Julia is not the only child making up her own songs lately. Madeleine has been repeatedly singing a song whose lyrics can best be interpreted as "Massachusetts Muddy Muddy Mudster." Or maybe it's "Massachusetts Money Money Monster." Her diction could use a little more clarity. It seems to be the song her beloved fairy figurine, named Sparkle, likes to sing as she hops and flies about. I got some of the song on video, before it morphed into a pretend play game that was part Little Mermaid and part Shrek, as a scantily clad Prince Eric desperately searched for Ogre Princess Fiona. You will also get to see a cameo by famous Goldens singer Julia, performing in what is either some sort of baby talk or a foreign language:
Another activity in which Madeleine got a chance to join her sister was in playing "Memory." Desperate to be a part of the game that Julia was starting with Ethan, Madeleine began trying to help set up the square cards, much to Julia's dismay. "Madeleeeeeeine! Don't TOUCH them!" Julia wailed, as Madeleine excitedly exclaimed to them, "Yeah! We're going to play with the CARDBOARDS!" After being gently told by Ethan that she needed to wait because he was still setting them up, she stood watching him in wonderment. Finally, completely unable to contain her eagerness, she burst out proclaiming, "Look, we're making this AMAZING circle that we got to PULL OPEN!"
If, by an amazing circle that we got to pull open, she meant rows of cards forming a square that we get to turn over one at a time, then I totally get what she was saying.
Turns out Madeleine thought the object of the game was to turn over the same two cards every time it was her turn, so, unfortunately, she was the only player who was unable to make a match during the game. It doesn't matter all that much, however, since she wandered off and abandoned the game in the middle of playing, leaving Ethan and Julia to enjoy their match a bit more fully.
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