you look like "let it go"

Jude has been the epitome of a threenager lately. He's got the highs of highs and lows of lows. And let me tell you when he is high, it is high but when it is low...he is real low. Since Brady has been gone this last week, it has been a real test of our (jude and mine) true character. ha! Since he is so adult like--sometimes---we can have conversations AND arguments. Luckily, most of the time we handle it very well him and I. I decide that it is probably hard for him recently because Theo is becoming more of a baby. Meaning that now I have to care for him more and he makes noise and especially when brady isn't here to help. So, I thought that it might be nice if him and I spent sat all day together. Just him and I...well and theo, but no other friends. And it was so great. Something that we really needed.

Judes new wake up call is bright and early at 7. This particular morning, i woke up to him scooting off the bed with his bebe in his mouth and then woke up again to him saying, "mom, i just went jobby!!". I jumped up, put theo back in his bed and ran into the bathroom to find a little tiny jobby. And before i could even say anything jude says, "sooo mom was that 5 times? can i get the trampoline now?" I told him that he can have a toy when he goes 5 times. Well, he thinks that little tiny ones count and then asks me to put his diaper back on and he finishes his jobby. He doesn't quite see eye to eye with me on that. Bless him. I told him no, but said we could get a popsicle. what a push over.

I mean, today was his day. Instead of forcing him to eat oatmeal or cream of wheat I let him eat daddy's cereal (aka raisin bran crunch) while we watched a show. His latests requests are "Paw Patrol first then Arthur." Followed by the him singing, "paw patrol, paw patrol..be there on the double...chase, Marshall, skye, rocky zuma..." haha so funny. Oh it is like he is in heaven when it comes on. Its so cute slash scary. Yikes.
So anyway, we did that, then we went to the park. Every time that I hope that theo will sleep he doesn't and this was one of those times. Sweet jude then says, "mom would feo like to swing? put him next to me". Oh jude. Mom guilt is real and the balance is hard for me. When do i add theo in the mix and when do i try to just play with jude/theo?

Anyway, we swang for a good hour. I think he had fun! Then we had a picnic and then ended our park experience with a rainbow popsicle. He always says---everytime we go to the park---"mom, you have cash today?" he knows that he can only get a spiderman pop with cash. I told him yes and he once again lit up.

HOwever, to his dismay, they were out of spiderman pops and only had rainbow. Jude says, "thats ok, we can get one tomorrow". haha yes jude we can.

We happily walked home (lying, as I SWEATILY pushed my wheel barrel of a stroller home). Read books, told him the 2x daily reading of Goldilocks and the three bears, and we all 3 fell asleep for a hot second. Until that hot second that theo woke up and then him and I went out of my room.

I showered for the day, braided my hair and we then went that night to Stuart Little in the Park. As we were going, I had braided my hair. Jude says to me, "oh mom, your hair is so pretty, it looks like let it go". he said it in his sweet jude voice. I died.

It was so fun to go to the movie. We got there early, played ball, play soccer, then danced until the movie came on. It was so much fun. I'm the luckiest. And sweet theo, watched. Soon enough theo, soon enough.