Amazing Brian

Brian is a very bright kid, not the best at listening or following directions (but then again, what man is?? HA), but just super smart.  The other day I had the kids in the car and was heading down to my parent's house for a visit.  While we were driving Brian was telling me something and then in a very cute way he said, "Mom I'm smarter than you."  I said, "Oh really?"  Then he said, "Oh yes, let's have a contest.  See if you can tell me what distracted is.  So, what does distracted mean?"  After laughing to myself I said, "Well, if you're so smart why don't you tell me what it means."  Brian said, "Oh you know, when you're upset about something."  Maybe he was thinking of "disturbed"??  I told him what it meant and we went along on our merry way.  The sad part?  About 5 minutes later I was trying to remember exactly what was said so that I could tell my parents about it, and I couldn't remember the word Brian wanted me to define!  I had to ask my four year old son what it was....and of course, he knew.

Adios!

About two months ago we were all packed up in the minivan ready to go somewhere.  Brian yelled, "Adios house!" and then told Kelly (his baby sister) the following, "Kelly Adios means goodbye.  Adi means good and os means bye."  Well wouldn't you know that just this past weekend we were all packed up in the minivan to go somewhere and Kelly yelled, "Bye house!  Adios!"

Strep - squared (and possibly cubed)

How to successfully spread strep: 1. Take a sick toddler to the doctor and discover that she has strep. 2. Bring home lollipops for her and her two siblings. 3. Sit all three children on the couch with their lollipops, and put on Curious George. 3. Go into the kitchen to start disinfecting everything the toddler may have mouthed or touched. 4. Hear this being yelled from the living room from the oldest child: "Mom I finished my lollipop, and so Kelly is letting me have licks from hers!!" 5. Stop disinfecting. 6. Sprint into the living room in hopes that these "licks" have not yet occurred, only to discover that they HAVE! 7. Have a slight nutty 8. Take deep breaths. 9. Consider letting the middle child have "licks" too, but decide that you just can't do it. 10. Put money aside for at least one more co-pay AND round of antibiotics.
I hope you've all found this helpful (and mildly entertaining).

My handsome little man

My beautiful Brian. He's a sweet and kind and tender soul. The other day I was reading a book to my three kids and while I was reading to them, Brian was patting Kelly on the head. I love you Bry.

Bog Hollow

We made our annual trip to Bog Hollow yesterday. It was a beautiful sunny day and the kids had a lot of fun. Jeff and Kelly stayed home, and my mom and I took Brian and Kate. Here are a few highlights :-)
After viewing these photos it appears as though Brian isn't happy in any of them, but he was. Hmmm....

Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk

I think that whoever came up with this saying was not familiar with organic milk, coming in at $5.99 a gallon. I can assure you that watching THAT milk spill on the floor, can bring a person to tears.

Art - By, Brian

I am in love with Brian's drawings. He loves to color and draw, and I love watching him do it!
This is a picture of Brian and Kate on our swing set.



This is Kelly, Kate and Brian (in that order). I guess in Brian's eyes, Kelly is a small African-American child.

Brian's family depicted as "5 Angry Pumpkins"

This is Brian on his rope swing.

This is Brian and Kate in the rain. Notice that although they don't have arms, they DO have quite prominent belly buttons.