Grateful little gal

I have to brag. Madelyn has been so very good at saying her "Thank you's" lately without being prompted. It just puts a smile on my face. She has been telling me thank you when I am making her lunch, when I fix her hair, when I put something in the trash for her ... just normal day to day stuff she shows her appreciation with a sweet little "dank yoooou". What really caught my attention was what she said as we pulled into the driveway this afternoon. She said, "dank yoooou house" as if she is happy to have a nice home. I just love that little gal and am so proud of the man I call my husband who does provide so well for our family with a nice house and so much more.

On the downside, she is not very good at her "I'm sorry's". This evening she practically gouged Jonathan's eye out as they were playing and it took several minutes and a few disciplinary actions to get a "sorry" out of her. I realized we needed to work on this when we were at a play date Friday. She hit a little friend of hers and refused to say those two little words to apologize. We'll get there ...

Here are some recent pictures of our little booger bear. She has quite the farmer's tan from three trips to the pool here lately. These pictures were taken Saturday afternoon at a community pool just up the road. They have such a great area for toddlers and Madelyn loves it. I also have a picture I took of Madelyn when we went to meet Boz the Bear at church Thursday evening. He is like the Christian version of Barney and Madelyn thought he was so cool. She tried to run up on stage to give him a hug. Thankfully I caught her shirt tail in the nick of time and she was not very happy with me. If you ask her what color he is, she'll say "geen". She has been doing so well with her colors and numbers here lately. However, if you ask her what her name is, she is likely to say "Two" or "Sara". Don't ask me where that last one came from. Your guess is as good as mine.