I Think There's Something Wrong

I think there's something wrong with the Madore-ables.

Nothing too serious...but I am a little concerned.

This doesn't happen too often, but every so often the Madore-ables faces seem to get "stuck" or "frozen".

I have deduced that it only seems to happen when Dora the Explorer or Calliou are on.

Here, take a look. You may be able to help.

*Just a side note, we don't let the Madore-ables watch more than 1 hour of television a day, and even then, it's nothing more than PBS*

99%

I received a really nice compliment from someone recently.

They asked me if my girls are always smiling.

I said 99% of the time, they are laughing and smiling and in a great mood...

Thankfully it's just 1% that the Madore-ables are more like "Grump-ables"

Puzzled

The Madore-ables like love puzzles

Even Sarah has taken a liking to them. She yells out the letters on the alphabet puzzle we have.

Other than Sarah "yelling" out the letters on the pieces, the Madore-ables are quiet when it comes to doing their puzzles.

Sometimes there's the occasional "Mommy, can you help me?"

The rest of the time, it's just pure quietness. You can almost hear the wheels turning.

"I did it Mommy!"

And then we rip it apart and do it all over again.

Oh The Funny Things Kids Will Say

This was a conversation that Sarah and I had this morning:



Me: "Sarah, what does a pirate say?"



Sarah: (without missing a beat) "Beep beep!"



(This causes Samantha to completely lose it and giggle)



Me: "A pirate doesn't say beep beep silly"



Sarah: (gave me a look that just said, "Oh Mommy") and puts on a BIG smile and without missing a beat says, "Arrrrrrrrrrr!" with a very "fierce" face on.



My Madore-ables arrrrrrrrrrrrrr certainly Madore-able!

Do You Know What I Love?

Do you know what I love?

I love looking at The Madore-ables faces...anytime day or night.

Even when they were infants, I would just love to sit and watch them sleep.

Even when I was sleep deprived and exhausted.

Can you see why?

Five Things Friday

5 Things That Have Made Me Smile In the Last Week

1. Jeremy and I discovered that the Madore-ables like love Dora the Explorer. It's so cute to hear Sarah shout out "MAP" and Samantha sing along with the songs.
2. I not only cleaned house and donated a lot of unused items in our house through Free Cycle, but I also was able to pick up more clothing for the Madore-ables. Although, a lot of it will go to our nieces and nephews up in Maine, but just the same, it felt GREAT to clean house, give away things to people who want them.
3. Less than 2 weeks for THANKSGIVING!! Need I say any more? A day of being with family, yummy food and being reminded of what I have to be thankful for in my life.
4. I had a really good day at work yesterday, very productive. The four hours go by very quickly. I still have a lot to learn, but at the same time I have learned so much already. Plus, I enjoy the people that I work with, and I get to work with my hubby.
5. Sam continues to do very well sleeping in her big girl bed. In fact, Wednesday night Jeremy and I were watching a movie and we heard footsteps coming down stairs very softly. Samantha announced that she needed to go potty. It looks like Sam is on her way to being out of diapers 100%. (She's been 100% potty trained since she was 20 months, but she only wears diapers for long car rides and when she naps and goes to bed at night).

Cookie Doo?

One of Sarah's favorite books is Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider".

It's a great story. It's about a spider who blew in via wind and landed on a fence post near a farm yard. The spider spends the entire story being invited by all the different farm animals to go play, but the hard working spider continues working on building her web to catch a pesty fly.

I was putting the Madore-ables laundry away and cleaning up around the room. While I was doing so, the girls were playing and reading books. Every few seconds, Sarah would randomly shout out "Nay nay" for horse, or "Bah bah" for sheep. The next thing I know Sarah is shouting out "Cookie doo! Cookie doo!" For a second, I was thinking, "What?" Was I hearing "Cookie doo?" or maybe I heard "Coo Coo Ca Chew?" So, I look down at Sarah to find out what she was pointing at, and she gave me the biggest smile and shouted one more time "Cookie doooo!"

"Cookie doo" a.k.a "Cock-a-doodle doo!"