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Julie: Christmas is kind of like everybody's birthday.

Me: Well, it's baby Jesus' birthday.

Julie: Yes, but for us it isn't so let's not -

Maddy, interrupting: NO BIRTHDAYS FOR ANYONE!

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Me: What do you want for lunch? Grilled cheese?

Maddy: I don't like grilled cheese. I like soup.

Me: What kind of soup?

Maddy: Regular soup.

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Maddy, waving around a placemat with a map of Canada on it: IT'S EVERYTHING!