Madi, Madi

What a little bundle of intelligence. This girl can not get enough of learning. She wants to read so bad. I have her practicing her alphabet now. She has almost gotten all of it down as far as being able to recognize each letter.

She's a smart little manipulator too. She wanted to go back to the library one day and we had already gone the day before. To try and convince me to take her back, she said, "Mom, we didn't thank our teacher yesterday. We need to go back and tell her thank you."

She is an extremely good Little Mama. She takes care of everyone. She loves to feed Isabella and take care of Lane. She just bosses Porter around. She is also my "Sergeant of Arms" reminding everyone of what the family rules are. No yelling, no hitting, and Mom is in charge. She often points her finger at her little brothers and says, "You listen to your Mudder! She is in charge." She looks at me for approval.

I forgot to mention this earlier, but about a month ago she informed me that she wasn't going to wear diapers to bed anymore. I was a little nervous, but she insisted that she didn't need them. Because we have mattress protectors, I told her we would try it and see how it goes. It's been about a month now and she has had four accidents. She is very upset when she does this. Last night, she was so excited because her "body woke her up to go to the bathroom." And, Porter, he'll probably be wearing a diaper to bed for a long time. He thinks being able to pee in bed is great.

She definitely has a stubborn streak and is very headstrong. It's be a challenge to work with her on some things