Adventures in Babysitting

Poor Miss Jeanie. She was so excited to have Madeleine daily back in September when Mommy and Daddy both went back to work. Then Mommy decided that she couldn't bear to be away from Little Monster. Now that the house hunting is under way Mommy has once again decided that maybe she should get a job and stop being a bum. Because of this, Miss Jeanie got to keep Miss Fuss for precisely two hours today, three quarters of which Madeleine hollered and carried on for. Apparently MJ was fine for the first fifteen or twenty minutes when she all of a sudden figured out that Mommy was nowhere to be seen. She then proceeded to let Miss Jeanie and the other kids know how she felt about that. (Hint: she wasn't too happy.) However, she did get her first swing ride which she reportedly loved. If we're lucky and Mommy gets this job, Goblin will only have to stay with Miss Jeanie for roughly an hour twice a week. It'll be good for her. (Or so Mommy keeps trying to convince herself.)

We will caption today's photos, because there were too many funny ones to just choose two. We didn't think y'all would mind. The first one was a serious, in depth conversation with Totoro.

Puffy face after an extended crying jag Tuesday night. Boy, does she cry like Mama or what?!

Madeleine gets very excited when she thinks she's up to no good - like pulling all of the toys out of her bookcase.
An apple that Miss Fuss demanded this morning at breakfast. It was Mommy's, then someone decided she was commandeering it. "This is mine. Don't even try taking it back, Mama."

Finally, a new variation on the booty dance.

Madeleine wishes you a Happy Friday and a wonderful weekend! We will be meeting the realtor on Saturday to give her our wish list. Madeleine's involves a corral for her future ponies and a yard big enough for circus birthday parties. Daddy says, "We'll see."