Little Man Jude

Jude is a tough little guy. He can hold his own against his big brother Joel and he's learned that pulling Lydia's hair is a very effective tool to have in his arsenal.

In between Jude's testosterone bursts, he likes to cuddle with his Mama (and sometimes his Daddy). In his eyes, he's just not cuddled properly unless he has his hands up Mama's (or Daddy's) sleeves. Weird. He perfected his hand-up-sleeves technique around Christmas time of last year and he's used it extensively ever since.
When we went to the homeschool conference a couple of months ago, Jude found a little girl there that he wanted to befriend. He squatted down next to her on the floor. She was about five and she thought Jude was cute. Then Jude put his hand up her sleeve. Boy, did she give me a look! I just laughed and said that Jude's way of showing someone he really likes them is by putting his hands up their sleeves. She wasn't impressed.