Driving home from picking up take-out:
MADELEINE: Ah-kah street. Mama. We're on Ah-kah street.
ME: (not paying her much heed) Oh, yeah?
MADELEINE: Yeah. Ah-kah street.
JULIA: Madeleine. Ah-kah street?!?
MADELEINE: Yeah! It says "O-A-K."
Only Madeleine can make the word "oak" sound closer to "Oaxaca."
During a play-date with one of her school friends:
MADELEINE: This is my aunt's exercise ball!
FRIEND: But you're playing with it?
MADELEINE: Yeah. I'm bouncing it. It's a ball. So. How do you think you spell "ball?"
FRIEND: Uh...um...I don't know.
MADELEINE: Okay. I'll tell you. "B-A-" (waiting for her friend to complete the word) "Ulllll....ullllll....Okay, I'll just tell you. "B-A-L. Ball!"
Good thing we have Madeleine to teach the know-nothings how to spell.
During bedtime snuggles:
MADELEINE: Mama? In the Jesus song that's the MEAN people, I wouldn't want to do that to Jesus.
ME: You mean you wouldn't do the mean things they're doing to Him?
MADELEINE: Yeah. I wouldn't WANT to.
ME: I know that, honey. I know you love Jesus!
MADELEINE: I have a CRUSH on Jesus, and Captain Jack Sparrow.
Madeleine's love interests. Clearly she has a thing for men with facial hair.
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