New Diet
Joseph: Everybody, tonight is the last night of me being an omnivore. I’m changing into a vegetarian!
Maddie: I’m going to change into a butterfly!
(Later that evening.)
Joseph: Wait–can vegetarians eat brownies?
Maddie: Maybe I’m going to change into a spider, they roll up their food and suck blood out of bugs’ skins.
Maddie Dreams
Mom, do you know what I was just dreaming about? A princess fell and cut her leg and had to go to the hospital.
Which princess?
Snow White.
Did they fix her up at the hospital?
Yeah. Her leg was bleeding a lot. A LOT. They had to put a really big bandaid on her.
Oh wow. How did she fall?
She was on stilts and the Seven Dwarves pushed her.
Joseph Writes: Appreciation
To mommy and daddy:
“I ❤️ you guys because of the things that you do for me!”
The Performer
Joseph played his songs then turned and said, “Well? Where’s my applaudience?”
Joseph Writes: Danger!
I was on the phone when Joseph got home from school, so he urgently wrote out these notes:
“Logs on the driveway!”
“Dad won’t get through!”
Joseph Writes: A Recipe for Sand Pudding
First
Get 1 graham cracker, 1 ziploc, 1 vanilla pudding cup and 1 spoon.
Next
Put the graham in the bag.
Then
I crushed it with my fist.
After That
Spoon it in the pudding.
Finally
I eat it.
Joseph Writes: Snowman Excitement!
“I made a small snowman with snow balls. It was fun. The hat was too big. It melted inside!!!!!!!!!! I had mini carrots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Little Sister
Maddie got distracted playing with a party balloon attached to a stick while she was supposed to be getting her PJs on. The balloon popped and she came downstairs, in the buff, crying. She stopped crying when she saw that waving the stick made it look bendy. “Joseph, look!” she said through tears. “Cool!” he said. She continued waving the stick. I said, “What do you think of your sister, Joseph?” He smiled at her and said, “I think she’s pretty awesome.”
Family History, by Maddie
When we talk about something that happened before she was born, Maddie asks, “But where was I?” Answers vary from the standard “you weren’t born yet” to “twinkle in mommy’s eye” or “a tiny cell…sort of” … none of which make sense to her, of course. “But…where WAS I?” she usually responds. She thinks about her place in the world, and just how the whole life thing works. Both she and Joseph have expressed the idea that you are little then you get big then you get little again–the adults become kids again, taken care of by the kids who are now adults. Not far off, really!
That my parents are her grandparents is another topic she is working to figure out. Apparently she has been pondering this family timeline recently. In the car this morning, Maddie says, “You and daddy had your first wedding to get married and all your friends came. Then you went home and decided to have a baby. Then Joseph was born then you decided to have a girl one. That’s me! Then I was born. And when you were a little girl you had a mommy and daddy and that is grandma and grandpa and you lived in their house and they took care of you. Right?”
“Pretty much!”
Maddie’s Sport
Maddie and Noah were tossing a whiffleball back and forth. She can throw pretty well.
“So, Mads, what’s your sport going to be?” I say.
“I want to have green shirts.”
“Ok, but for which sport?”
“Seventeen. Is that old?”
“Nevermind.”
“I’ll be three then.”
“Sounds good.”
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