More Fun Phrases From The Bub Man

Right now, Brennan is at that stage where he can be so funny. Most of the time you have to be there to hear this deep voice he uses when he talks. Also, his thought process is hilarious to follow when we're having a conversation. You know how kids go through "phrases"? Here are Brennan's most recent phrases that we've had fun with.

A few months back he would say, "Shuwa" about everything. Translation-sure. Then came the phrase, "I know it." Not my favorite, but that one stuck for quite awhile. Next came one of my favorites-"Trust me. I trust myself." Last weekend he came up with a new one.

Over the weekend I had taken the kids to Pearland to the splash pad. After that we had a nice Chinese dinner. Before we headed home I took the kids to get some ice cream at Coldstone. To keep from giving you a ton of details, the line was long, the kids had trouble deciding what they wanted (then they decided on plain vanilla, strawberry and sweet cream!!), then to top things off, I couldn't find my check card to pay for the ice cream. This is one of those times that is so embarrassing you just want to crawl into a hole. I had three dollars cash and was digging through my purse to find the rest of the bill which was only $3.46 more. Do I need to explain how stressed out I was after this? Anyway...in the car I told the kids, "I'm sorry about all that." Bren said, "It's okay Mom. You didn't do nothing to us. It's okay. We're family." Then Anna from the back of the van said, "Oh no, that must be his new phrase." Remember that was just Saturday.

When Sunday rolled around here's how another conversation went. While filling up my tub to take a bath before church, Bren came in and asked me, "Why do you have many water in the tub?" I told him, "Because I'm taking a bath and I need that much water." Brennan said, "The policeman is going to come take you to jail...he's coming right now...can't you hear the siren...he's gonna put you in jail." While I was laughing I told him, "Well if he takes me he'll have to take you too! Remember, we're family?" Brennan never missed a beat with his reply. He said, "Well, not all the time." This has been the last time I've heard his "we're family" phrase-shortest phrase of his life!

Anna's First Day of Third Grade

How can it be that my first born is already in the third grade? It's something I have to keep reminding myself. The only picture I got was one with her teacher, Mrs. Carpenter. I know it looks like Anna is a really big third grader or that her teacher looks like just another third grader, but it really is the teacher. Once again, Anna has been blessed with a super, sweet, talented teacher. Now if I could only get her to enjoy reading! I told her one time, "You know...I think you don't like reading just to spite me because I'm a reading teacher." Anna said, with a voice of surprise, "Mom! I didn't even know you were a reading teacher until just now!"

Kids Say...

It appears that we have a raccoon problem. Each night now, we have to take the cat food into the house before it gets dark, otherwise it's gone the instant night sets in. Last night, while getting ready for bed, Brennan said, "Mom, I wish I could pet a raccoon. Don't you wish you could pet a raccoon?" I explained, "You can't do that because raccoons are wild, and they would bite you." After hesitating just a moment he replied, "Well I wish raccoons would not be wild...but they are right now...maybe later."

Last night Ella said something pretty cute too. My mom had company coming to her house. They are the same couple that we stayed with in Lancaster during Hurricane Ike. Ella became very fond of her nana's cousins. So after I told her that Jynnifer & LG were coming to Nana's house ella said, "My heart is singing."

Froggy Went A Courtin'

Can you say priceless video clip? Back in July, we visited Jon's family in Georgia. During one of my trips to Goodwill, I ran across a book on origami and bought it for Anna. Together we put together these precious little origami frogs and made one for each of the kids. All three of them got a big kick out of these frogs because they would actually hop when you pressed its bottom. As you can see, even Grandpa had fun with Brennan playing with froggy. Honestly, I'm pretty sure both were oblivious to the fact that I was taping them.


One thing you can't really tell from the video is something Brennan says at the end of the clip. You can hear him asking Grandma, "Is it ready yet?" Faithie was making spaghetti, Bub's favorite meal, and he kept asking the same question about a gazillion times. Too cute!

Bee-utiful!

Chelle and I have done a couple of bow/t-shirt combos for my friend Mechiel. Here's the latest one. We think they've turned out pretty cute, and we've enjoyed making them. Of course, Chelle does the hard part, and I just make the bows!

I-YI-IKE!!

Today marks day 12 that we've been without electricity. Thankfully that is the worst damage that was done to our house. There were lots of branches in the yard, but some "elves" must have cleaned them all up before I even got back from our evacuation (thanks Cal, Chey & Ci). We spent some of our evacuation time with my mom's cousin and his wife in Lancaster, which is near Dallas. After that we spent another couple of days with the Rozas. Finally we made it back to LJ and stayed with my mom. My uncle let my mom borrow a generator that kept us from melting completely as we waited for power to be restored. Mom got power late last night, but lost phone service and her a/c wouldn't work. Today I got power and it couldn't have come a moment sooner. Life is good again.

Her Name Was Lola

Some of you know that I finally broke down and got the kids a puppy. Anna has been asking for one ever since she learned to talk. Her name is Lola, but Ella is constantly calling her "Honey" so that's probably what she should have been named. Brennan loves her...sometimes a little too much. Needless to say he's learning how to treat a new puppy gently.