Author Archives: Jessica

So today Abby managed to poop through clothes, my shirt, pants and my underwear.  That’s a new one for me.

“I want to quit!” (Referring to swimming lessons.)

Asher was admiring Abby in the swing today.  Among the many things he said to her was, “You are not the master.  God is.  Trust Him.”

One of my many nicknames for Abby is the “one sock wonder.”  I named her this because she usually has only one sock on.  Whenever I see her in her one sock glory, I can’t help but bust out into a catchy jingle I composed that goes, “She’s the one sock wonder.  She only has …

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“I think we should nickname “Abby” “Joy” because she’s a joy to the world.”

I threw a large ball from the living room into the play room and accidentally broke Jude’ 2 foot high Lego creation that he’d had on display for about 4 months.  I was trying to comfort him and was telling him that he’s older now and more creative now than he was when he made …

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“Abby is the cutest person in the family.”

Asher to me when he was trying to get the wii game system working: “I think the wii ran out of batteries.  Does the wii use batteries?” Me: “No.  It uses electricity.” Asher: “I think it ran out of electricity.”

“If you don’t give me something to break, I’m breaking something.”  (That’s why we call him a “destructicon.”)

“You know one thing I’ve noticed about Dad? Whenever an adult’s home with him, he makes them do all the work.”  (Took him nearly 9 years to notice this!)