The preschool years

Today was supposed to be Madison's birthday celebration day at school. The "birthday kid" gets to bring in a special birthday snack and is the star of the class for that one special day. Of course it would so happen that there was a drop of ice on the ground this morning, and school was closed. Lovely. We decorated two dozen cookies last night and Madison went to bed eagerly anticipating this day. I'll just say she was NOT a happy camper when I broke the news to her that school was canceled and her birthday celebration will be postponed until January.


Now I have a good couple of pounds to gain as I consume those cookies that are glaring at me from the counter.

Later this morning she got a phone call from a little boy in her class. She's never talked to him outside of class, so I was curious as to why he was calling. This particular boy has the most adorable, sweet attitude that you can't help but to be captured by, and Madison talks about him frequently. They chatted for a couple minutes and then she practically threw the phone at me while yelling excitedly that he invited her to go to lunch at McDonalds tomorrow after school. Um, what? Is this a date? I put the phone to my ear and was relieved to hear that he had plans to invite everybody today while at school, but because school was canceled, he was calling everyone instead!

As soon as I hung up the phone, Madison jumped up from the couch, looked and me and announced, "I'm going to draw him a picture!" and stomped off to her desk. If you remember from past posts, to receive a picture from Madison means you've made her feel pretty darn good. And I must say, the picture she drew pretty much melted my heart. It was SO stinkin' cute. I wish she didn't have to give it to him because I want to keep it and pack it away forever!

She says it's a picture of her and Max going down the slide together at McDonalds.

How cute is that???

And yes, she says "I love you" but I promise, it's purely platonic. :)