The things I hope will never go... but I know they will

I have to take a moment to record these little gems that are constants in conversation. These Maddenisms will be gone before we know it...

• Lawn the Mow -- "Daddy! Thanks for letting me lawn the mow with you! That was fun!"
• Trudeau -- "Where do Row and; Donkey live, Madden?" "Trudeau"
• Falihax -- "Where was the motel where our room was right beside the pool, Madden?" "Falihax"
• "When I was 6..." -- "When I was six I used to have a teacher called Campbell Campbell. She was a good teacher." (It's also the phrase used to introduce anything he's trying to be a part of and normally can't find any other connection.)

I'll keep adding to the list as more pop into conversation.

• Is Daddy done swipper whicking?!? (whipper snipping)
• URGH! You're just trying to accu-ate me! (aggrevate)
• Where's the tee-mote? (remote... for the tv, of course!)

I tell you...

STOP saying 'Oh My God' when I fart every time. You do it every time and it's embarrassing and not polite. So don't say it and don't laugh at me.

Regular Thursday night conversation...

Kyle is sitting in the chair after working in the garden all evening, drinking a beer.
Madden is bopping around... playing, commenting on this and that.

Kyle tells him it's time for bed. Madden asks if he can brush his teeth by himself. He does.

Then he comes back to the living room and takes note of the beer and says,

"You're gonna be drunk!"

LOL

A couple of gems...

I forgot to post about this one...

this happened on April 27th.
Brenley & Madden had gotten in another tiff about whatever before bed time. So, when he was in bed, he was playing with his toy dog, Scout, which sings songs all about Madden. So, anyway, it started off singing...

"Me and my pal... Madden." 


To which Madden replied,

"See! He don't like Brenley either, Mommy!"

LOL




And then tonight...

overheard from Madden, tucked into bed, supposed to be going to sleep:

" [mumble, mumble] Jimmy quit... Joey got married... [mumble, mumble]"

LOL. Name that tune!

The chances of getting a serious or normal photo these days...

... are slim to none!

All in one day...

... actually in the span of 2 hours:



We were driving a friend home from school & she and I were talking in the front seat. Well, Mr. Madden was feeling a bit left out.

 "Mommy.... Mommmmy!.... MOMMY?!?!?!" 

Yes, Madden?

"What you guys talkin' bout?"

Oh, the price of tea...

"Yeah, right. T...U...V...W...X, Y, Z!"

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Then later when we got home, he was being a not-so-good boy. I got cross at him & yelled "MADDEN GILLIS!"
He just looked at me with this stunned little grin on his face and said,

 "You forgot the Iain Ruaraidh part" 

Today's Email...

Got an email today from the babysitter that said...

"Madden got in a bit of trouble today. Hopefully he will get on the straight and narrow soon!!!!!!!"


All I saw was the first sentence & immediately thought "Oh GOD! What did he ruin on her?"


Then I scrolled down & saw this pic:

I guess he's a little more like Uncle Pat than we thought ;)