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To Levi, “You know Mom’s rule:  If you want a hamburger, you have to bring it to her.”

Jude and I went to his OT (for handwriting appointment) today and nearly ran Asher and Levi over when he entered the garage.  Asher was gleeful and shouted, “We watched Mr. Rogers without you!”

To me, “So you don’t have a penis?”  (I swear we have to go over this on a near daily basis.  Then I get the question about whether I pee out of my butt.  I don’t even remember how I answer that one.)

So, last night something unexpected and unprecedented happened — all the boys — Jude (8), Levi (5) and Asher (3-1/2) slept through the night.  I could hardly believe it when I woke up at 7 a.m. in my own bed.

“Did you know that one step you take, one decision you make, can change the course of your whole life?”

To his brothers: “If you want him [Daddy] to stop tickling you, give him a squeezy hug.”

This weekend I kept the boys busy.  On Saturday, we headed to Cold Spring, MN for a farm visit with a high school friend.  Before we made it to the farm, we couldn’t resist a short detour to the famous Cold Spring bakery on Main Street.  I fondly remember a few childhood visits there and enjoying …

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“Mommy, is Jude a teenager?”

“Right away when I marry a pretty girl, I want to kiss her.”

“I wish my Daddy didn’t marry you so I could marry you.”