MADI DID IT!

Madi is a nutball...no doubt about it!  She can make monstrous messes.  The other day, I put  Hannah down for a nap then came walking down the stairs.  Before I was even halfway down, Madi could hear my steps descending and KNEW she was in big trouble.  She started confessing and apologizing, "BIG MESS, MAMA.  SOOOO SORRY!  BIG MESS!  MADI DID IT!"

She was hollering from the kitchen counter where she had climbed up and squeezed the maple syrup all over EVERYTHING...table, crayons, herself.  It was a sticky disaster.  She "helped" me clean the gooey mayhem apologizing the entire time, "So sorry.  BIG MESS.  MADI DID IT!"   We stripped her down and scrubbed her off in the kitchen sink.  I may not love cleaning up her messes, but I do LOVE how she owns it and proudly claims credit for her disasters/accidents/poopy diapers/assaults on Hannah, etc.

If I smell a stink, I'll ask, "Uh, oh!  Who pooped?"    If it's not Hannah, she'll proudly claim it, "MADI DID IT!"

When Hannah screams in pain and I come running, Madi will own it with a confident admission of guilt, "MADI DID IT!"

When she makes a big mess, she doesn't try to blame it on Daddy, Hannah or Lily just blurts out, "MADI DID IT!"  She may be a royal disaster but at least she's a truthful one!  And even in her naughtiest moments she can make me smile!