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Maggnificent Monday

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Maggie has recently gotten interested in what things are made of. We'll sit playing, and the endless questions begin. "What's this made out of?" "Plastic." "What's this made out of?" "Metal." "What's this made out of." "It's called ceramic. It's actually sand." "What am I made out of?" "Skin and bones." "What are you made out of." "Just like you, I'm skin and bones." And then with a consoling pat on my knee, "One day you'll be plastic, Mommy."

Things that light up Maggie's life lately: Parties -- any mention of a party and she is at the door with her hat on, telling us to hurry up, even if she is pantless, shoeless, and diaperless. Christmas lights -- the one strand we haven't taken down (it got kind of wrapped up in her bedtime routine) will always get plugged in if Maggie is in our room. Bargaining -- if we tell her she can have a stuffed animal in bed, she pipes up with "one two three four!" Chasing Eliza -- I prefer when this happens in the backyard (so does Eliza). Legos -- we've long-term borrowed some from friends and it is pretty much the one activity that will pull her out of a tantrum or funk or "I'm so hungry" refrain. Lotion -- if I hear a crash from the other side of the house, I pretty much know she's pulled down the basket in the bathroom to get at the lotion; and then she helps us all get super moisterized.
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