The Dragon

A few nights ago, as Ethan helped the girls build towers out of blocks, he attempted to mitigate the potential melt-down response to Madeleine knocking down one of Julia's buildings. "Oh no! Did a dragon destroy that building?" he asked, leading to lots of roaring and dragon-related destruction of the remaining blocks. The kids were in pretty fast agreement, however, that it was Daddy who should be the dragon in order to maximize the fun of the game. So down on all fours Daddy went, and before we knew it, we had a three-headed dragon roaming the living room:





This game was so inspiring that over the past few days, Madeleine feels the need to suddenly morph into a dragon and begin her loping dragon walk across whatever room she happens to be in. Sometimes her metamorphosis into a dragon conveniently coincides with a task she's been given; for instance, just as Ethan asked the girls to start cleaning up the markers which had been strewn about the dining room, Dragon Madeleine suddenly took over and began her rampage, paying no mind to the problem of the markers. When Ethan sternly handed her a marker and instructed her to put it away, she bent back down into her dragon stance and dragon-walked the marker along towards the marker bin. At various points throughout the day, it's not unusual to discover a dragon walking and roaring around through the room at our feet. Below, I present to you the ferocious dragon terrorizing our kitchen this morning:




When she's not busy being a dragon, you can also find Madeleine singing back-up in Julia's Fresh Beat-like band performances:



Rock on!