Sweet Tooth
Maddie: Grandma got us treats. Joseph picked a chocolate bar and I got pretzels.
Me: That sounds about right. You don’t have a big sweet tooth, do you?
Maddie: No, I just have a little one. It’s this one all the way back here.
Shopping Spree
The kids got gift cards from a friend of mine. They were super excited to have their own spending money.
Joseph says, “Can we go to Target tonight??”
Maddie says, “I’m saving mine until I’m 28.”
Joseph Writes: Christmas Wish List
I would like these for Christmas
- A Bomb (?) plushy (apparently this is some kind of Angry Bird)
- A Chuck plushy (also an Angry Bird)
- A puppy
- A remote control helicopter
- White Christmas
Mistletoe Maddie
“Someone come and kiss me [stomps foot]… I’m under the mistletoe!!!”
Piano Woes
J: Mom, I want to quit piano.
Me: Why?
J: If you are good at piano, all the girls will like you…but I don’t want them to like me!
Joseph Writes: A Book
“Mom, do you want to hear the book Amir and I wrote?”
“Yes!”
(He opens the book backwards.)
“It’s a left-handed book.”
(It was called All About a Farm and listed some animals and the sounds they make and what they eat.)
Maddie’s Powers
“I have to wash this ring! It holds all my powers.”
Joseph Writes: A Note to Maddie
They were supposed to be getting ready for bed, but instead were standing on Joseph’s bed, falling face-first into the pillow. Great fun until little sister misjudged the distance and face-planted into the headboard. While I was holding ice on her head, Joseph delivered his note…padlocked to a god’s eye. For her to keep. And the key, too. Then he took good care of her, holding her hand going up the stairs and stopping for a water break. He even allowed her story to be read first.
As only a child of mine would, she asked me to take pictures.
It’s better today, but I expect it will turn the color of her shirt soon.
Name Change
Joseph: Mom, how old do you have to be to change your name?
Me: 18. Why?
Joseph: I want to change my name to Jacob.
Me: Why?
Joseph: I think Jacob suits me better.
Maddie: I am going to change my name to Madeluto!
Dud
Me: My word was ‘dud’ … do you know what that means?
J: It’s like a popcorn kernel that didn’t pop.
Me: Right, or a firework that didn’t go off.
J: Or a person who was going to be born but didn’t make it.
Me: Umm…
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