Meredith and her cute little voice!

Last week, Madelyn spent Thursday night with Mimi and so we had Meredith all alone. While I worked on homework on the computer, Daddy and Meredith did some reading and playing. Meredith got ahold of Madelyn's workbook and started asking Daddy, "What's that?" She asks this about everything now. It's so cute listening to her and watching her learn! Have a look!

Girls' First Day of School

Madelyn and Meredith had their first day of school on Tuesday, September 1st. Madelyn is in a Pre-Kindergarten class and Meredith is in an 18-24 month class. Madelyn wanted to dress up, so I decided to dress them both up. Madelyn did really well when I took her to her class. It was all familiar to her and she had a lot of the same kids in her class. I had brought bedding for her naptime and the teacher informed me that Madelyn's class doesn't do naptime this year. I was sort of shocked, and I think Madelyn was kind of peeved. She fights going to sleep, but she's always a good sleeper. The good thing about it is that we don't have to fight her as much at night to go to bed at a decent time. Meredith did well too when I dropped her off. She has never been to any kind of formal child care in her almost 21 months, so it was very new to her. When I was ready to leave, she did follow me and cried a little bit, but not bad. I had to go back out to the car to get the girls' school supplies and when I dropped Meredith's off, I just set them outside her classroom so she wouldn't see me again. I did sneak a look in on her and she was comforting another little girl that was really upset. I have the sweetest girls!! Meredith was VERY excited to see me at the end of the day. When I came to get her, she said, "Momma!!" and ran over to me. She then started unloading her basket to me telling me, "Let's Go!" Very cute! Madelyn had a great day too and she had lots to tell me. We had brought some play clothes from home because my friend Leslie was taking them to McDonald's after school for a treat and some playtime while I finished out my workday. It was a good day!

Naughty Madelyn

I posted these pictures on Facebook last week, but I wanted to add them to my blog for people that don't do Facebook like my Dad and Cindy. I came home from work a few weeks ago when my Aunt May was keeping the girls for me and this is how I found Madelyn. Meredith had been sick most of the day, so Aunt May was preoccupied with her and naughty Madelyn took advantage of Aunt May and covered herself with tattoos! I believe we counted 17 in all!! I was mortified when I saw them! When I gave her a bath that night, I nearly scrubbed her little skin off trying to get them off. We mainly concentrated on the tattoos on her face since they were the most noticeable. Here is what she looked like when I came home. Naughty Madelyn!!!

Detoxification

Well, the 7-day detoxification did not work out as planned. I lasted 3 days. The main deal-breaker was the feeling like I was going to pass out on a regular basis. I could eat as much as I wanted, but I'm not a huge fan of plain vegetables and fruit, so I didn't eat enough. I did learn several fruits that I liked, so that was a good thing. I'll try it again when I'm ready to eat more.