Madeleine models and plays

Madeleine has shown off some cutting-edge fashion over the past few days; catch these soon-to-be trends first at mistercausecause:


Notice the pink headband with matching pink croc. Especially avant garde is the choice of a croc four sizes too large, paired with one bare foot. Fashion reviewers will soon be referring to this as the "Cindewedda" look.



Take note here of the one long horse bang over her right eye. Long side bangs have been in fashion for awhile, but this new look of the long, unruly bang over one half of the face is soon to catch on.


While not as controversial as her previous fashion statements, the pairing of the ruby red dress shoes with her casual sweat-shorts and onesie is definitely a bold fashion move.

When she's not modeling her super-cool looks, Madeleine is often found couch-jumping. (Similar to Chumbawumba's "Tub-Thumping" - "I get knocked down, but I get up again...") She and Julia are still fascinated with acting out scenes from the "Courtney & Shannon" movie of our childhood, and since Madeleine is not allowed to really try and "fall" from the edge of our couch, the best I can offer her is a soft flop from her little red chair onto the couch (or, in this case, onto a "pilloooew.") She doesn't seem to mind her limitations, though: here she is joyfully flinging herself from chair to pillow (which later became a soccer ball):



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She eventually abandoned this game to play with her sister, and the two girls worked together to clean up Julia's box of princess books. Never one to abandon her creative fantasy world, even when doing chores, Julia informed me of the "game" they were playing as they cleaned up:

"Mom, It seems like we're playing 'Big Kid,' and these are the big kid books, and that Ariel one is just a little kid book."

Thanks for clearing that up, Julesie.