Wonder Woman

In size and shape, she looks somewhat like the Alice doll, and perhaps that's what drew Madison to her - she's a Wonder Woman doll.

We found this one at Goodwill before doing the "Superheroes" series, and brought it out to use. But it never made it out of the house, as Madison has embraced it, and kept it close. We had a funny moment where Madison was making a new dress for Wonder Woman - she was making it out of wrapping paper (with "Cars" characters on it, no less!). She was getting frustrated about getting the entire concept to work, so Daddy came in to the rescue. First of all, we made it into a shorter skirt. Riiiip! Then, through the magic of scotch tape, we were like expert seamstresses: yes, soon we had ourselves a genuine "Cars" wrapping paper dress! Wonder Woman wore that dress all day.

One thing she does that bothers us is something she did to Wonder Woman, earlier in the day. With a rubber band, she bound her hands behind her back. Why do this? She's done it with other dolls before (although not that frequently). This sometimes leaves us to wonder if this is any residual from life before meeting Mommy and Daddy. Certainly a disturbing thought, but one worth noting. We love our little girl, and hate thinking that anything significantly bad happened during her first two years alive. We always want to think that it was a simple case of a loving mother who could not keep a baby, and left her at the gate to the orphanage, who almost immediately found her and took her in. Nice and smooth. But nobody will ever really know, which is something that haunts us because of our deepest love for Madison. One thing we do know: she will always know love and caring in this house.

Madison has a nagging cough again - it sounds like she's trying to clear out some congestion. We've been giving her some child's medication, but this may put a damper on any plans for Thursday. It might be another "stay at home" day. That's okay though, as we've got plenty to do (finish painting the deck!). It's the season: lots of people have been sick lately, and it sort of passes around. With Madison at school, she has exposure to more kids, which means of course more opportunities. Like I wrote earlier, Mommy and Daddy will take care of her, but even so: she's a warrior!

Just as an FYI, the name Madison actually means, "Child of a Warrior." Or, it could be just "warrior." When combined with her middle name "Mei," her full name means "beautiful warrior." See? Madison is a Wonder Woman!

"All the world is waiting for you, and the power you possess." - lyrics from "Wonder Woman" tv theme song