[blowing the bubbles we picked up yesterday at “the dog treat” aka… the dollar tree! ♡]
oooh, this girl of mine! she keeps me going and she keeps me laughing for sure! i am straight up in love with her day in and day out… and i can never ever resist writing down so many of the little things she says, if i can get to my notes before i forget… even though i miss 90% of the terrific things she says at almost 4 years old! so, we shall pick up where we last left off… 🙂
[she was the mom and i was the little girl asking for a hug but she wouldn’t give me one…]
“i have to go check on my unicorn.”
[leaving her pretend baby while she goes to the potty…]
“are you gonna keep an eye on her? because she’s really special to me.”
“have you ever seen a ballerina dance without her clothes on?”
“did you know t-shirts sometimes come with TEA??”
“mommy look! he’s got my finger!” *whispers* “will you take a picture of it?” [OF COURSE!]
[our first weekend in the new house, coming down the stairs holding a pretend iphone…]
“coggin just sent me a snapchat! wanna see?”
“oh, now olivia sent me a snapchat! it’s a funny one. she’s going like…” *does a funny face*
“oh, now olivia sent me a snapchat! it’s a funny one. she’s going like…” *does a funny face*
[adding onto our bedtime prayers]
“…and thank you for the chandelier and our neeew house. in Jesus name, amen!”
[playing with a toy nativity baby Jesus…]
“what about baby rocco and Jesus be cousins? baby cousins.”
“snow globes white on the mountain tonight” [slightly adjusted frozen lyrics ;)]
“mommy mommy mommy, i have a surprise for you in my hair! i have a birds nest just like you!” [she, along with her father, is both intrigued and disturbed by the size of my topbun. haha.]”
“i just need Jesus for a minute.”
[and then i realized she was talking about the baby Jesus that goes with the nativity. haha.]
[in the big bed talking on her cinderella phone, she turns to her father and whispers…]
“steven, it’s for you…”
[playing school and i told her she had too many books in her backpack…]
“but i need to read! how will i read without no books?”
[best be learnin’ her how to read real good!]
“let’s pretend like you are not tired.”
[umm that’s what i’m always doing.]
“why am i growing so big?! i like being little! i don’t want to be a grown up!”
[don’t do it!!!]
[after we were all saying how much we loved her…]
papa: “maddalena, why are you everyone’s favorite little girl?”
m: “well… i’m cute…!”
b: “aww you are cute! and sweet!”
m: “well, everyone likes me… is the truth.” she just says casually.
“it’s okay if you giggle, just a lonely tickle a little…” [slightly adjusted doc mcstuffins lyrics!]
[watching the bachelor]
b: “jojo has the cutest hair.”
m: “jojo? but she’s a girl?” [referring to her name. and then moving on…] “nobody has the cutest hair. but i do. just not on tv. just me. and doc mcstuffins a little. but nooooo one else.”
[i was out of the room and she was calling for me…]
“mamaaa?! it showed italy on tv and that’s where you goed when i was in your tummy!!”
[so proud!!! and i love the way she says italy. ih-TOL-ly.]
“where’s rocco?”
“he’s in the kitchen. he’s like… literally in the kitchen.”
“do you love being a big sister? because rocco is crazy about you!!”
[she confirms and says with a smile…]
“if he didn’t have a big sister his life would be empty and sad.”
“open your mouth so i can see your tumors.”
[she thinks my fillings are called tumors. haha.]
“what if i prayed for another baby? because i want another baby. so, mom? tonight i’m going to pray for a baby!” [she says confidently… uh oh! haha!]
[asking sadly why she and rocco have to be little… she waffles a lot on this topic!]
“i wanna be a grownup like you”
“aw why baby?!”
“because i like matching you, anything you are!”
[waaa, i just love you!!!]
“i like the way God made the earth! i don’t ever want him to change it!” [ME TOO!!]
“i hope it’s still five to say five!”
[a couple of weeks after she watched fuller house with me when they said “i hope it’s still fleek to say fleek!”]
[just one of her pretend scenarios…]
“well one of my brothers died. it was really scary. but then he went to heaven so now i just miss him.”
“oh gosh. how did he die?”
“well… the pollen got him!”
[apparently he sneezed to death!]
[trying to draw with chalk on the deck…]
“ooh! hot! it’s hot on my lil cheekies!”
“i love you and your lil cheekies. you’re the best human.”
“why do you love my lil booty cheekies?”
“because you’re my baby girl! i love everything about you!”
“so you just love my bottom? like inside my bottom?”
[playing kitchen…]
“i haven’t had my afternoon coffee, yet… i LOVE tuna fish in my coffee.”
“when i grow up… i wanna be a farmer. like gaga. and i want to live on a farm.”
[haha. farmer gaga.]
[also, according to her latest update she wants to be a farmer, artist, teacher, detective, and an astronaut. ? and a mom. :)]
[also, according to her latest update she wants to be a farmer, artist, teacher, detective, and an astronaut. ? and a mom. :)]
[she’s being mom and i’m being the little girl, as usual, and i’m asking about when i was born…]
b: “how did i get in your tummy?”
m: “well… my grandmother used to say… you just growed there!”
[playing outside, hands me her toy shovel…]
“hold this. i’m gonna do ironicer stuff.”
[???]
[???]
“i’m hungrier than a TARANADON!”
[waiting for breakfast and watching dinosaur train, naturally!]
[in the car…]
m: “are you really gonna drive with that bun on your head??”
b: “haha, my bun?! yes, why?!”
m: “it’s just… touching the ceiling. i think people are gonna say, ‘why does she have that bun on her head while she’s driving?'”
“dad… do people become grocery buyers when they end up living at the grocery store?”
[don’t even know! i think she thought the cashiers lived there. ]
and just to be extra heart breaking, she routinely asks us if we can still hold her when she’s 6 or 16 or 24. i can’t even handle it, i love her so much. just bottling my tears in mason jars over here!
[aaand the aformentioned birds nest! from a time when we traded hair-dos. ;)]
OH, maddalena girl!! you are the true princess of my heart and soul and i love you. i will love you forever. and we will always hold you.
I. Love. These. I applaud you for taking the time to write down all the little wonders that come out of her mouth! She's such a special little lady!
i try! i try to keep up! childhood, oh i want to hold on to it forever!
THESE ARE FANTASTIC!!!! I was laughing out loud!!
haha! it's quite a fun age, isn't it!
Oh my gosh, she's hilarious. What a doll!