Deep (Dish) Sleep

Deep (Dish) Sleep

“I fell asleep with that piece of pizza last night.” “Where did you find it?” “It was stuck to my shirt.” “Eww.” “No, it was good. I just ate it.”
Still Rated G

Still Rated G

Maddie got mad at me. “You dumb buddy mommy jerk!” Joseph looks at me and says, “It’s hard when you don’t know any bad words.”
cOLD Ladies

cOLD Ladies

J: We didn’t go out for recess today because Mrs G decided it was “too cold.” She’s just an old lady, so she’s always cold. And one day Mrs White said we couldn’t go out because it was “too humid” and her “hair...
Math Woes

Math Woes

Math is like being trapped in an empty room that’s painted all white and all you have is a dried out Expo marker. Then someone says, “Divide 1.8 billion by 19,496.”
Singing Mood

Singing Mood

Me: Good morning, Maddie. You’re in a singing mood today, eh? Maddie: Yep! Joseph: That’s my least favorite of all your moods.
That Cindy

That Cindy

Joseph helped Maddie with her homework. Maddie thinks through each situation and wonders aloud about possible grey areas in the definition of a citizen and how intent might play into it, while Joseph knows how worksheets go–you can’t think too...