Endless Power Puff Girls

Madeleine is full-out OBSESSED with the Power Puff Girls.  It seems to be ALL she ever thinks about or talks about. 

Some examples:

MADELEINE: Mama?  I feel bad for Him.
ME: For who?
MADELEINE: For HIM.
ME: For who?
MADELEINE: Mama.  You know!
ME: Uh...Ludwig Koopa?
MADELEINE: No!
ME: But I thought you told Auntie Shannon you felt bad for Ludwig when she beat him in Super Mario Brothers.
MADELEINE: No, Mama, that's not who I'm talking about right now.
ME: Who are you feeling bad for right now?
MADELEINE: Him!
ME: Who?
MADELEINE: You KNOW, Mama.
ME: Jesus?!?
MADELEINE: No!  Mama.  From "POWER PUFF GIRLS."
ME: Oh.  Who from "Power Puff Girls?"
MADELEINE: Him!  That's what they call him.
ME: Oh.


Or:

JULIA: Madeleine, do you want to play "Lego Friends" with me?
MADELEINE: Uh, Julia, can the Power Puff Girls play too?
JULIA: (irritably) No, Madeleine, I'm getting tired of always playing "Power Puff Girls!"
MADELEINE: No, Julia, we don't have to PLAY it.  The Power Puff Girls are just going to sit at the table with us and WATCH us play "Lego Friends."
JULIA: Okay, fiiiiine.


Or:

MADELEINE: Mama?  If someone grew even bigger than you are now, and, like, their EYES got HUGER, then...they'd better be careful about rubbing their eyes.  Because, like, then their EYELASHES might come off. 
ME: Oh, really?
MADELEINE: Yeah.  Like in "Power Puff Girls!"


Or:

MADELEINE: (moving her pasta and broccoli around her plate like figurines) Okay, GIRLS, so: don't look up or you'll see the big PUMPKIN ALIEN!
ME: Madeleine?  Julia is already eating her dessert, and I just scooped you some ice cream, so I'd suggest you just EAT YOUR DINNER rather than play "Power Puff Girls" with it right now.
MADELEINE: (ignoring me, continuing to talk to her food.)


Sigh.  It is all Power Puff Girls all day long.  At least I don't have to play it with her like Julia does!  Phew.  Off the hook on that one.