Little Levi turned 2 yesterday. We had our families over for a Thomas the Train – themed party. Levi seemed not at all bothered when Jude dominated the present opening. However, Levi was not a push over when it came to playing with his new trains. He shared with Jude, but didn’t give all the …
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“i want mom”
One of the highlights of my work day is when I get an email from Jude Olson, my high tech 4 year old. Today I got one that said, “i want mom.” It just makes my heart all mushy. I think it’s so cute how he calls me mom over email since it is a …
Andy’s Prediction: Levi is the 1st Boy to Marry
Levi is a sweet little boy. He’s also snuggly. He loves to find my or Andy’s bare skin on our arm or elsewhere just to caress it. Andy thinks Levi starting doing this because Andy has always gotten Levi to sleep for naps or at night by putting Levi stomach to stomach on him and …
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Another Trip to Children’s Hospital
I got a call today at work (as I did last Friday) that Jude had to go into the doctor yet again. This time, it was more serious than an orange juice overdose. Little Jude was tearing down the stairs and through the living room and tripped and hit his head smack dab in the …
Orange Juice Overdose
On Friday I heard from Andy that Jude was pointing at his kidneys and screaming. I left work on the next bus out of town and we all went to the doctor’s office. It turns out Jude and Levi were having issues, likely relating to too much orange juice. After I went back to work, …
Cute Phrases of Late
Jude’s cute sayings: When I got home from work, he wanted to get busy and play with me. He whined, “I haven’t been played with today.” “Ash, I think I love you one trillion.” “I don’t like this coat. It makes me look fat.” To my mom and dad who are at a car auction, …
Leaping Levi and Amazing Asher
Levi will be 2 in a month. He still barely talks. I’m not that concerned for 3 reasons: (1) Jude barely talked at that age but was reading before he turned 3; (2) Levi is learning German at the same time as English; and (3) everyone knows what Levi wants so he doesn’t need to …
Teaching Jude
Jude will be 5 at the beginning of April. We are still homeschooling him and he’s making great strides and doing work way above his age level. It seems that he will be the type of learner who enjoys lectures. He kept telling me when I was trying to quiz him down on his addition/subtraction, …
Back at Work and Forgotten
On January 3rd my wonderful maternity leave was over and I had to head back to work. Andy’s vacation ended that day too, with him being responsible for taking care of the boys while I’m at work. The boys are struggling a bit with the adjustment. Asher is in a great mood, as always, during …
Another Good Scan
We got an early start to the day yesterday. We all headed to Children’s Hospital for Jude’s 6:30 a.m. MRI. He has an MRI every 4 months. He does well with it all, but hates getting poked for his IV. The numbing cream and astronaut gas don’t seem to help too much. The scan looks …