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They Are Just Too Much.

We have been diligently/frantically working the last couple of days on finishing all the illustrations and reviews and About the Author information for the girls books they have written. This afternoon the girls were to finish the illustrations for the front cover of the book. Gabby's book was about going to the zoo. She drew a picture of a tiger. However, she also drew the tiger with razor sharp teeth covered in blood with a man beside him laying on the ground covered in blood. I asked what was going on, she told me, "That's the man that got too close to the cage." We did draw another cover page.

Makensie dictated what she wanted me to included in the paragraph about the author. She wanted to make sure to add that she liked to pretend that Captain Jack Sparrow is part of our family.

As I 1st started this journal post the girls were drawing, Brian was outside playing on his fire truck and I thought I smelled matches. Then I became sure that I smelled matches. I headed out to see if I could see smoke anywhere and find Brian. I found him in the garage surrounded by about 30 matches that he was lighting and blowing out. I asked him what he was doing, "Nothin". I asked, "If you were doing 'nothin', then how did all the matches catch on fire?" Brian said, "I saw that little glowing ghost named Casper."

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