City girls, nature girls
This week, Madeleine demonstrated that she is a DC native. On our drive downtown, we were the lead car as we pulled away from a stoplight when Madeleine remarked 'It's like we're in a motorcade!' She's also shown an unusual ability to know both where we are, and to have preferences about which route to take. I'll decline to attribute these characteristics to either side of her family as they have both positive and negative implications, but will offer a couple of examples:
--On the way home, Madeleine prefers Western Avenue to Connecticut Avenue and Brookville Road and will request that route at the appropriate intersection.
--Last year when we were crossing town on Military Road, Madeleine spoke up from the back seat to remark "You'd better turn, Mama, or you're going to hit Georgia." I'm still at a loss to explain how she knew we were headed for Georgia Avenue, or how she knew how much I dislike driving on that road.
--Madeleine reprimands cars that get in front of us - mostly I agree with her if someone has cut us off, but sometimes she shows a preschooler's colors and just wants to be first.
In contrast, Josephine is displaying her love of the outdoors. Actually, both girls have been enjoying some warmer weather. Last weekend, we spent a lot of time in the backyard playing, in addition to sweeping, raking, and mowing. And, we've been able to continue our outdoor time in the evenings this week as the weather has been so lovely. Madeleine likes to have her neighborhood friends over to play house, jump rope, and do art, and Josephine just likes to be. Josephine is happy with everything so long as she is outside. She likes sitting in the toy car, peeking out of the windows in the toy house, and just standing and holding on to something/anything. She practiced walking outside quite a bit, but was also seen speed-crawling across the grass. We know how much she loved hanging out outside by the scream and head toss whenever it was time to go inside.
Madeleine and Josephine's grandparents are visiting beginning tomorrow, so we'll look forward to more walks and outside playing. They're hitting town just at the right time to see the cherry blossoms too which makes this prospect even nicer.
--On the way home, Madeleine prefers Western Avenue to Connecticut Avenue and Brookville Road and will request that route at the appropriate intersection.
--Last year when we were crossing town on Military Road, Madeleine spoke up from the back seat to remark "You'd better turn, Mama, or you're going to hit Georgia." I'm still at a loss to explain how she knew we were headed for Georgia Avenue, or how she knew how much I dislike driving on that road.
--Madeleine reprimands cars that get in front of us - mostly I agree with her if someone has cut us off, but sometimes she shows a preschooler's colors and just wants to be first.
In contrast, Josephine is displaying her love of the outdoors. Actually, both girls have been enjoying some warmer weather. Last weekend, we spent a lot of time in the backyard playing, in addition to sweeping, raking, and mowing. And, we've been able to continue our outdoor time in the evenings this week as the weather has been so lovely. Madeleine likes to have her neighborhood friends over to play house, jump rope, and do art, and Josephine just likes to be. Josephine is happy with everything so long as she is outside. She likes sitting in the toy car, peeking out of the windows in the toy house, and just standing and holding on to something/anything. She practiced walking outside quite a bit, but was also seen speed-crawling across the grass. We know how much she loved hanging out outside by the scream and head toss whenever it was time to go inside.
Madeleine and Josephine's grandparents are visiting beginning tomorrow, so we'll look forward to more walks and outside playing. They're hitting town just at the right time to see the cherry blossoms too which makes this prospect even nicer.
posted by Laura at 3/29/2007 07:10:00 PM
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