Documenting life...: She's Maddie

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

She's Maddie

Madeline loves to little things. Trinkets, dainty, tiny things. She LOVES making lists and schedules, art, music, and above all, swimming. The girl is a wanna-be mermaid.

A few weeks ago someone at church brings this little pursey thing to me (I still have no idea where it came from) and asked if it was Maddie's. Yes, yes it is. So I take it, and look inside. This is what my daughter has packed away to bring to CHURCH...

Because you NEVER know when you'll need safety glasses.

Then as soon as we get home I find this awesome Sunday to do list...

And just for fun...I'd to include this photo. Who knows exactly why she was so mad. Someone touched her, or sang when she didn't want them to, or more than likely she didn't like the way Tanner was looking at her. Heaven forbid. At this point, she was giving even me the silent treatment. Wow, I'm scared for the teenage years....

8 comments:

LeMira said...: This post just made me smile.; November 12, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Jackie said...: Aahh...we love your Maddie too. Claire loves playing with her. And yes, I'm afraid for the teenage years with Claire as well! I can barely handle her now!; November 12, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Annette Larsen said...: wow that last picture makes me scurred. she's got her sass on. Aw yeah...; November 12, 2009 at 11:47 AM
tiffunny said...: That to do list is sooo cute. Girls are so fun sometimes huh? But I too am scared for the teenage years cause I get the silent treatment a lot from my 11 year old already!; November 12, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Emily said...: I love her. That first picture is so beautiful, and that last one is CLASSIC! Tell you what? We'll swap. You take Macy and I'll take Maddie for those few dangerous years. (I'm pretty sure you're getting the raw end of the deal.); November 12, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Bryce & Cherise said...: Haha! Oh Jen...... That first is an awesome picture! I can't believe how old she looks! And the last one... Holy Hannah, good thing she has such a good good heart. That's the only Reason you'll be able to survive her teens. Lol; November 15, 2009 at 8:53 AM
MoM K said...: Maddie is growing up too fast! she's beautiful but she is an awesome person and so loving. I think she will be a wonderful teenager!
Love from the favorite grandma; November 15, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Jana said...: Oh. my. goodness. That angry look behind the sunglasses is AMAZING. She is so awesome and teen.
That first picture of her is so cute, when did you take it? is her hair naturally wavy?
Also, I'm glad she realizes what a dangerous place church can be. We all need to follow her example of safety.; November 21, 2009 at 9:46 PM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.