So. Today for Father's Day, Mike had an entire two days of sleeping in. He slept in both yesterday and today (normally he takes Saturday and I take Sunday). This morning as a little activity, Madison and I fingerpainted! Now, when the two words 'Madison' and 'fingerpaint' go together, you may think that it won't end well. Surprisingly, all paint stayed on either her or the paper. Only a tiny bit on the table which was easily wiped off. Overall, it was a good experience. We've got some father's day pictures for daddy when he wakes up. :D
Sunday, June 21
Friday, June 19
Saturday, May 30
Thursday, May 7
Monday, April 13
Tuesday, March 31

The picture is poor quality because I took it with my cell phone. (My camera somehow disappeared entirely... I have to rip my apartment apart now. I probably hid it from Madison and don't remember where I put it.)
So, this is Madison finger painting for the first time! She was mostly concerned about the large amounts of goop on her hands though as opposed to actually putting it on the paper. I was very surprised that she didn't try to eat the paint, and when she went to scratch her nose, she was actually aware that the paint was messy and used her arm to scratch her nose instead of her fingers.
It was fun!
Wednesday, March 4
Thursday, February 12
Tuesday, February 10
Friday, February 6
Time outs are awful. A minute of Madison sitting in a chair that faces the wall with one of us holding her down. And she -screams- the entire time. Although, now I haven't had to put her in timeout because as she's moving to climb up the radiator (she persists, even though we had five timeouts in a row) I just say, "Madison" in a stern tone and she doesn't climb up, and does the drama queen crying she does in the chair. So we bypass the whole taking her off the radiator and putting her in the chair part.
Here's a picture of her silly crying face.
"Mommy, you're so mean! Let me rub this banana in my hair and I'll feel better."






