves to *try* to run, and will do a little squeal and put her arms up in the air like she's taking off, but it's kind of like in Scooby Doo, where her arms & legs are going but she pretty much stay in the same place. But when it's near naptime or bedtime, the pretend-running increases exponentially- and we've really got to keep an eye on her or she'll run right into a wall!

Talking, words, letters, and books are getting a lot more interesting. I think Madison notices that letters and pictures are associated now. And then this morning at breakfast, she looked at her "Dora the Explorer" yogurt cup and said "Boots!" (as in, Boots the Monkey for you non-Dora people :) I laughed and she said it a few more times, and I noticed that really it sounded like "Boobs" Hehee- But I knew what she meant!

Good times.......

Other than having fun making these little observations, I have been enjoying dividing my time between playgroups and part-time working. It's a pretty cool setup, and despite the hurdles of figuring out my schedule week-to-week, I feel like I really get the best of both worlds. I wrote a little "guest" post for one of my friends on this topic, under http://www.christyallbee.com/ - it's under "K-funk guest blogger" if you're interested.

And - I already broke with my idea of writing about holiday memories in here! So, for Easter, I thought about, but didn't write about, my fave Easter experience ever. It was the Easter when I was about 10. We lived in Colorado Springs and my grandparents came to visit. The "Easter Bunny" came by (altho by then I knew he wasn't real, based on finding chewed-up carrot in our bathroom garbage can a few yrs before) and he had hidden our Easter baskets throughout the house. I remember finding my brothers' Easter baskets before mine, and thinking I was in on a huge secret by not showing them and letting them find them on their own. (Of course, thinking back, they were 14 & 15 at the time, and probably could have cared less about their Easter baskets!) But in any case, I thought I was pretty cool for finding them first. And once I found mine, it had a little stuffed bunny in it that I carried around for the rest of the day in my "baby carrier" (a tummy-carrier built for my Cabbage Patch kid). I guess that was the beginning of my baby carrier days. Who knew??!

If you have a fave Easter moment, please take a sec to write about it in my Comments!

Until next time.......
Kfunk

Easter with Daddy and "Grand Rabbit"

Ha - couldn't resist posting this! Madison liked meeting "Grand Rabbit" but was happy that Daddy was close by....

And some egg hunt pix.. It was an "age 1-3" type thing. Total chaos! And something only a parent could love :)

Balloons & Bubbles

These are for the grandparents!
And by the way, happy Easter! I am uploading a few Easter pictures right now. Hope everyone had a "hoppy" one. :) Hugs from Madison!

I love her impatient little expressions. Like, C'mon Mom, hurry up! But it's hard to try to blow bubbles & navigate the camera at the same time! I just realized these were on the same day.. I must've been video-happy!

Video Killed the Radio Star

A couple people have mentioned that they like videos on here, and this is one I liked from a couple weeks ago. For some reason it seems hard to grab the camera, turn it on, switch it to video, & press the button during those opportune moments where Madison is giggling & happy & doing something cute all while, of course, THINKING to videotape it in the first place!

Anyhoo, this one was taken while Madison was "dancing." That is, right up until I got the camera out. And so the video consists of me trying to get her to dance again. Which basically means flexing her knees up and down, with an occasional kick thrown in for effect. And the bonus is that you get to hear me singing "Kookaburra." But anyway, I also like this video is because you can see Madison's E.T.-style walk.

In other news, Madison had an allergic reaction to something a couple weeks ago and broke out all over in hives. The doctor thought it might have been due to the antibiotics she was on for an ear infection (amoxicillin), and quickly gave her benedryl and took her off the antibiotics. The hives cleared up within a day but I was pretty freaked out by the experience. It was like, one minute she was fine, the next minute bright red and spotty. I'd never seen anything like it. You should have heard me on the phone to the doctors, I was a nervous wreck. But the good news is that she's fine and we're going to an allergist this week to determine if she has an food allergies or anything else that could have caused it.

And, last but not least, Madison got baptised on Sunday, which happened to be Palm Sunday. My mom came in town for it and Madison wore my grandfather's 100+ year old gown! It was a nice ceremony and she seemed to really know it was about her! Can't wait for Easter!

My aunt, cousin, and friends from Virginia/Colorado were there too. It was great to see everyone!