The Sessler's: December

December is always a packed full month with Jude's birthday, Christmas activities and traditions, and traveling to see the grandparents for the holidays! We enjoyed every possible bit of the month that we could! Of course, I was able to catch some good Judeisums along the way:

- We were driving one day, and I guess Jude noticed that several cars were passing us and said, "I guess all these people are going fast because they are late to church." It seems as though we aren't setting a good example for Jude on timeliness!
- This boy is so much like his mommy and likes to be on a schedule! Almost every morning when he wakes up the first thing he asks is, "What are we going to do today?" He doesn't want just a general answer either, but a full rundown of our agenda!
- Any time someone asked Jude what he wanted for Christmas this year he would answer with, "A bow & arrow this year and a sling shot next year." The funniest part about this is that we never even talked about this and was something he simply saw in a fun kids magazine with Mo and Aunt Stephie!
- Jude was a bit nervous around Santa this year and was not willing to sit in his lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas. One day after school though he told me that he saw Santa CLAUSE (emphasis on CLAUSE) today and STOOD by him and whispered that he wanted a bow & arrow. He then proceeded to tell me that Santa CLAUSE has glasses and I guess that is what made him feel more comfortable???
- One day Sam brought up Arkansas for some reason and we were continuing on with our conversation when Jude says, "Do they have a lot of saws?" It took us several minutes, and him trying to explain, for us to figure out that he was referring to Arkan-SAS!!
- Earlier this year we took Grancy & Pops to Smash Burger and Jude has been obsessed with it since. Now anywhere we go he says that he wants to eat a "smash burger" inside the restaurant (aka: not just pick something up). So for a treat we will sometimes take Jude to get a burger, but when we try to just order a regular cheeseburger, he will interrupt and say, "No, I want a SMASH burger (booger)". So we try to obliged and say smash burger while winking at the waiter! Of course when he gets the burger, he always proceeds to smash it as hard as he can!
- One day Jude randomly said, "Do you know you can eat tears? Crying tears are salty, but happy tears aren't." I had no idea they tasted different!
- At this gym one day Jude had some difficulty with another kid and wanting the same toy. The other kid hurt Jude, and so I wanted to see how he reacted back (normally he would retaliate, but we have been trying to teach him different), and he said, "I didn't hit him back, because I love Jesus." If life was just that easy for adults too!!