Go Packers?
J (Flipping through the newspaper): Go Green Bay Packers!!!
Me: Why the Packers? Do you know where Green Bay is?
J: Yeah, England.
Me: Do you know what sport they play?
J: Base…no, football…you can tell by the helmets.
Cookies by Joseph
Joseph came home with a recipe for apple cookies he printed out at school. He has been excited to bake for days. The recipe was two stapled and cut pieces of paper (he cut off the white parts of the page because they were blank). We guessed at the missing part of the recipe and he got started.
He read, measured and mixed everything himself. Then he recruited Maddie to get them on the cookie sheet: “You plop them and I’ll tell you if you need more dough, then I’ll shape them and space them. They have to be 2 inches apart.”
He thought they should bake for an hour but I suggested 10 minutes as a good starting point.
A long 10 minutes to wait…
One swift Tom Sawyer maneuver later and Maddie has begged to do the next batch herself while Joseph has retired to the family room to work on a puzzle.
And the final product! They sure taste healthy!
The proud baker.
Bakers.
Joseph thinks they are delicious.
Declared “World’s Best Cookie”
Faker! (She didn’t like the apples in them.)
But she can put on a delicious cookie face on command anyway.
Then things got silly.
Resist the Pain
A big day for this 5 year old.
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Big brother advised writing this note and helped her spell out the words. Neither of them knew how to spell Madeline so they got down the set of Madeline books for reference. 
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The note worked. The Tooth Fairy appreciates nice handwriting, a clear message, a detailed drawing, and a signature to make it official! 
Trump vs Hillary
I asked Joseph to recap one of the 2016 presidential debates:
Trump had water. Hillary didn’t have any. He kept drinking it.
I had orange juice mixed with ginger ale!
Trump said, “Wall.” That’s it. “Wall!” (No he didn’t, really?) Yeah and “Wrong!” When Hillary was talking. Just: “Wrong!” Hahaha.
Trump looked a bit dazed when he first came out there. (How did Hillary look?) She looked…nice. She was smiling a lot.
Masters of Rest
Mom, my teacher played Bob Dylan when we put our heads down for our little rest time today.
Really?
Yeah, it was this song.
Masters of War?
Oh. No, it was another one. But I recognized it was Bob Dylan because it had a harmonica.
Too Much Muscle
Joseph walked by with a pretty severe limp. I asked what was wrong. “My leg reaalllly hurts.” Why? “Oh, probably just too much muscle.” Yep, must be it. I showed him the photo.
Math + Cookies
So if you have 4 cookies across by 5, how many do you have? (blank stare) Think of four 5s…five and five is… “Ten!” And another five and five… “Ten…twenty!” Right…20…so if we do 5 pans, we’ll have… “Five twos…” Or two fives… “100 cookies!”
“You tied a knot in my brain and my brain untied it!”
Now if you make 4 tiny pans of 4 tiny cookies… “16!”
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