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Levi was crying about being bored and wanting iPad time.  I told him that we didn’t have iPads when I was a kid.  He replied, “But you didn’t even have electricity.”

To Jude:  “Treat me how I want to be treated.”

Tonight after dinner, Levi and Asher decided to have a food fight.  I tried unsuccessfully to talk them out of it altogether.  But, managed to talk them to at least going to the backyard.  They were smashing pieces of pizza in each other’s hair and throwing whole apples at each other. Jude videotaped their fun. No …

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My 3 entrepreneurial boys opened a water misting station at the end of the driveway tonight. Business was slow so Levi (6) decided to go door to door to try to entice people to come out of their air-conditioned comfort so he could squirt them in the face in exchange for some cash. True story.

“Did you know that sometimes I can go to bed without even knowing about it?”

While crying, “Why can’t you be like a normal mom and let us watch English TV?”

So, Jude did his summer math for 5 minutes and then whined about wanting a break.  Andy said, “You’re going to be a union boss someday and they’re going to love you.  You’re going to flip things so that instead of getting a 10 minute break after 4 hours of work, you’ll have everyone doing …

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This just in by email from Andy at 1:45 p.m., “Abby had her messiest, most explosive diaper ever today. Her clothes are soaking in the laundry room sink.”

Jude attempted to declare independence by drafting and presenting us with this typewritten list. Declaration of independents (For kids) Kids should get as much candy as they want because if they do eat too much they will get overweight and learn the consequences. Kids should get as much TV as they want because if they …

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“You’re the prettiest mom in the world.” “I can kiss you every day and I kiss you every day.”