The ABCs of Madelyn

After Jeff:

• Actually: her favorite exclamation, learned from Letter Factory
• Books: reads more ably every day
• Cariboo: her favorite game
• Dora: all day and all night
• Furl: how to say “squirrel” if you haven’t mastered “sq” yet
• Hot chocolate: a nice treat with breakfast
• Ice cream: preferably from the Old Dairy
• Jumping: cross-reference to “gymnastics”
• Kitties and trains: two favorite YouTube subjects
• Museum: a favorite place to visit
• Naps: engaged only after intense resistance
• Pants: optional most of the time
• Quiet: very, very rare
• Running: her natural state of propulsion
• Stool: which she carries around and uses to find…
• Trouble: about twelve times an hour
• Underwear: far preferred to diapers, thankfully
• Whamming: ten seconds after something doesn’t go well
• Y: where she loves to swim