convos with maddalena rose [age 4.5!]

oh maddalena rose!! day in and day out, this girl absolutely, without a doubt, completes me. and i haven’t really had a chance to gather up some of her fun little quotes in way too long!!

actually, backing up one little sec, the most frustrating thing happened! i keep notes on my babyloves in the native notes app on my iphone since that’s the quickest way for me to jot some things down… but a few months ago, i somehow ended up losing a whole year of notes on both babies! i was sooo bummed. and a little confused! a year of notes on rocco is, um, most of his life! plus, i know there were so many good madd-girl quotes in there, too. waaa! but fortunately, that baby girl of ours keeps the good times and the good conversations rolling! 🙂

chats with miss madd here just get more layered and more mature every day, which is so much fun. steven and i both admire her mind and heart so so very much! it’s incredible to see how much is in there at such a young age, and many of our conversations have become so… adult! but definitely not all of them just yet… thank goodness, right! 😉 stay little as long as you can, my booboo lady!

so, before we pass the toddler talk torch off to little brother [exciting times ahead!!!!] here are a few entertaining little comments and conversations with maddalena at age 4!!

“i wish there was a show about me.” [that girl is 100% my child.]

“one day when my underarms were stinky… i used your deodorant.”

[in the car, just after i felt like i’d totally nailed this whole, long explanation about the celebration of life we were going to for steven’s grandmother… why she wanted her family and friends to celebrate her going to heaven and why we needed new tights for our outfits…]
m: “now let me focus on my thinking, because i needed to do some thinking while you were talking.”
b:”oh! okay!”
………….
b: “…what are you thinking about?”
m: “about barbie.”

[while listening to some festive *nsync christmas…]
m: “is this your favorite song?”
b: “i love this christmas song!”
m: “did you just start liking it?”
b: “no i’ve liked it since i was really young!”
m: “since before you had those spots on your face.”
b: “yep, guess so…” 😐

[in the car driving home from our trip to seaside and she’s attempting to watch the incredibles…]
“mom… can i watch the incredibles when i’m 6 or 12?”
[apparently she had decided it was too scary for her!]

“you! are not! a WOMAN!”
[slingin’ her biggest, baddest insult at me when she was really, really ticked off one day! i couldn’t help but hide my face and laugh… where did she get that??]

[m yelling for me from the back yard…]
“mommmm!!!!! rocco’s playing in your panties!!!!!!”
[of course, she means peonies.]

“sometimes… my body just… wants to squish him!!”
[how she describes her feelings about rocco!]

[a casual chat on her experience in motherhood…]
“i have two babies. i have two babies and i can just stick each baby on two boobies.”
[…continuing on…]
m: “…they were born at the same time.”
b: “oh cause they’re twins?”
m: “mmmhm. one is a boy and one is a girl. one was born on july and one was born on august.”
b: “oh really? i thought they were born at the same time?”
m: “well… they weren’t. i accidentally forgot that one was born on july and one was born on august.”

[while eating breakfast…]
“i don’t really like the taste of silverware.”

[while playing salon… i always say i’m going to the ball and i need a fancy hairdo to meet the prince and other princesses…]
m: “well… i went to the ball yesterday… and now i have a husband!!”
b: “wow! that was fast!!”
m: “it’s because we got married. we already picked what we wanted, because i thought he was handsome, and he thought i was beautiful! and so… we got married!”

baby girl! you are everything. truly. you are the very best human [brother, too! i love my babies!!], and i seriously don’t know how i got so lucky… but life with you could not be better!! honestly, if making your mother her morning coffee without permission and attempting to do the cat litter are considered “bad behavior” around here, you are pretty much spoiling us rotten. 😉 i’m so glad i get to keep you fooooooorever and ever and ever!!! and i know i get to because you told me i could, and you bet i’ll be holding you to that!!

[ps. all the convos!! oh my, how she’s grown!!]