be careful what you name your child.
i've often considered these letters for the door to the kids' room. but at $3.00 a pop, madeleine would cost $27. had i dropped the second 'e' (which has already created some problems), i could have saved $3.00. but if i'd been really forward thinking, i could have named her ann, or may -- or have gone really renegade, with just a single letter, like 'b' or 'l'. and beyond the savings per letter, think of the time i could have saved filling out all those forms!
my quick google of names shows me that there are very few names with more letters than madeleine. even alexandra, arundhati, hamilton. all nine letters. doesn't arundhati sound like it has more letters than madeleine? especially if you pronouce it the french way -- madeleine that is.
so, i'm thinking of having the kids' room door look something like this.
MO MAD
i figure i can add the apostrophe with a sharpie.
