Little Crannie

My  little pal makes me laugh constantly. I don't know what I would do without my Cran and her little sissy. The best two little pals there could ever be.

She says the funniest things all the time, and a lot of times without knowing what she said was so funny. Her little voice makes it even funnier. In fact, just today at Giant a sweet old lady at the cashier told me about Cran, "those freckles, that voice. What a sweetheart." Totally summed up the Cranster.

At dinner tonight she turned to me, patted me on the back, and said "Momma, this is the best dinner. I just love it. Thank you for making such a delicious, nutritious dinner" (although in Crannie language she says 'tishious nutritious' to be funny). After dinner and after the fiasco of having to wash them twice and rinse out all the toys and disinfect the tub- oh yes, Faith did poop in the tub yet again- Maddie and Faith were playing "showgirls" and this time Maddie was being the mother and Faith the daughter. Maddie tells me very sincerely, "Beebster is my daughter. I'm her momma. She's the best daughter in all the lands. She's a sweet girl. But, boy is she a sneaky girl when she poops in the tub" and starts laughing at Faith. Hahaha.

Cran also caught Dan and I off guard today. She's always known about little Alexa in Texas and just loves seeing all of her princess pictures, but hadn't asked anything about her since about a week before she passed away. When Alexa had first gone to the ICU, Maddie and I had been baking brownies and Dan and I had been stunned about it and Maddie overheard. She asked me why "the little girl in Texas" was so sick and if she could draw her a picture to make her feel better. She hadn't mentioned anything about her since then. Until lunch today. Out of the blue, Maddie turns to me and asks me "Momma, how is the little girl in Texas feeling?" I didn't even know what to say. Heartwrenching. I turned to Dan and he asked her if she remembered what we had talked about when we had talked about a 'place called Heaven.' It was a conversation I didn't even know how to address because I felt like crying. Maddie didn't seem to understand, and just continued to ask if Alexa was feeling better and if she could draw her another picture if it would help her. I left it at that and smiled.

Cran's still on her 'fancy' kick. She's so funny. She's such an awesome little girl- she can be 'fancy' and yet she's never been a typical 'girly girl.' A lot of times since I always dress Faith first, if she notices something that Faith is wearing that she knows she has a matching or coordinating outfit to, she'll run straight to her closet and ask to wear that similar outfit to 'be like Beebster.' It's so cute. And, other times she'll ask to choose what she wants to wear just randomly. Sometimes it's dresses. The other day she wanted to wear her Ronaldo soccer jersey (bright yellow) with purple shorts AND decided that she also wanted to wear her dressy Easter shoes. She looked hilarious. Dan convinced her that the shoes would be uncomfortable for playing outside, but she still went in her yellow and purple attire. She later informed us that the shoes had been chosen because they would help make her outfit more 'fancy.' Haha.

Today her 'fancy' kick was in making a cake. I've been letting her pick something from the baking section every week to make because of how much she enjoys making 'treats for Daddy.' Considering we never eat it all anyway, I guess it's not so bad. Dan and I said though that we'll have to get her those 2 cookbooks she loves so much for Christmas because she is still asking for them everyday and will sit forever at Barnes and Noble browsing through them both looking for stuff that she thinks would  be fun for us to make together. Anyway, she chose a rainbow chip cake today with cherry icing. On her own this afternoon she asked if we could put princess figures on it to make it a princess cake. I thought that was a cool idea, and it looked really cute. She was so proud! Of course, she loves making just about everything. At Donovan's house she loved making Chex Mix Muddy Buddies and she LOVES making different pizzas for dinner (we've been experimenting with a few different ones).

Yesterday before we went to the pool I'd been telling them that they needed to wear hats because of how hot it was and because we had a  UVA/UVB advisory for the day. I put on Faith's hat, and Maddie told me she'd be 'back in a flash' with a hat she had chosen. She came strolling in to her room where Faith and I were, and she was wearing Ethan's old Rugrats winter hat. I couldn't stop laughing. Faith was cracking up too because she looked so darn funny. Such a goofball. A sweet little goofball!