Gettin' My Stroll On

Word. But before I even start explaining how I'm going to roll after my arrival, I wanted to see if all you maddiepandfriends noticed my super cool new feature that I added to my blog. To the left, you should now see a countdown clock titled "The Final Countdown" enabling all of you to see exactly how much time is left (to the second! AWESOME!) before my official arrival date is upon us. It's like New Year's in March. Please note, this is Dr. Oz's hand-picked, totally reliable, best estimate for when I will be here, so I am hoping the clock proves to be accurate. I apologize to all of my readers in advance if I come before that day and you don't get the chance to countdown the final seconds together (SAD!).

FWIW - Dad really struggled with the formatting and color of the countdown clock. He tried (or so he told ME) to get it to match the rest of the layout of my blog. He kept telling me he did his best, so I had to believe him. Plus, I have been super frustrated with him recently, and thought it might be a good idea to take it easy on him in regards to this issue. After all, he takes all of my dictation and does all of the typing. (Don't worry, once my color recognition is in full effect, I'll reevaluate the entire format of the complete blog. If you're not a big fan, just be patient, K?)

Anyhoo, back to my original reason for posting today. I received a totally nifty present in the mail from my friend Cedar the other day. I thought, "another present, for ME?! You do TOO much!", wondering what it could be. This a great pic of what it was:



Know what it is? It's a Wisconsin license plate with MY name on it! M-A-D-E-L-Y-N. Dad decided to spell my name differently than "normal", so Cedar had to make it by hand (SUPER EFFORT!). You can't tell from the picture, but the plate is actually kid-sized. Dad said it would be great for my bicycle when I was 5 or 6 and learning how to ride. "5 OR 6???!!!" I asked. "I cannot possibly wait that long to use this totally, extra, super-duper awesome license plate!!!" I almost passed out I was SO worked up! Once he talked me down, dad explained that I might be able to attach it to my stroller so that everyone would know it was me. Fantastic idea (SURPRISING!)!

Now I just have to figure out what stroller to attach it to and how it should look. I am thinking that the jogging stroller will be better since it also has speakers for my IPod. I am also thinking that I might have dad wrap a light rope around the border to really grab the attention of all passersby (HELLO!). It really has potential to be the COOLEST! Dad didn't necessarily think it would be smart to draw too much attention to the license plate since it was "out-of-state" and "unregistered". He thought the local federalies might try to shake me down for not rolling with Colorado tags. "They see me rollin', they hatin', patrollin', tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty..." Oh, sorry about that! Again with the singing, I know! I told dad not to worry, and that I will be so FRICKIN cute that there's no way I'm getting pinched. Plus, I'm just a baby (INNOCENT!). I am hoping to travel a lot once I get everything configured, so keep an eye out in your neighborhood for the MaddiePMobile ;)

I would love to use it legally in the actual state of Wisconsin someday, so hopefully my parents will take me there at some point. It's literally the land of CHEESE! Need I say more? Anyway, even though she lives in Minnesota, I just know Cedar will take me for a tour of all her favorite "hot spots" in the great state of Wisconsin. Til then, I'll just have to represent for the entire state while I'm out here in Colorado.

Cool beans, huh?! That's about all I have for today. Oh, I almost forgot. My weekend WAS most excellent, thanks for asking! As I always say, I hope your weekend was crazy fun too! It's late for the well wishes, I know, but I hate to miss a week without making sure all the maddiepandfriends are having as good of a time as I am :) Later......


SO into:

• Tricycles
• March Madness (sorry mom)
• Sonnets
• Disco Balls

SO not:

• Bullhorns
• Boundaries
• Clowns
• Mark Ronson (WHAT-EVER Suri. O-M-G, SUCH a biter!!!!)