I bit the rug!

I had Miss Madelyn yesterday and she was in a pretty good mood!  She usually is, but things can change in a heartbeat with a toddler.

So, we had been playing all morning long, had our lunch (onies - macaroni in Madelynese) and she wanted to play outside. We grab our sunglasses, she decided we needed to switch things up a bit:

 Mom shows up and Madelyn's mood changes.  She was in, she wants out.  So, we go in, this doesn't make her happy, just inside the door I have an area rug, Madelyn lays on it and puts her face on the rug.  She stands up and says - I bit the rug.  I asked her if it made her feel better and she says un-huh.  Evidently she has been biting and Mom and Dad are trying to break her of it.

So, the next time I am all mad and upset, I think I'll bite the rug!  It worked for Mads!

Discussion:  Did you have a toddler that was biting?  How did you break them?

you see, there was this squirrel

We have Madelyn today.  That is nothing new. 

The fact that she never forgets anything is nothing new either.  What is new is that we are hearing this story about this squirrel.

You see, there was this squirrel that was sitting on the tractor.  The tractor that Jake was on.  The squirrel was eating.  A bite.  Then he got down.

That is the story.  Now, I have heard this same story at least 100 times today.  Not to mention the 20 times I heard about it yesterday.

This is how it goes in Madelynese:

puearl:  translated to squirrel
go?
tracteeer
Yake? - translated to Jake
eating
bite
down

OVER and OVER again.

This is an interactive story.  My part is this:

puearl - yes, the squirrel
go?  - He has gone home
tracteeer - yes, the squirrel was on the tractor
Yake? - yes, Jake was on the tractor too
eating - yes, the squirrel was eating
bite - yes, the squirrel was eating a bite
down - yes, the squirrel got down off the tractor

There has been a lot of time spent looking out the window for the squirrel and looking at the tractor.  Thank goodness Bumpy - translated:  Grumpy, is around to take over my duties for a while!

Thank goodness for naptime!!

Discussion:  Any good stories from your kids/grandkids to share?