Andy & Jessica

So, Jude’s made it clear he wants to be like Andy when he grows up and not have a job.  Now Levi horrified me this morning by saying the same thing.  He was saying he should get access to his college savings funds because he wasn’t going to college.  He said he didn’t need to go to college because he didn’t need a job.  He said he was going to get married and then his wife was going to go to work, just like me.

I took the kids to Litchfield for the weekend so we could celebrate my brother’s birthday and I could work all weekend without the boys recognizing it.  My mom and the boys spent time gazing at the moon and Venus and it inspired my mom and Jude to write some poetry

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The Moon

by Jude Olson

In the blue pretty sky over the trees is the creamy milky moon.

Oh sky, oh sky oh what you hold.  For that’s what you have and need.

The moon so pretty and it will be there,

While I sleep inside in despair.

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The Moon

by Grandma

Moon, oh beautiful moon

I hope to see you soon

Shining bright

show us your light

so we can say goodnight

The moon is full

and the oceans feel its pull

The light from the moon fills the room

Against a dark blue sky

I regret to say goodbye

“Next time I punch my brothers, I’m going to say, “I have the right to remain silent.””

While I was washing off my make-up tonight, I had Jude babysit Abby. while she was laying on our bed.  She was tired and I knew it so I was rushing.  She was crying a bit.  Jude said, “She’s either tired or she’s smart enough to know I’m giving her bunny ears.”

So, awhile back I wrote that Abby flipped from tummy to back.  That happened once and hasn’t happened since.  Well, I just got a call at work from Andy who said he had put Abby on her back and found her on her tummy.  The boys denied doing any flipping so it appears that Abby gave herself tummy time.  What a doll!

Jude’s having a great time in basketball.  He is with Levi in a group of 6-9 year olds and then right afterwards in another group of 9-12 year olds.  I overheard a parent in the stands commenting on Jude to another parent saying, “That kid hustles and he’s aggressive.  I love that!”  That guy tracked me down after the game.  He went on and on about Jude and said that if he was the coach, he’d want Jude on his team.

Jude told me he got a time out today because he yelled “S-T-O-P STOP” at Asher and spooked Dad, causing him to drop his bacon.

To me: “You can kiss me as much as you want today because it’s Happy Mother’s Day.”

“Why don’t the Cub Foods chicken have bullet holes in them?”

1. When telling me about a deal he was negotiating adverse to Ivan, Katie and Phil to exchange books for beyblades, “I need to mooch myself a better deal.  I’m a son of a lawyer so I can do it.”
2. When driving to Fargo this weekend — Jude said, “How much longer?” Andy: “I can’t wait until you have kids.”  Jude: “I’ll give them free duct tape to put on their mouths.”
3. “Life if.”  (His new favorite thing to say.)