Braydenisms

As I'm sure you know by now, my favorite subject to talk about, by far, is Brayden. So, I thought that today I would offer up for your entertainment a couple of funny things that he has said and/or done in the last couple of days. To me, he is way more entertaining than anything that I could come up with to write about on my own.

Entertaining Moment #1:

Friday morning as I was getting Brayden ready for school (i.e. hog-tying him in order to get him in the bathtub), he planted his feet and sternly informed me that "he hated school because it messed with him watching cartoons." Very reasonable complaint for a 4-year old, I have to admit. I also have to admit that I had no comeback for that except for "yeah, that sucks."

Entertaining Moment #2:

This morning as I was trying to persuade Brayden to go back to sleep at about 6:30 a.m. I was telling him that if he slept a little longer we would get up and go to Abilene later in the day. Of course, since Abilene is synonymous with toys, games and movies to him, he immediately asked if he could get a new game when we went to Abilene. I told him that we would see, it depended on how he acted when we went into the store. He then said, "Well, it's my birthday." I replied, "No, it's not!" He thought for a second and then bested me again with, "Well, it could be." How do you reply to that?

Entertaining Moment #3:

Today while we were in Home Depot looking at stuff I was pushing Brayden around in the cart while Brandon looked for something. I noticed that Brayden was uncharacteristically quiet in the basket and so I looked over to see what he was doing. He had his head rolled back onto his shoulders and was staring up at the ceiling while moving his lips. I watched him do this for a sec and then I couldn't stand myself anymore. "What are you doing?" I asked him. "I'm talking," he replied. "Well, what are you saying?" "I wish I could fly and that I had wings." I wonder what else goes on in that head of his.

Entertaining Moment #4:

Brandon and I were laying in bed getting ready to watch a movie when Brayden came running into the room. He jumped onto the bed, stepped on Dioge, narrowly avoided a dog bite and then came to a standstill. He looked around our huge King sized bed for a moment as if puzzled and then said, "Oh, there's a seat." He then promptly sat down right on top of Brandon and then cracked up laughing. I predict that he is going to be a very big class clown.

Since there have been no comments so far and I have only one follower (shout out Wendi!) I am beginning to wonder if anyone reads this. Hello? Anyone? *crickets*

TGIF

Hey everybody! All I have to say is THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY! I don't think that I could have been any more bored at work this week if I had literally been watching grass grow, or paint dry, or slugs crawl. Now that's not to say that I didn't have actual work to do, but that's why my job is so great. I can pace myself and still have everything caught up in time for busy season. However, even I am beginning to doubt if my almost glacial pace will be able to win the race this spring. Anywho, I have high hopes that once my P90X dvd's get here I will be exercising up a storm and suddenly have energy out the ass. (What? It could happen.) In the meantime I will continue to count down the days until my new healthy lifestyle (torture) begins. Luckily I have received somewhat of a reprieve due to the unintentional mistake of ordering these dvd's from China instead of the good ol' US of A. So depending on how fast Hong Kong Express Mail is from the People's Rebublic of China, I might be saying "One, Two, Fwee, Fouh" sometime between next week and next year. (If you don't understand the quotations above, repeat out loud with a Jackie Chan accent. You might try pulling your eyes until they slant also.) Anyway, my long drawn out point is that I will be exercising and soon! I will be super hot and skinny ..... someday. I will be - Oh Crap! While I was doing this (and not paying attention to Brayden) he managed to ninja his way into the valentine's day cupcakes I bought for his daycare party. He promptly grabbed one for each hand, licked the icing off of each, and then threw them in the trash! Is this a learning opportunity??? Should I dig them out of the trash and make him eat them to teach him not to waste food ..... On second thought, I just tasted one and I think that we will leave them where they are. Until next time people!

Naked Pillow Fight

Hey all! Sorry I haven't been on here regularly. I know it was a huge build-up and then no finish! Anyway, I have been having all of these great ideas about what I want to write on here, but no time really to get on here and write it down. Anyway, I have recently become hooked on a new online game (new to me) called Evony. It is a really fun rpg like game where you build your town and army, etc. and basically make a bad ass city that no one else can conquer. Right up my alley! Anyway, here is a funny thing that happened last week and won't take me long to write. It's basically a teaser to newer and better things to come! ;)


Last Friday after I picked Brayden up from daycare we went home to find Brandon still asleep in bed. Now when he is sleeping in typically only wears boxers and no shirt. So when Brayden jumped on the bed to wake him up, all he could see was Brandon's chest and head above the covers. Those of you who know Brayden know that by now (which was approximately 2 minutes after walking through the front door) he was butt-ass naked. Seriously, if there was an Olympics for undressing, he would win. Anyway, Brayden jumps onto the bed, assesses the situation and then gleefully grabs a pillow, whacks his dad in the head and yells, "NAKED PILLOW FIGHT!" I wasn't sure whether to laugh my ass off or be mildly disturbed since my son seemed to think boy on boy naked pillow fight action was SO FUN! (Even though remember that Dad WAS NOT naked!) So, I compromised by laughing hysterically and then telling Brayden that he is only supposed to naked pillow fight with girls - or was it that he is supposed to watch girls naked pillow fight ..... I forget exactly what I said. I guess I'll find out if I get a complaint from daycare saying that my son is instigating nudity and fighting during nap time. Oh, this kid. He kills me!!

Newbie Alert

Hey all! Or you, depending on how many people are actually going to end up reading this thing. I thought that I would start off by giving a little bit of info about this blog. This is the first one that I have ever done, so yes I am a (GASP) blogger newbie. I intend to use this site for putting down random thoughts, stories, anecdotes, etc., but I can't promise that I won't at some time pick up some sort of theme and stick with it. Like making fun of stupid people, for instance. I'm sure that I could go on and on about that one for weeks, even months if so inspired. Mostly though this is just a place to write, because that's what I like to do. Profanity will indeed pop up frequently I'm sure. If I can't stop myself from cussing in public for no reason I doubt that I will be able to restrain myself from cussing in type. Anyway, hope you all enjoy. Feedback, comments and suggestions are all welcome and I will do my best to read them and consider without rolling my eyes.