[Daddy's note: While Maeve was at girl scouts, I sat home with Addie and Clark. Addie, who stayed home sick today, told me she had things to say and wanted to blog another blog.]
ADDIE: Hey do you wanna hear something really cool? My birthdays's almost here.
Guys. Did you know this that I'm going to talk about right now? When you eat vegetables it's healthy for you. Really it is.
On my birthday, I'm going to have a disco birthday party at my birthday and I'm going to make a disco ball out of Cecilia and Amy's disco ball. I'm going to turn five when I get my birthday.
I went to the doctor's today and I even got a Snow White sticker and there was nooooooooo shots.
And, listen, everyone. If you guys ever see this blog, call Gramma. And if you're in my family, call Gramma. Her real name is Mary Pat. Because this is the secret of Gramma. [Looks around, whispers] She has elf on the shelf now! But it's a grandparents' one. And she got it today. And his name is I don't really remember his name.
I went to the doctors because my breathing is bad and I had a cough and I don't remember what the doctor said so I do not have a diagnosis. [I swear to Christ I'm not making this up. My four year old said "diagnosis." Lisa tells me it's on a cartoon she watches, but I'm still filling out applications for UB Medical after I post this.]
And everyone, this is the secret of all.
The secret is...
Do not tell anybody...
I love my Clarkie baby! I love him so much my heart grows.
And it grows the biggest. Maybe my heart grows, maybe it weighs ten miles away. And my sister loves Clark too.
Bye bye, everyone, goodnight, I'll see you tomorrow! And don't tell Maeve this, I'm going to come downstairs and tackle her when she gets home!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Shelf Elf, discussed.
ADDIE: We found Elf On The Shelf today! He was up on the little shelf thing hanging on the wall. In the kitchen! His name is Freddy.
The Elf On The Shelf is from the North Pole. Because when you get your Christmas tree he comes. He can see through walls to see if we're bad or good and then he comes tell Santa. He's Santa's little helper.
MAEVE: You can't touch him. And he watches over you. He has a red suit and brown hair and a white collar and a red shirt. And I don't know why he doesn't have hands or feet. He hides every single day in a different spot and it's very hard to find him. If you touch him he'll lose his magic and he can't fly back to Santa.
A: Or talk and do stuff. The Garvey family named him Freddy.
M: Once he was hidden the first time we saw him he was hiding on the window right down the big stairs. He has also hidden on the...
Dad, what is that thing called in the kitchen that Addie talked about at the beginning of this thing?
D: The spice rack.
M: and then the next day he hid on the spice rat. I do not remember where he hid last year.
A: There was a cartoon about the elf on the shelf! My favorite part was the girl how she went up and twirled around and then went back down... [whispers] It was so... pretty...
The Elf On The Shelf is from the North Pole. Because when you get your Christmas tree he comes. He can see through walls to see if we're bad or good and then he comes tell Santa. He's Santa's little helper.
MAEVE: You can't touch him. And he watches over you. He has a red suit and brown hair and a white collar and a red shirt. And I don't know why he doesn't have hands or feet. He hides every single day in a different spot and it's very hard to find him. If you touch him he'll lose his magic and he can't fly back to Santa.
A: Or talk and do stuff. The Garvey family named him Freddy.
M: Once he was hidden the first time we saw him he was hiding on the window right down the big stairs. He has also hidden on the...
Dad, what is that thing called in the kitchen that Addie talked about at the beginning of this thing?
D: The spice rack.
M: and then the next day he hid on the spice rat. I do not remember where he hid last year.
A: There was a cartoon about the elf on the shelf! My favorite part was the girl how she went up and twirled around and then went back down... [whispers] It was so... pretty...
Monday, November 26, 2012
Thanksgiving wrap-up
ADDIE: Dear everyone in the world:
Turkeys are the funniest birds ever in the world.
Love, Addie.
MAEVE: I have a poem to go with that.
A: No, this is how it goes.
M: Wait, I have a good one, write "Hi turkeys, what's up, baby?" No, Daddy, you say it like "bay-buh."
A: [Sung to the tune of I'm a little teapot. Kind of.]
Daddy, Can we talk about Easter now?
MAEVE: I have a poem to go with that.
I am a turkey.
All know is this one word and that is gobble gobble.
A turkey is a funny bird.
Its head goes bobble bobble.
All it knows is just one word
and that is gobble gobble.
A: [Sung to the tune of I'm a little teapot. Kind of.]
I am a little turkey, plump and wide!
Feet on the bottom, wings on the side!
When I walk, I waddle to and fro!
And now see me gobble gobble, off I go!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Decorating the tree
MAEVE: My favorite ornament on the tree? I have two favorites. The new one Addie picked out for me. Actually three. And this angel one. And the manger. The one Addie got me is a swirl ornament and it’s sparkly purple. Like the shape of a
circle. And I love it. And my daddy and my sister got it for me.
The angel one is very pretty and very special to me. Her hair is yellow. She has green wings. And I named her Merella. She has a circle mouth, almost like she’s saying "boo". She has a white bottle in her hair [it's in her hand, actually-- Maeve is a little distracted]. She has a flower on her foot that says “Maeve” and what’s two zero eleven?
The angel one is very pretty and very special to me. Her hair is yellow. She has green wings. And I named her Merella. She has a circle mouth, almost like she’s saying "boo". She has a white bottle in her hair [it's in her hand, actually-- Maeve is a little distracted]. She has a flower on her foot that says “Maeve” and what’s two zero eleven?
DADDY: What do you think it is?
M: It’s one one. No. two hundred?
D: It’s two thousand eleven. That’s
the year you got it.
M: From when I was five.
The manger is also my favorite. It’s
cute. And I like it. And I really love it. There’s Jesus and Mary and Jophus.
D: Addie, what’s your favorite ornament?
ADDIE: the sled
one and the Christmas tree one because I’m the baby and Maeve is holding
me. There’s a picture in them and they’re
the same picture and Maeve is holding me when I was a baby in them.
I also like this one [the
manger one Maeve was talking about] because it’s a house and there are
people in it playing house.
I have to go now because mom needs my help.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Correction to the last post
[Daddy's Note: I read the last post to Addie and she told me I got my facts wrong. This is her correction post.]
ADDIE: Hi I am Addie. I love our family. Daddy, don't be mad about this, but best of all is Santa Claus because he's my special friend. Do you want to hear a story? Or a joke? I'll do both. How do you say goodbye to a two-headed monster? Bye bye! Hahahaha...
Okay, I'm going to do the story now. Okay, then let's do it. Once upon a time, there was a family that was a Garvey family. The dad was named Mike. My big sister was named Maeve. And the little sister that was me was named Addie. And the baby that was one was named Clark and the mama was named Lisa.
And they picked a Christmas tree out but Maeve did not want that tree and then she changed her mind and then she did want that tree. So we cut it down and then the end.
ADDIE: Hi I am Addie. I love our family. Daddy, don't be mad about this, but best of all is Santa Claus because he's my special friend. Do you want to hear a story? Or a joke? I'll do both. How do you say goodbye to a two-headed monster? Bye bye! Hahahaha...
Okay, I'm going to do the story now. Okay, then let's do it. Once upon a time, there was a family that was a Garvey family. The dad was named Mike. My big sister was named Maeve. And the little sister that was me was named Addie. And the baby that was one was named Clark and the mama was named Lisa.
And they picked a Christmas tree out but Maeve did not want that tree and then she changed her mind and then she did want that tree. So we cut it down and then the end.
Stories
DADDY: Tell me your favorite things that happened yesterday and today.
MAEVE: I'll tell you two things today and one from yesterday. Yesterday we went to Nana's to sleep over. And we saw our whole family. Well, not our whole family. We had a lot of fun. I can't wait until we do it again. We watched a little of a movie. I watched a little of The Grinch and a little Frosty the Snowman and a little Rudolph. Today we played Memory today and getting the trees.
Getting the trees was a lot of fun. I do not know why Uncle Louis did not go. Gramma and Papa went and Gramma wore headgear that looked like reindeer horns.
Where is the tree now?
D: It's on the porch. I haven't put it up yet. Maybe we'll just leave it out there this year.
M: Santa's gonna be confuuuuuuuuused.
D: What else happened today?
M: I had bacon for breakfast. But, Daddy, I didn't have any grits! Will you read this to me?
D: Yup. Let me get Addie's story first. Addie, what was your favorite thing that happened today?
ADDIE: I don't want to do a story. [She taps her temple with one finger, thinking.] Okay, chopping down Christmas trees. Actually, I do want to make a story. Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Addie and that's me. And there's my big sister and she was named Maeve. And Maeve decided that she didn't want a Christmas tree, but I decided that I did. So we cut down the Christmas tree and then we put it on Amy's truck. The end.
MAEVE: I'll tell you two things today and one from yesterday. Yesterday we went to Nana's to sleep over. And we saw our whole family. Well, not our whole family. We had a lot of fun. I can't wait until we do it again. We watched a little of a movie. I watched a little of The Grinch and a little Frosty the Snowman and a little Rudolph. Today we played Memory today and getting the trees.
Getting the trees was a lot of fun. I do not know why Uncle Louis did not go. Gramma and Papa went and Gramma wore headgear that looked like reindeer horns.
Where is the tree now?
D: It's on the porch. I haven't put it up yet. Maybe we'll just leave it out there this year.
M: Santa's gonna be confuuuuuuuuused.
D: What else happened today?
M: I had bacon for breakfast. But, Daddy, I didn't have any grits! Will you read this to me?
D: Yup. Let me get Addie's story first. Addie, what was your favorite thing that happened today?
ADDIE: I don't want to do a story. [She taps her temple with one finger, thinking.] Okay, chopping down Christmas trees. Actually, I do want to make a story. Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Addie and that's me. And there's my big sister and she was named Maeve. And Maeve decided that she didn't want a Christmas tree, but I decided that I did. So we cut down the Christmas tree and then we put it on Amy's truck. The end.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Counter
D: Maeve, 100 people have already looked at your blog on the Internet!
M: There are that many people on the Internet!?
M: There are that many people on the Internet!?
And yet another post
DADDY: Pretend someone has never heard of Christmas. How would you tell them what it is?
M: Christmas is about loving others. And definitely your parents and definitely again your family. Here is a fact about Santa: you better be good or Santa's not going to give you any presents. And that's it for facts.
I like when Santa comes and I like to open presents. We wake up and go downstairs for what I just said. With our parents. And I like when the Elf on the Shelf comes to our house
I hope I am not on the Naughty List. I like Santa.
A: You know someone who has never heard of Christmas? Christmas is a very special year. It's where we get presents and we open them and we get them from Santa.
D: But why is it a special day?
A: Because Santa comes.
D: But why? Why does he come? Why do we have this special occasion?
A: ...
D: Is it someone's birthday?
A: Yes, mine.
D: Okay, your birthday is on the 18th. Who was born on Christmas?
A: JESUS!
M: Can I tell you a fact about elves? Elves can see through walls. That's important because they can see if we're bad or good and they report to Santa. If you're bad, Santa will bring you a stick or coal. And here's something about sticks and coal: they are not fun. And did you know that when it gets cold outside for Christmas the water freezes up into ice and then sometimes it rains at Christmas and that's called precipitation, which is when the water rises up and the clouds get too full and it rains.
A: I hope that it snows and not rains on Christmas. I like to have snowball fights and build snowmans.
M: Christmas is about loving others. And definitely your parents and definitely again your family. Here is a fact about Santa: you better be good or Santa's not going to give you any presents. And that's it for facts.
I like when Santa comes and I like to open presents. We wake up and go downstairs for what I just said. With our parents. And I like when the Elf on the Shelf comes to our house
I hope I am not on the Naughty List. I like Santa.
A: You know someone who has never heard of Christmas? Christmas is a very special year. It's where we get presents and we open them and we get them from Santa.
D: But why is it a special day?
A: Because Santa comes.
D: But why? Why does he come? Why do we have this special occasion?
A: ...
D: Is it someone's birthday?
A: Yes, mine.
D: Okay, your birthday is on the 18th. Who was born on Christmas?
A: JESUS!
M: Can I tell you a fact about elves? Elves can see through walls. That's important because they can see if we're bad or good and they report to Santa. If you're bad, Santa will bring you a stick or coal. And here's something about sticks and coal: they are not fun. And did you know that when it gets cold outside for Christmas the water freezes up into ice and then sometimes it rains at Christmas and that's called precipitation, which is when the water rises up and the clouds get too full and it rains.
A: I hope that it snows and not rains on Christmas. I like to have snowball fights and build snowmans.
Follow up post from both
A: oh, I want one more thing. A princess coloring book.
M: Why didn't I think of that? Here is my Christmas list. Here are the three things I want because I didn't think of anything else yet: Dora Gymnastic and some clothes and a new sled. a hot pink sled.
And I really just want a car that's this big and there's a remote control that will control where it goes and I really want that. And I want the color to be light purple.
How about you ask us some questions, daddy?
M: Why didn't I think of that? Here is my Christmas list. Here are the three things I want because I didn't think of anything else yet: Dora Gymnastic and some clothes and a new sled. a hot pink sled.
And I really just want a car that's this big and there's a remote control that will control where it goes and I really want that. And I want the color to be light purple.
How about you ask us some questions, daddy?
First post from Addie
ADDIE: I am Addie. I love angels and I love snowflakes.
Santa Claus is my favorite friend.
Here are the things I will ask him for Christmas: Swan Princess Barbie. Dora dress up costume. Dora Gymnastics too. I want a Doc McStuffin Barbie.
And on Christmas Eve, the Elf on the Shelf comes! And I don't think we'll see the Elf on the Shelf today, but we're going to check and see. Santa Claus also comes on Christmas Eve. He brings some presents!
Happy Christmas and Thanksgiving!
Santa Claus is my favorite friend.
Here are the things I will ask him for Christmas: Swan Princess Barbie. Dora dress up costume. Dora Gymnastics too. I want a Doc McStuffin Barbie.
And on Christmas Eve, the Elf on the Shelf comes! And I don't think we'll see the Elf on the Shelf today, but we're going to check and see. Santa Claus also comes on Christmas Eve. He brings some presents!
Happy Christmas and Thanksgiving!
First post from Maeve
MAEVE: Thank you for reading our blog. These are the things that I like to do: I like to play games and I like being with my family. I like going out for dinner at my Nana's. And I like to go to school.
And here's a joke: How did the skeleton call home? On the telebone! Ha! Not the telephone, the telebone.
Have a happy thanksgiving, everyone! And ho ho ho have a good Christmas!
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