The Hartsell Family: October 2015

What a fun year it was for Madelyn. Here are some of our special memories!

Madelyn and Allison interactions:

Madelyn likes to call her sister "Allison Balison"
Madelyn says "You guys got married because you love each other. I am going to marry Allison because I love her. I am going to marry her in two days!" :)
Madelyn told Allison she has chocolate milk asked then asked her, "Do you want some chocolate milk?" all while wearing the breastfriend, my nursing pillow :)
She is helpful with Allison - Gets diaper, wipes blanket with no fight.
Madelyn talks for Allison a lot saying Allison wants such and such. We think it will be a rude awaking when Allison starts talking for herself and Madelyn can no longer have her way with Allison.
Sometimes, she is so sweet with her sister sharing her blanket with Allison when Allison is sad. She also bad about giving Allison whatever she wants if Allison cries even when she didn’t want to share her toy. This of course makes Allison think she can get whatever she wants by crying!
She and Allison love pretend driving the van. They have a ball in there and it's so cute to watch them. They both have learned to turn on the music all by themselves.
Madelyn is a great big sister and watches out for Allison so she doesn't go into the street. She'll even say to me, "Mom go get "something"" and then say "I'll watch Allison" so it's nice that she is always thinking about it.

The things she says:

Mommy that car is a broken car. After looking over and over for this broken car she finally says that broken car is turning and I look and it's a convertible with its top down :)
Madelyn out of the blue said "I want to wear uptime clothes!" when she wanted to change out of her pajamas.
She'll ask "Rest with PJs or No?" to determine if she is taking a nap or going to bed for the night.
Madelyn was so cute when she asked if she could go to Connor's party and when I say yes, she shouted YEAH! as though she couldn't believe she got to go! After his party she kept calling buzz light year "buzzyear!"
She says "Not we, right" instead of "Not us, right?"
She says "Where are them? instead of "where are they?"
Although she can say water just find she resorts back to her old ways when she says "wa-wa-melon" for watermelon.
I love how she says "pan-no" for Piano.
She'll say she wants an Elsa braid which is just a normal braid but its cute she calls it something special.
She says "I have an idea" and normally it actually is a good idea to solve a dilemma.
She likes to do special prayers which are really her just rambling about anything for a long time and then ends in a Amen. I love listening to her.
Randomly she said "Nice to meet you" and then shook my hand.
To her swimming instructor that was back for teaching in the summer she said, "Paige, I love you!"
She said "Mom, you don't JOKE people. I tell you this every day!" which is pretty true she did tell me this for many days straight.
"Aww he's a died ant" instead of "dead ant" and then says about alive ant pulling the dead ant, "maybe he misses him."

Achievements:

Madelyn swam across the width of the pool without help 12/4/14. We were so proud of her!
Madelyn wrote first name on 1/14/2015
She moved up in swimming from Red to Orange June 4th! Only 3 years old and swimming! She took the Red level 4 times before passing it having started in August.
In May, Madelyn stopped wearing a pull up for night and has had very few accidents!
She can pump herself on the swing.
She played Soccer for the first time this Summer.
Madelyn continued to do Music Together with Allison all year.
Madelyn did gymnastics at Phenom August - May and loved it. She was getting quite good at it too.
She's gotten quite photogenic smiling nicely for the camera instead of a cheesy smile!

Things to remember this last year:

Madelyn is Frozen obsessed and knows all the songs. She even can tell you what happens in the movie before and after each song which is impressive since she has only seen it twice.
She can read the Frozen book by memory. It’s so fun to see her mimic inflections we use when reading it to her.
Madelyn has gotten into saying prayers at night and has them all memorized. She sometimes like to sing them and always corrects me when I say “ah-men” telling me to say “A-men.”
Madelyn will say “Mommy I have a question” and then ask about Rupunzel’s and Cinderella’s stepmoms. She also asks lots of questions about why Anna and Elsa’s parents were lost at sea.She is certainly processing a lot.
Madelyn loves making us ice cream on the playset and sometimes pays us to eat it instead of having us pay her :)
Madelyn can also read "Just Going to the Dentist (Little Critter)" book almost word for word by memory.
She is good at letting Leia out
She is a very good explainer even when we don't understand she'll explain another way and not get frustrated.
She loves wearing shoes that are not the same color! People think she does this on accident but she does it for fun. She also started wearing her Mary Jane shoes without the strap to hold them on instead she puts her feet into them on top of the strap. I don't think it would be very comfortable but she's kept it up for a while now so she must be used to it.
She's really been a nice friend to the new neighbors, The Haynes, and is so happy they moved next door. All she wants to do is play with them and invite them over to our playset. She is great about wanting to make them feel welcomed and included.
She likes to wear headbands but always wears them right where her forehead and hair meet. If I push it back to the top of her head, she gets mad and moves it back down. It's so funny since it doesn't do much to keep her hair out of her face but it's Madelyn's own style.
She is the most patient 3 year old I know! She's great about waiting and is patient with kids as well. She really doesn't get frustrated much which I admire so much. For the most part (realizing she still is little, she takes everything in stride.

Madelyn is such a sweet daughter, sister, cousin and friend. I can't wait to see who she becomes.

Proud of her puzzle she and Daddy did at the library

Loving her babies by the fire

Madelyn sporting her glasses

Madelyn posing where I took photos when pregnant

Raspberry Fingers!

When Madelyn first wrote her name!

So excited showing off her name!

She looks so grown up with her pretend glasses on

Rocking her babies

Loving her pretend school set

One day, I found Madelyn napping by her closest door. No idea why!

Madelyn stood up and lined up all her doll house people.

Madelyn loved celebrating Daddy's birthday by lighting candles and singing Happy Birthday!

5/20/15: We went to see Juliana in Frozen. Juliana was the littlest Anna and did a great job singing. Do you want to build a snowman? Madelyn loved it and especially loved seeing Juliana after the show.