Jude is a total know-it-all. He often says, “I knew that” after I tell him stuff that I know he didn’t know. For example, yesterday he was talking about how he could do my job. I rattled off the long forms of a number of acronyms that I work with “the Employee Retirement Income Security …
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Jude’s Quote of the Day
Jude is a very curious boy. He’s so curious that he asked me whether anybody has too much blood in their body. I said I didn’t know but I would guess that there probably is some disease out there that causes someone to produce too much blood. He said (knowing that his nose-picking results in …
Jude’s Quote of the Day
“I think we can give Bobo [Asher] a treat for every new word.”
Levi’s Room
Little Levi was displaced from his crib and his room when we returned from Indiana since we decided it was time to move Asher out of the basinette in our room and into the crib in the nursery. Now Levi thinks our room is his room since it is where he falls asleep (and then …
What Would We Do Without Jude?
I like to constantly tell my boys how much I love them. Today I said to Jude, “What would we do without you.” It was really more of a rhetorical question, but he quickly offered an answer, “You’d save money without me.” He’s got that right.
Stinker by Santa
Today we went to the Mall of America, expecting a super fun time at Sky Deck, decorating Christmas cookies, playing arcade games, bowling, and taking a picture with Santa. I had even picked the boys out coordinating outfits, hoping to get a cute picture of them to distribute at Christmas time. I hadn’t spent hardly …
Jude’s Quote of the Day
Yesterday, after karate and a quick trip to the next door Dollar Tree, Jude, Asher and I were driving Jude to bible memory club. I wanted to spend the trip going over Jude’s verse since I was quite sure that he didn’t know it all that well since I didn’t know it all that well …
What is the difference between a llama and an alpaca?
When Andy learned that Jude wanted a llama for his birthday, he suggested that Jude and I google the difference between a llama and an alpaca. Jude and I read about the differences and I had a strong preference in favor of the smaller, cuter, curly haired alpacas. Jude had a strong preference for the …
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Jude’s Birthday List
Jude is still 5 months away from his 6th birthday, but he is already starting to assemble his birthday list. He said to me tonight, “Can we like get a llama? That’s going to be what I want for my birthday. Please! I really want a llama for my birthday!”
Cat Free, Baby!
It worked out and Toffee found a new home tonight. The lady is a total cat lover. She has 2 other older cats and 2 kids, ages 5 and 10. I think she’ll give Toffee an even better home than us. She’s even going to have Toffee sleep with her tonight and keep her away …