Who Madeleine loves, and the Children's Museum

So, this morning Madeleine and I had the following chat:

ME: Madeleine, I love you! Do you love Mommy?
MADELEINE: Yeah.
ME: Who else do you love?
MADELEINE: Love Gramps? Love Nana?
ME: You love Gramps and Nana?
MADELEINE: Yeah. Love Yia-yia? Love UNCLE Caitlyn?
ME: You love Yia-yia and Auntie Caitlyn?
MADELEINE: Yeah. Love Shannon? Love UNCLE Shannon!

I'm surprised she didn't say she loves Uncle Mike.

This afternoon, we had a fun play-date at the Easton Children's Museum with our friends Ben and Adriana. The highlight of the trip for Julia was the face paint area; here she is modeling the flowers I painted on each cheek:



In fact, she loved the face paint so much that she decided to add a little more all by herself:


Gorgeous.

Madeleine's favorite seemed to be the fire truck, although she didn't feel the need to cover her ears while she played on it. Instead, she kept her hands busy on the steering wheel:



The only caveat to this outing was that Madeleine did not fall asleep on the ride home as expected; or rather, I should say she did not fall asleep at the start of the drive, but instead slept for the last 10-15 minutes or so. Despite my attempt to transfer her from Ben and Adriana's van into her crib, she woke up, and has been chatty and rambunctious up in her bedroom ever since. Sigh. Too bad Uncle Caitlyn isn't here to snuggle her to sleep.