We just got home from seeing the live performance of “The Backyardigans – The Tale of the Mighty Knight”. We kept it a surprise until we got there. We told you we had to go into the city for a surprise. On the way home we stopped at the Dairy Queen, then you said, “I liked The Backyardigans in the city, it was lovely.”

Does Madison have an iPod?  Well not exactly, but she is using papa’s iPod at night.  Lately she is having some difficulty letting me leave her room after rocking, and then falling asleep.  I read an article about playing soft bedtime music and found an iTunes playlist of 10 bedtime songs, which I then downloaded.  So we listen to the 10 songs on my iPod connected to speakers in her room.  Does she fall asleep any quicker, NO.  But she is now asking the names of the songs and then will say, “is Imagine next” or “is man on the moon next”, or tonight she said, “after man on the moon is good night my angel, then moon shadow then blackbird then man on the moon and then the speaker stops playing.”

This morning while we were playing downstairs Barney was trying to swat the blinds open and you wanted him to get down off the ledge.  When he would not get down you picked up the phone and it went like this.  “Hello…. Mother Cat, Barney is not a good listener… ah… ok… good bye.”

You have become a little bit more concerned with how your hair looks.  But other times you could care less.  Today you pulled your wooden step stool over to the bathroom sink, asked for a bowl of water, and then spent the next 10 minutes, combing, brushing, dipping the comb in water and combing more.  Then you asked for about 10 barrettes in your hair.

Last night you have a very good session of swimming lessons.  The prior 3 weeks were difficult with you not wanting to put your face in the water or go under.  You have the fear that you will go under and Sue won’t be there to save you and that you will die.

Later while rocking we both fell asleep.  I woke up an hour later and went straight to bed.

Lately you have been paying a lot of attention to the clock, the one in the bathroom had hands and the one in your room is digital.  In your room you will say the numbers and then ask what they mean.  The bathroom clock is more confusing.  You have also been making the distinction between who is a boy and who is a girl and to be honest some of the cartoon characters it is hard to tell.  You mentioned that you do not want your hair cut short because then you would be a boy.  While rocking tonight you said “nine, zero, four, 9 is a boy and 4 is a girl.”

Today was a busy day for a snowy Saturday.  It is the second day of spring and it is still snowing.  This morning you said your ear hurts and just yesterday you said I can’t hear, turn it up.  This unfortunately is a tell tale sign of an ear infection.  So we got dressed and headed off to the doctors office and sure enough you had an infection in both ears.   Then a trip to the pharmacy and home just in time for an afternoon nap.

After your nap we had dinner and then it was time to decorate easter eggs for your first time.  You had fun plopping the eggs into the dye and then afterwards putting on stickers and using magic markers to add even more artistic elements.

This morning on the way to school we talked about starting the next session of swimming lessons.  You are moving up to Little 2.  You said, “I don’t like to float on my back, I don’t want to go under and die.  Dying would hurt my feelings.”

It was a busy weekend. Saturday morning was your last session of Little 1 at swim school and in a few days you start Little 2. We came home and then you helped daddy bake a yellow cake by helping measure ingredients and then pour them in to the mixer bowl. When you woke up from your nap grandpa and grandma were here. Grandma brought you a necklace and 2 bracelets that she made.  The last time they were here you wore her nice necklace around all weekend, calling it your pink diamond.  You now have your own pink diamond.

You helped grandma frost your cake with chocolate frosting and sprinkles. Later in the day you were running a slight temp. Sunday morning you played several games of hide and seek with grandpa and grandma. In the afternoon they headed home and you took a long nap. When you woke up we played with a new little bead craft item called perler beads. You have one in the shape of a hexagon, but you said “No papa, it is a pentagon”.

You learned some new slogans this weekend.  Several times today you said, “Just check it out”.  This morning you sang for me a beautiful version of You are my Sunshine.  You started out by saying, “make a sad face”, and then would sing the song for me.

Tonight while rocking you surprised me by saying “papa I am ready to lay in my bed”, then once situated under 3 layers of blankets you said “now lay your head by me for eleven minutes, OK buddy”.