Andy & Jessica

“Happy Birth Father’s Day!”

So, I’ve been a mom for over 7 years now.  In that time, one thing that disappeared was my purse  It was replaced with a diaper bag and then with a backpack when I had multiple kids to lug around.  Tonight (when it was coincidentally Father’s Day), the boys and I were set to leave Andy in the garage and head to a children’s musical.  I loaded up the backpack with a diaper and wipes for Asher and my wallet and phone and was ready to jump in the car when I realized that I should see if my small stash would fit in a purse.  It did.  When I threw my purse in the car, the 2 little boys were puzzled, asking, “What’s that?”  Yes.  It was high time for the purse to make its reappearance.

I asked Jude to make his bed (which he rarely does) and he said, in all seriousness, “Why do I have to make my bed when YOU sleep in it?”  Because I lay down with him to fall asleep at night, he’s convinced that I spend the entire night with him (which isn’t true at all).

I can’t believe I forgot to post this earlier, but near the end of May, Jude had another clear brain and spine MRI.  Great news!

So Andy told me tonight that he was going shooting with friends tomorrow.  I realized in that moment that I have never once left my boys to go hang out with my friends.  So, I hid my grinning face behind a boy who was hanging out on my lap and said with all the seriousness I could muster, “In two nights, I’m hanging out with my friends.”  Andy said, “Who’s this?  You don’t have any friends.”  I started laughing up a storm since he had called my bluff.  Then he added, “It’s not that you can’t have friends; you choose not to.”  Certainly true that I would never choose to hang without my boys so play dates with other moms are the only option.

“BrainPOP [his educational subscription app] talks about all the gods, except for the one true God.”

We were looking at a shirt I really liked at Sam’s Club that was only available in large.  I told Jude that it would be too big for me.  He really liked it and said, “That’s okay.  You’ll grow into it someday.”  (Ha!  I hope he’s wrong about that!)

“Aunt Jessi, can we go in the yellow car?”

(This think with my little kids calling me aunt is quite weird.  I think it will wear off now that the cousins are gone.”

Asher to me:  “Aunt Jessica, can you….”

Me to Asher: “I’m ‘Mommy’ to you, kid.”

Asher to me:  “No.  You’re my Aunt Jessica.”

(We have the boys’ cousins staying with us for the weekend.)

Jude to his cousin, Ivan, “Let’s run.  Let’s not worry about Oreos right now.”