Maddie’s Musings
Sometimes cows are magic. Sometimes they aren’t.
I saw an asteroid almost hit the planet yesterday when we were coming inside from recess. Good thing it didn’t destroy the earth.
Some people are allergic to fog. Some–to bees.
Boat Building
Maddie: I’m building a boat community.
Me: What does community mean?
Maddie: It means you are good at building boats that are cool.
Special Delivery
J: I want to go to England to see [Minecraft YouTuber] DanTDM!
R: You could write him a letter, he puts an address on his videos.
J: What?! Then the mailman would have to go all the way to England!
Redskins
Mom, do you like the Redskins baseball team? I made this necklace with their colors.
Joseph Writes: Foxes
This page, along with a blank sheet of paper and a pencil, was dropped down from upstairs…
“Nevermind that. Draw your best fox! And put it on my bedside table.”
“My best fox. (Not blood.) Comment: dumb/good/legendary.”
My best fox: 
Joseph Writes: Signage
“No girls except mom. That means you, Maddie!”
Poor little sister! No worries, I made a few edits:
Fun Marks
Mads: Mom, can I add those lines with the dots?
Me: An exclamation mark. Sure, go for it.
Mads: I call those fun marks cause they add extra fun and I like to have fun and Ava likes to have fun. So–fun marks!
Argh, Gimme Yer Keys
Advice from Maddie…Do NOT put your keys next to a pirate because “if you put the keys next to a pirate then the pirate will take the keys away because it has golden on the bottom and pirates like golden.”
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The Sound of Music
Commentary…
M: Hey, that’s Mary Poppins!
J: Austria? You mean Australia?
M: What’s her name? R: Maria.
J: Those old ladies are slow. M: And bored!
J: They always wear those clothes? R: Yes. J: I’ll bet they get mildewy!
J: So those ladies aren’t married? R: No. N: Yeah, they are–they married to Jesus, they even have rings.
J: Can men be nuns? Do they have a place like that for men? R: Monks in a monastery are similar–lots of praying and singing.
M: Ah, ha. The kids are all playing tricks on her.
M: So…that is Mary Poppins, right mom?
J: I’ll bet she likes to sing too. Yep.
J: Pfff. The first rule in that house is discipline! That means punishment. That is no fun!
M: What’s her name again? R: Maria.
M: He sings too.
J: Ooh she’s leaving! She is leaving, right mom?
J: Mom, can you pause it? I have to go to the bathroom and I don’t want to miss any parts.
J: I was just a sparkle in your eye when you got married, just like she got a sparkle in her eye!
J: I wonder where the mailman guy is. Oh wait that’s not the girl who wants to marry the mailman. Oh, now he’ll probably just go ask her to get married.
[Kissing on-screen] J: Ewwe ew ew ewww!
J: I don’t like the Sound of Music, there’s too much kissing and loving and singing.
J: Oh, she’s getting married to the mailman! (R: No, it’s Maria’s wedding.) Well, she should be…that girl should marry the mailman.
M: So the whole entire people are singing except for the bad guys? Cause the bad guys are going to take the dad? (R: Right.)
M: Those are the bad guys, right? When are the bad guys going to take away the dad?
M: They’re not coming out! They have the light on back there but no one is coming out. They’re gone! Uh oh. … Is that jail? (R: No it’s where the nuns live.) Uh oh! They are going to get them!
J: Is Ralph one of the bad guys? R: Rolfe. Yes.
R: They have to walk to the next country to get away from the bad guys. M: They have to walk the whole way? They have to go over every mountain? That’s tiring!
M: Is it over? Are we going to watch it again?
R: Did you guys like it? (They nod.) What did you think? J: Good!
R: What was your favorite part? M: When the bad guys were trying to take the dad away! J: That was my favorite part, too. The part where the bad guys were after the family. R: When they were looking around with the flashlights? M: Yeah and Ralph was not really a bad guy. R: Rolfe. J: Yeah he was. Ralph was a bad guy, he was wearing that suit. M: Ralph wasn’t a bad guy, he was the mailman! (She laughs.) R: Rolfe. M: Was Ralph a bad guy? R: Rolfe. Yes.
Joseph Writes: Lost Tooth
Joseph misplaced the tooth he lost…this was under his pillow: 
“I literally lost my tooth. P.S. Not a joke. Joseph.”
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