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Here is the exhaustive list of foods Jude will consider eating for lunch: Hamburgers (ketchup only) Chicken nuggets Grilled cheese Corn dog Tony’s pizza He said, “I used to have Macaroni & Cheese on my list, but that’s off now.”  

“I hope God gives us another baby because Asher’s getting a little old for a baby.”

Me to Levi: “I’m so glad God gave you to us.” Levi to me: “Maybe God gave me to you because other people didn’t want me.”

So, it turns out that Asher was not ready to be weaned after 2 weeks’ separation when I was in Israel.  We’ll do that down the road at some undetermined time.  Last night, I told Asher it was time for bed.  He wanted to run back downstairs and get his cup.  He yelled out to me, …

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“Will I still be alive in heaven?”

I was working on the computer tonight and jumped up for just a second.  When I got back Jude was in the middle of an internet search for some new toy that he wanted.  When I objected to said, “Hey, you get off, I get on.”  He’s awfully comfortable behind a computer for a 6 …

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I expressed to Jude about the danger of concussions and why he shouldn’t hit his little brother Asher so hard with a pillow.  Jude said, “If his brain goes to one side of his head, I’ll hit him on the other side so the brain goes back to the middle.”

The 3 boys were having a pillow fight on the couch.  I was pretty horrified when I saw Asher get shoved off the couch and slow motion land on his head.  He quickly got up, unphased.  Levi yelled out, “He’s still alive!”

After getting back from Israel, I realized that the boys are  old enough to read the real bible, rather than just bible stories.  The boys and I have been reading a chapter or two of Luke every night since I got home from Israel.  Jude really gets into it and asks lots of questions while we …

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Asher is still in diapers but uses the potty at least once a day when I’m in charge since I tend to ask him if he wants to go.  He never uses the potty when Andy is in charge  — until today, that is.  He was so desperate for a treat today that he asked Andy …

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