Andy & Jessica

“Will I still be alive in heaven?”

I was working on the computer tonight and jumped up for just a second.  When I got back Jude was in the middle of an internet search for some new toy that he wanted.  When I objected to said, “Hey, you get off, I get on.”  He’s awfully comfortable behind a computer for a 6 year old!

I expressed to Jude about the danger of concussions and why he shouldn’t hit his little brother Asher so hard with a pillow.  Jude said, “If his brain goes to one side of his head, I’ll hit him on the other side so the brain goes back to the middle.”

The 3 boys were having a pillow fight on the couch.  I was pretty horrified when I saw Asher get shoved off the couch and slow motion land on his head.  He quickly got up, unphased.  Levi yelled out, “He’s still alive!”

After getting back from Israel, I realized that the boys are  old enough to read the real bible, rather than just bible stories.  The boys and I have been reading a chapter or two of Luke every night since I got home from Israel.  Jude really gets into it and asks lots of questions while we are reading.  He always begs me to not stop reading.  Often we’ll read until it’s nearly the next day (until 11:30 p.m. or so).  Last night we finished Luke.  Jude decided we should read Jude next.  It’s such a short book that we’ll start and finish it tonight.  Then I think I’ll suggest another gospel, but Jude will get the final say.

Asher is still in diapers but uses the potty at least once a day when I’m in charge since I tend to ask him if he wants to go.  He never uses the potty when Andy is in charge  — until today, that is.  He was so desperate for a treat today that he asked Andy if he could get a Skittle if he went potty and then he did!

“Can you get me a jumpy castle for my birthday?”  (He’s really planning ahead.  He won’t be 3 years old for another 5 months.)

“Jesus getting stabbed to the cross.  The solider getting his ear chopped off.  There is a lot of fighting in the bible.”

Jude came to me this morning with an extra wiggly tooth.  I told him to hold still and I’d run get the video camera and see if we could record him wiggling it out.  I was gone for less than a minute.  When I got back, Jude had a mischievous look on his face and was holding the tooth.  He’s lost it twice so far today and I’ve had to sift through the carpet with him to recover it both times.  He needs to have physical possession of it tonight or he may not earn his $1.

“Daddy, can I help you with garbages?” (What a helpful boy!)