Third Child....

If you have kids, then you have undoubtedly mastered the art of "listening" while not really listening. You know what I mean....when your child is talking your ear off about something and you nod your head and say "yeah" or "oh really" or "wow", and although you may have caught the just of it, you haven't really heard a word they are saying. Well the other day I was sitting at the island doing something on the computer (with my back to the stairs) and Madelyn starts yelling at me, "mommy say BE CAREFUL....mommy say BE CAREFUL". I ignored her for awhile, not really paying attention. But she persisted, "mommy say be careful". So I humored her and without turning around to look I said "Be careful Madelyn". She repeated, so I repeated. After a couple times of this, Collin said "uhm mommy look at Madelyn". This of course got my attention, so I turned around and found Madelyn perched up on the top of the gate at the bottom of the stairs, grinning from ear to ear......"mommy say BE CAREFUL". Apparently I should pay a little more attention!!