the many sides of Jude

Jude is my imaginative kid. He likes to dress in character....something his older brother never seemed to be into. Some days he stays in one character, other days it changes a few times. The different characters usually appear after reading a story or watching his favorite hero, Davy Crockett. Here's just a taste of some of his creations: This "knife" (play-dough that is) rubber-banded to his leg came about after we were reading about the judges in the Bible and this particular day was about Ehud who killed the evil king Eglon with his double-edged sword that was strapped to his thigh under his cloak. Jude then decided he had to strap his "knife" on his leg for easy access while fighting the evil kings. He didn't understand why I made him take it off when we would go into the store.Quite often we see Jude sporting his helmet...whether he's riding his bike or not. At least his head is extra protected while he plays.On this particular day he changed characters quite a bit. First was flying goggle man......then he was part cowboy fighting off the bad guys......then he had his "laptop" in his backpack, just like dad.Then the goggles made a come back and he decided he needed to wear them during breakfast while he ate his banana nut muffin.

And today he was back in the cowboy character sporting a cow-hide vest and his black rain boots...I just didn't get a picture of it. I love this kid!