Big Enough!

On our way back from Tahoe, we stopped at the Nut Tree and let the kids go on rides. When we got to the bumper cars, Madeleine and I had to sit it out, since she was a wee bit too small. She was good natured about the whole thing and helped me root on Marc and Matthew as they crashed into cars and walls.

Since then, she finds every opportunity to let us know she's big enough for the bumper cars now. When she sits on the big potty I often tell her, "Oh Madeleine you're such a big girl now. See, you're too big to fall in the potty (her fear)." She always follows up with "big enough to ride the bumper cars!" A big grin across her face.

When I try to pick her up and she's really heavy I'm often led to say "You're getting SO big these days!" She doesn't miss a beat, and reiterates her entitlement "big enough to ride the bumper cars!"

I'm always amused by her bumper car fascination and determination to be "big enough". Yesterday was the funniest one of all. We were walking hand in hand and she noticed our shadows. She pointed to each of us on the side walk and said "Mommy and Madeleine". She took her pointer finger out again and said "Big and big enough!" She tipped her head back, put on her huge grin and added "big enough to ride the bumper cars!!!" Marc and Matthew were a few strides behind us and joined us in a big belly laugh.