After I screamed for Lauren to come get rid of a giant spider I almost stepped on with my bare foot this morning, the boys spoke up in defense of spiders.
Ezra: I like spiders.
Jude: I like spiders too. Know what I like about spiders? I like dere legs and dere mouf.
Ezra: I wish I had a pet spider.
Jude: I wish a spider would sit in my hand.
Ezra: I wish a spider would walk on my back. I bet it would feel like a massage.
Jude: I wish a spider would get me toys.
Ezra: I wish a spider would drive me to the toy store!
Jude: I wish a spider would turn on the TV!
Ezra: I wish a spider would read me books!
Jude: I wish a spider would get me candy!

At a restaurant, Jude kept standing up and looking at the people on the other side of our booth.
Me: Jude, stop doing that.
Jude: Why?
Me: Because they might want some privacy.
Jude: People don't need privacy. People like each other.

Ezra: Tag! I tagged the rock! The rock is it!
Jude (to me): Remember: rocks don't have arms.

Me (singing in the car): We got frozen yogurt [clap, clap], we went to the park [clap, clap], we're going to Tunnel Vision [clap, clap], and then we'll go home [clap, clap].
Ezra: What is that song?
Me: I just made it up.
Ezra: How did you make it up??
Me: Because I'm a musical genius.
Ezra: No, you're a musical PENIS. Ha ha!

Ezra: Mommy, how many days 'til my birthday?
Me: [sigh]
Ezra: Okay, how many weeks?
Me: About eight weeks.
Ezra: So how many days?
Me: About 56.
Ezra: 56 days??
Me: About.
Ezra: So that's about, like, half a week?
Me: [sigh]

I overslept this morning (I just can't get on board with daylight savings time), so Lauren sent Jude in to wake me up. He started out strong, turning on the overhead light and saying, "Mommy. Get up," but then he saw me and decided I looked cozy and asked, "Can I sleep with you?" So he turned off the light and climbed in to snuggle, which was adorable, but counter-productive.

At Exhibition Night Wednesday, Ezra's classmates will all be dressed up as the community workers they chose to interview for this unit, and will be in their "workplaces" with their "tools" to tell us about their "jobs." Ezra told us that he and Zach came up with the name of the town that their classroom will be transformed into that night, Forever Kids Fun Town. "Ms. Heather asked who had a name for our town, and I thought lots of kids would raise their hands, but only me and Zach and one other kid raised their hand. I said Kids Fun Town, and I don't remember what Zach said, but we named it, and the other kid said, 'North Carolina,' and we all said, 'Nooooooo.'"