Maggie Maggie Maggie

Well, I haven't written on here since September. This blog hasn't been forgotten, just neglected. I don't know that I will ever "catch up" so I am just going to pick up right here.

Tonight I am talking about Maggie. What a child. Sometimes she brings out the best in me and sometimes the worst, but she also brings lots and lots of joy to my world.

She has been cracking me up lately in what she says, and how she says it. Just a few examples:

"Look! I put my clothes all by myself on!"
"Sometimes I run away."
"Jesus is awesome! He helps me jump higher."
"Last day, when I was a grandma I saw one of those (a lemur)."
    Me: "Do you mean you saw one of those when we were at the zoo with Grandma?"
    Maggie: "No, when I was the grandma, then I was a baby and I saw one of those in my backyard.                         Cause that makes sense."
"Jack is getting bigger and poofier! Jack is almost poofy!"

 I hope I never forget the cute, funny, sweet way that she has about her.

"Look! I made a T and a 7 and an L and an L and an L!"

Recently I took the kids to Chipotle when Joe was out of town. Maggie asked me to bring her to an ice cream store. I told her, "No, and you already had too many treats today." She responded, "Next time, if you tell me that you won't take me to get ice cream because I had too many treats, then I will go by myself."

I was like, "what?" She caught me totally off guard--I am not even sure I responded. I think I just sat there in silence for a couple minutes trying to figure out if she could actually pull it off because I wouldn't put it past her to try.

Although Maggie has a bit of feisty craziness to her, she is my little ray of sunshine. She loves making new friends, like Melanie who works at our laundromat, and Miss Lisa, her old swim teacher. I can't count the number of times that I have heard her say, "She is my favorite friend!" As soon as we walk out our door, she is looking for a friend (adult or child that she can strike up a conversation with).

Maggie is a bit popular in her pre-school, or at least that is what Mrs. S told us. Recently Maggie attended Eamon's (a classmate) birthday party with Joe. When they arrived, Joe began introductions. "Hi, this is Maggie." Eamon's mother said, "Hi, Maggie." Then Joe said, "and I am Joe Webb." Eamon's mom said, "Oh, your MaggieWEBB! Maggie is popular. Eamon is always telling stories about her. One time, when I went to pick Eamon up from pre-school, I saw a cute girl walk by and I said, 'Who's that?', and Eamon said, "That's not Maggie Webb."At the end of the party, Eamon's mom asked to take a picture of Maggie and Eamon because she needed to send a picture to her mother-in-law who's always asking Eamon, "How is Maggie Webb doing?"

Honestly, I think that the reason that kids love Maggie is that she loves them! She goes out of her way to say hi and is always trying to strike up conversations with both friends and strangers. She is such a great example to me, and I hope she never loses her inhibition to approach people and make friends.