this little finger on the right

July 30, 2006 | Filed Under ordinary 

changing cloth diapers with pins and all takes a lot longer than changing a hazardous (though extremely convenient) disposable diaper. at least, it takes me a lot longer using cloth to go from soggy to sweet with a wriggling two year old. in order to take jude’s mind off of his need to wriggle, i normally distract him with crazy antics and silly songs. six months ago jude and i played the, “what’s that sound, jude?” game in which i would gasp and ask the question in my most excited voice, which would follow with a very quiet jude who would listen to all ambient sounds and then report back, “dog.” sometimes we would mix things up by singing, “there’s a spider on the floor, on the floor!” or “one, two, three, four, five: once i caught a fish alive!” i’ve not been very diligent about it, but we’re also learning the shorter catechism for children which is really cute (and often convicting) to hear coming out of the mouth of a two year old.

and sometimes it’s just funny, as was the conversation the other night, after a dinner, after a bath, while jude got dressed for bed.

me: who made you, jude?

jude: God made me.

me: what else did God make?

jude: mac & cheese.

me: mac & cheese?

jude: no, unker [uncle] josh made mac & cheese.

it should also be noted that jude (joshua jude) is somewhat obsessed with a photo of his namesake, ernie’s brother josh(ua), and daughter chloe which is magnetized to the fridge, and that, having eaten mac & cheese unhealthfully, jude wanted to hold the picture of unker josh. instead, he pointed and repeatedly said, “please, unker josh?” as though josh and chloe would ignore my forbidding and float on over to be held by cheesy fingers.

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