Another highlights from Angelina's Marie Claire interview:
Pax: 'Today was Pax's second day of school, and the teachers told me that when they went out in the playground, Mad came over to his brother and pulled him around in a wagon. Then later he was crying and Mad patted him on the back. Maybe it sounds like a little thing, but as any parent knows, that was huge news. I called Brad at work. So it's moments like that where you think, 'Oh, I might be OK!''
Zahara's bedtime ritual: Zahara is tucked in each night with Angelina's rendition of 'Little Bunny Foo Foo.'
Maddox: 'As much as I'm bold and outgoing, Brad's got him doing jumps [on his mini-motorcycle], and I couldn't do that without being so nervous I'd pass out. I know Brad is a great teacher, but the first time Mad went on the motorcycle, I could hardly watch.'
Shiloh: Angelina brought Shiloh to see her mother shortly before she passed away. 'In the last few days of her life, I brought Shiloh to the hospital room -- and Shiloh kept pulling out her oxygen! And she kept saying, 'It's okay, I don't need it that much.' I kept thinking, 'Oh, that's such a perfect grandmother, you know? You don't need your oxygen.'
Shiloh's birth: 'Our only request was that the baby never be taken from our room. And I was on the phone with my mom, who was also in the hospital. We were laughing because we were both under the same assumed name, and we both had given a dose of morphine.'
On her tattoos: 'I was really sure that when I had a baby these [stomach tattoos] would go all funky, but they are still very readable.'
On her coordinates marking each child's birthplace on her left arm, Angelina says, 'I've got lots of room [for more].'
On kids:
'If I were Shiloh, my dream would be to be raised with an amazing African sister. And if I were Zahara, I would want the interesting brothers from Asia, to learn about their culture and teach them about mine. Without us trying, they're growing up with a love of diversity, tolerance, and respect for each other. It's how I wish the world would be, I suppose.'
On Brad as a father:
'Out of a genuine love for who they individually are, he wants to be very hands-on. And he's a great combination of what I think a father needs to be. He's very strong -- he's a caretaker who will teach them right from wrong. He doesn't let them run rampant and just give them candy. But he can get them laughing so hard and have so much fun with them. You can tell, just the way they miss him, that they love Daddy.'
On nannies and scheduling: 'We don't want anybody [else] raising our children; we want to be the final word on decisions and discipline for them.'
However, they have two nannies, plus a translator for Pax, but have had issues in the past. 'Confidentiality agreements...You know, you find out that they're obsessing over ironing Shiloh's clothes when that's the last thing I care about. We're not traditional parents. Our house is a bit chaotic,and our kids are very free and independent, and yet they have a routine.'
They use nannies only when they need them --
'Today, I dropped them off at school, and then I took Shiloh to the set with Brad, then picked them up from school -- and then we needed help. They'll all go to bed at 7:30 or 8, and then Mad will be up, but nobody needs to help with Mad. We try to have somebody there for backup, but we also try to use 'em only if we have to.'
