Afternoon with Madeleine

Madeleine is leading a brand new fashion trend today, and it's one that is SURE to catch on.  Because, really, what looks cooler than a price tag on your forehead?:

The best part of wearing a price tag on your head is that when you get tired of the look, you can just stick the price tag sticker on something else.  Madeleine quickly came up with an alternative use, sticking it on the cover of Julia's library book, "Happy Birthday Molly!"

MADELEINE: Mama?  This is how much it costs to buy MOLLY!


Ooh.  So now, instead of renting Molly for FREE from the school library, Julia can pay $10 for it!

Madeleine has since moved on from the price tag to a game of what she calls "My Little Pony," though the materials for the game consist of lots of bits of paper, 1 book written by Dolly Parton, and 0 ponies:

Confused about what ponies have to do with bits of cut-up paper being stuck on Childhood Dolly Parton's coat of many colors?  Madeleine explains.

ME: What are you playing?
MADELEINE: My Little Pony!
ME: My Little Pony?!?
MADELEINE: My Little Ponies: Tea Separations!

Ahh, now I see.  "My Little Ponies Tea Separations" CLEARLY means sticking pieces of cut up paper on Childhood Dolly Parton's coat while carrying on a conversation with Dolly Parton.

CHILDHOOD DOLLY PARTON: But Grandpoppy said my coat had to stay DIRTY!
MADELEINE: He MUST have been joking.
CHILDHOOD DOLLY PARTON: No, he DIDN'T!
MADELEINE: Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense.  But...look at your coat!
CHILDHOOD DOLLY PARTON: But look at my coat?
MADELEINE: Oooh, honey.  Oh, my dear, you're DIRTY, very DIRTY! 
CHILDHOOD DOLLY PARTON: Do you want me to cut MORE brownies for you?

Shockingly, the game lost its lustre after a few minutes, so Madeleine moved onto a new game: "Get Control."  This game involved the cut-out Native American that you can see in the corner of the above picture, as well as cut-out strips of white paper that served as giant feet.

This one may be more elusive even than "My Little Ponies Tea Separations."

Now, having moved on from both games, Madeleine is sitting on the potty with the bathroom door closed, undergoing one of her marathon poop sessions while she plays with dolls.

I just overheard her yelling out, "HARRY POTTER!  WAAAAKE UUUUUP!"

So.  Yeah.  All in all, just a normal afternoon in the Rowe household.