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  • Eating Eggs With Gusto!

    My boy LOVES his eggs.  In the morning, I think he rises just because he is hungry, because he wants eggs.  We hardly can get him out of the crib before he is at the fridge, hanging on the handle hollering, “EEEEEE!  EEEEE!”  at the top of his lungs.  (He is saying EAT).  Every morning […]

  • Morning Floor: An Art Study in Toys by Jude

    Jude’s morning starts any time between 5:30 and 7:00.  Either Bradley or I drag ourselves out of our comfy bed and make our way across the house to Jude’s room.  Imagine our faces, carved with the grey lines of exhaustion and sleep crinkles.  We enter his room where we find the boy, pink and rosy, […]

  • Poking Adventures with Jude and Stick

    We were at St. Edwards Park the other day and Jude discovered the joy of sticks while we were on our way back to the car.  At first, he had a tiny little 5 inch stick, but as we were walking he spied a long stick and picked it up.  Stick!!! Stick motivated Jude to […]

  • EAT!

    Jude can now run to the fridge, grab onto the door handle, mount both feet on the fridge, strain and groan and scream at the top of his lungs “EAT!” Is there a term for a boy drama queen? Update:  Prima donna= female Prima uomo= male

  • Shenanigans

    Jude is something else.  He does things, scary dangerous things, that would make most parents absolutely freak out.  We, on the other hand, are used to his craziness, his shenanigans, that we don’t react so much.  If we chased him around and took him off of every high place he manages to climb to we […]

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