Top Ten things heard, said, done, or otherwise noticed in the Bradshaw household.
10-Isaac has learned to pray . . . sort of. He doesn’t want to repeat it from us—he wants to say it himself. So nobody can understand him, or even hear him half the time. He likes to whisper his prayers, until we tell him to speak up, then he starts shouting at the top of his lungs. We’re working on achieving a happy medium.
9-Kye: “Mom, THANK YOU for letting me go potty!” Of course, I had to stop on the side of the interstate approximately 2.5 miles from our house to let him out to pee. He just couldn’t hold it any longer.
8--Lucy starting 1st grade. It seemed to be a bigger adjustment this year than it did last. Those first few days she was just dragging after she got home. Well, dragging and teasing the boys mercilessly. But things have improved: now she gets home, eats a snack while reading a book, then does homework, practices piano and begs to play with a friend. It’s nice when they are actually excited to do their assignments.
7--Goldie, Lucy’s spazzy goldfish, is still alive. SHE’S ALIVE! I know! Can you believe it? Of course, I always have to feed her after Lucy forgets . . . every morning and night. In fact, I believe she should be my fish and I want to rename her Spaz. (You have SERIOUSLY never seen a goldfish this crazy. I promise.)
6—Discovering the joy of online shopping. Since all of my sisters and I have had baby boys in the spring, I have no baby clothes for this child. So I’ve been shopping online and found, well, nothing. Okay, okay, I still hate it. I hate shopping. The only benefit is not having to actually take the kids inside a store, where (as Lucy informed me after a trip to Lowes), I just sit and stare at all of the choices and NEVER MAKE UP MY MIND!
5—Kye is definitely at that funny age—when he’s trying to figure things out and just says the funniest things. Example:
K: (after our scripture reading) Mom, what does wicked mean?
Me: Well, it means to intentionally choose not to obey Heavenly Father and Jesus, etc. etc.
K: (after some thought) You know Mr. Bloomsbury? YOU KNOW! From Curious George? Well his son was sooooooooooooo wicked.
Me: Ummm, okay.
4--Zach’s trip to Juneau, AK, for work. He actually got out of his hotel room and DID something! It’s a miracle. He said it was beautiful there, and he spent some time bear watching. He saw a mother and two cubs. We even have the pictures to prove it. (Which I’ll add sometimeJ)
3—Kye’s inexcusable lack of correct vocabulary when it comes to sports. The other day, he and his friend James were outside playing “basketshoot” in James’s driveway. “Look, mom!” he said. “I’m getting a hole in one! Darn it! I guess I’ll have to get a hole in two.” Zach should be appalled . . . APPALLED, I tell you.
2--Going into labor (sort of) 6 weeks early. Enough contractions to scare the peewickens out of my doctor. So I’m still on bed rest—at least until tomorrow when I am going to ask him to upgrade me from bed rest to “taking it easy.” I’ll keep you posted.
1—Seeing my amazing, amazing hubby juggle it all now that I’m down. The man spent the weekend taking care of the kids, making meals (even Sunday dinner for us, McKay & Julie, Clark & Holly, and Kim!), cleaning, vacuuming, doing dishes, AND caulking all of our trim in the basement, building window boxes and cleaning out the entire garage. Hmmmmm, maybe I SHOULDN’T ask for an upgrade from bed rest. p.s. He even survived taking the kids to sacrament meeting on his own.
10-Isaac has learned to pray . . . sort of. He doesn’t want to repeat it from us—he wants to say it himself. So nobody can understand him, or even hear him half the time. He likes to whisper his prayers, until we tell him to speak up, then he starts shouting at the top of his lungs. We’re working on achieving a happy medium.
9-Kye: “Mom, THANK YOU for letting me go potty!” Of course, I had to stop on the side of the interstate approximately 2.5 miles from our house to let him out to pee. He just couldn’t hold it any longer.
8--Lucy starting 1st grade. It seemed to be a bigger adjustment this year than it did last. Those first few days she was just dragging after she got home. Well, dragging and teasing the boys mercilessly. But things have improved: now she gets home, eats a snack while reading a book, then does homework, practices piano and begs to play with a friend. It’s nice when they are actually excited to do their assignments.
7--Goldie, Lucy’s spazzy goldfish, is still alive. SHE’S ALIVE! I know! Can you believe it? Of course, I always have to feed her after Lucy forgets . . . every morning and night. In fact, I believe she should be my fish and I want to rename her Spaz. (You have SERIOUSLY never seen a goldfish this crazy. I promise.)
6—Discovering the joy of online shopping. Since all of my sisters and I have had baby boys in the spring, I have no baby clothes for this child. So I’ve been shopping online and found, well, nothing. Okay, okay, I still hate it. I hate shopping. The only benefit is not having to actually take the kids inside a store, where (as Lucy informed me after a trip to Lowes), I just sit and stare at all of the choices and NEVER MAKE UP MY MIND!
5—Kye is definitely at that funny age—when he’s trying to figure things out and just says the funniest things. Example:
K: (after our scripture reading) Mom, what does wicked mean?
Me: Well, it means to intentionally choose not to obey Heavenly Father and Jesus, etc. etc.
K: (after some thought) You know Mr. Bloomsbury? YOU KNOW! From Curious George? Well his son was sooooooooooooo wicked.
Me: Ummm, okay.
4--Zach’s trip to Juneau, AK, for work. He actually got out of his hotel room and DID something! It’s a miracle. He said it was beautiful there, and he spent some time bear watching. He saw a mother and two cubs. We even have the pictures to prove it. (Which I’ll add sometimeJ)
3—Kye’s inexcusable lack of correct vocabulary when it comes to sports. The other day, he and his friend James were outside playing “basketshoot” in James’s driveway. “Look, mom!” he said. “I’m getting a hole in one! Darn it! I guess I’ll have to get a hole in two.” Zach should be appalled . . . APPALLED, I tell you.
2--Going into labor (sort of) 6 weeks early. Enough contractions to scare the peewickens out of my doctor. So I’m still on bed rest—at least until tomorrow when I am going to ask him to upgrade me from bed rest to “taking it easy.” I’ll keep you posted.
1—Seeing my amazing, amazing hubby juggle it all now that I’m down. The man spent the weekend taking care of the kids, making meals (even Sunday dinner for us, McKay & Julie, Clark & Holly, and Kim!), cleaning, vacuuming, doing dishes, AND caulking all of our trim in the basement, building window boxes and cleaning out the entire garage. Hmmmmm, maybe I SHOULDN’T ask for an upgrade from bed rest. p.s. He even survived taking the kids to sacrament meeting on his own.
3 comments:
love it! go zach! did he have time to watch any TV? hahaha
I read Greg the "basketshoot" story and he loved it. Your kids are alwasy saying the funniest things, and it helps that you are a great writer too. I hope you are reading a lot of great books while you are on bed rest!
We're just happy baby #4 has decided to wait a few more weeks (hopefully). It must have been Zach's mission that helped him to know how to do all that--he sure didn't do it at home! Give the kids a kiss!
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