Author Archives: Jessica

Asher:  “Mommy, if I want a kid, do I need to get married?” Me: “Yes.” Asher:  [Undecipherable words protesting that conclusion.]

Asher came up to me whining yesterday asking, “Mommy, when is my baby sister gonna come?”

Asher likes to store stuff (toys, cups of melted ice water) in the crack between his bed and the wall.  He busted into the candy we bought for Halloween and said, while holding up the lollipop, “I’m going to put this lollipop in my crack so I can have it tomorrow.”  Jude and I found …

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“For [meaning when] I get older, I’m going to marry a pretty girl.”

To me, “You’re my pretty girl.”  

“Levi, have you repented of your sins and trusted in Jesus for salvation?”

“Mommy, can I have a peanut butter sandwich without any peanut butter?”  This kid is definitely his father’s son on an all bread diet.

Jude likes to tell him the story about how he spent his time at Grandma and Grandpa Olson’s when we were in Israel.  This time, I got it down word for word:  “At Grandma’s house all I did was eat Frosted Flakes while eating Curious George.  If my bowl got low, I went upstairs to …

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Levi didn’t want me to leave for work tomorrow morning without first seeing me so he said, “Can you wait until you leave tomorrow until after I’m bored with you?”

“I like married gurls [girls].”