Madeline got a good report from the doctor on Wednesday. She has a big noggin (99%) and is 25 lbs and 31 inches long. She showed the doctor how she can scribble with a pen, put blocks in a cup, and point to her ears, eyes, head, and belly button. She knows about 20 words. In addition to the usual toddler repertoire of "milk," "socks," "more," and "up" she's quite proficient with "Batman," "Robin," and "Buzz" (Lightyear) thanks to bubba Pac-rick. We particularly love her enthusiastic "night night" before she goes to bed. She waves and bids "night night!" to everyone and everything in the room, even the living room couch. She's still saying "night night!, bye bye!" as we close the door and head back downstairs.
Madeline wants to do everything that Patrick can do. Last weekend at a birthday party she insisted on sitting next to Patrick to eat pizza and cake, and threw a fit when I tried to cut up her pizza; she wanted to hold the whole piece like the other kids. At cake time she was determined to use a fork (two actually) and stayed at the table long after the other 3-year-olds had left as she maneuvered crumb after delicious crumb into her mouth. She also still loves sitting at her perch at the kitchen island. When she woke up from nap early a few days ago I put her up on a stool while I worked next to her and she sat there happily for about half an hour, simply looking around and surveying the world from new and exciting heights.
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