This morning, upon waking, the girls piled into bed to with Auntie Shannon, who was checking the weather forecast on her tablet.
AUNTIE SHANNON: Girls, do you think it will EVER be spring?
MADELEINE: Uh, I'll go check Mama. (traipsing out of the room)
I was suddenly awoken by Madeleine bursting into my bedroom.
MADELEINE: Mama? Auntie Shannon wants to know when it will ever be spring, but I FORGOT the day you told me.
ME: It will be spring on Friday.
MADELEINE: Thank you Mama. (exiting my room.)
A moment later, Madeleine returned to Julia and Auntie Shannon to deliver the news.
MADELEINE: Uh, Mama says FRIDAY.
Whew. Good thing we have her around to save the day. Now Auntie Shannon knows for SURE when it will be spring.
Now, just because Madeleine knows that spring will be here on Friday doesn't mean that she actually knows WHEN Friday is. We just had the following conversation:
MADELEINE: But Mama? Is tomorrow going to be spring?
ME: Uh, no, Friday.
MADELEINE: (with hopeful eagerness) Is tomorrow Friday??
ME: Nope, two days, it's Friday.
MADELEINE: (delighted) Wait. So TOMORROW is Friday and then the NEXT day is Friday?
ME: No. Tomorrow is THURSDAY. Then the next day is Friday.
MADELEINE: (logically) But Mama. You just said that TWO days it's gonna be Friday.
ME: Yes, because IN two days it will be Friday.
MADELEINE: But Mama. You said it will be Friday TWO DAYS. So that means tomorrow is Friday and the NEXT day is Friday again!
Semantics, semantics. Sigh.
I know I'm eager for spring, but I hadn't realized how anxious Madeleine is for the change of season.
ME: Madeleine, why are you so excited for spring?
MADELEINE: Because. Stuff will grow BACK.
ME: And do you like winter?
MADELEINE: (adamantly) NO!
ME: Why not?
MADELEINE: Because it's sooo BORING, but...it's FUN when we SLED!
ME: Oh. So you DO like winter?
MADELEINE: Well, YEAH!
There's one thing I can say about Madeleine. She definitely knows her own mind.
I decided to see if Madeleine has any real understanding of what spring is actually like. The answer is...um...sort of.
ME: So, what kinds of things do you think will start to happen once it turns to spring?
MADELEINE: The flowers will grow, the bug berries will come...
ME: What are bug berries?
MADELEINE: They're little bugs with WINGS, and they creep around, and they're JOYFUL! They spread bugs!
Oh, man. Well, if THAT'S what happens in spring, then I definitely can't wait for it to come! (Not that I was counting down the days or anything. Or cursing the weather forecast for looking very un-springy over the next 10 days...)
This also happened this morning, as Julia and Madeleine were gazing out the window and talking about much better the view is from Julia's room (the garage/the back yard) than from Madeleine's room (the driveway):
ReplyDeleteJULIA: Madeleine, don't you just LOVE my room? You can just gaze out the window and just take in all the SIGHTS there are to see!