New friend: What's your name?
Ezra: Ezra, I guess.

I just lit a 3-wick citronella candle outside and Jude asked, "Happy cake?," which is his word for birthday.

Ezra: Stop talking! You're getting on my nervous.

I was reading the boys a book, and they were sitting on either side of me. Jude said, "Where brudder?...DERE! Dere brudder!...Tickle brudder!" and wiggled his little fingers. I said, "Ha! If you want to tickle him, you'll have to get closer than--" and Jude launched himself across my lap and slammed Ezra flat on his back. They both cracked up and I said, "That wasn't a tickle, that was a tackle!"

Jude: Fae part day? Fae part day, park.
Me: Your favorite part of the day was the park?
Jude: Yesth.
Meagan: Aww!
Me: Meagan doesn't know that you say that everyday, whether we went to the park or not. I think my favorite part of the day was going to the pool
Jude: Part day, park, part day, pool.
Meagan: My favorite part was going to the pool too. That was fun.
Jude: Part day, fun.

Jude: Monkeys jumpin' bed! Doc'ah say, "NOOO!"

Ezra: Mama, will you play with me?
Lauren: Okay.
Ezra: Mama, will you pretend to be Jude? I like to play with Jude. He walks like this [waddle, waddle] and he talks like this: "Ba ba ba ba."