Hello everyone...today there will not be any pictures-sorry. I just felt like doing some typing as a form of stress relief, and figured, I could kill 2 birds with one stone by updating this. Today I was planning my evening trip to town to run errands (making lists & figuring where I all needed to go) & on my list was: make prints of family photos. We haven't had any professional family pics taken since Brae's been born, and finally decided to do it a few weeks ago. In an effort to save money (which still seemed to have costed more than I anticipated), I opted for the CD package & thought I'd print some myself. Well, of course I had the disk in my purse, and now I can't find it. Now, I'm not blaming Brae yet, but if I set my purse anywhere she can reach it, it's always dumped out & when I pick it all up I just make sure I still have my liscense and check card. Of course, I should know by now to keep it out of reach, but it's just habit to set it in the entryway & start my car to warm up while we put shoes on & stuff. Well, to make a long story short, I spent half the morning looking for it & ended up with freezing hands from standing outside digging through bags of trash, toys spilled out everywhere, cause the kids dumped out the toyboxes to help me look for it, and still haven't found it. I guess it's not that big of a deal, but just big enough to irritate me until I find it!
While digging through the trash, I found a toy & a pajama shirt, and wondered what else goes missing that I don't even notice. A few weeks ago, we tore the house apart looking for the tv remote, and finally found it in the dumpster. And I'd say at least she isn't putting toys in the toilet, but she does that too! I can say "at least she doesn't flush toys down the toilet"! Or at least that I know of... but I've found the wii remote among other things floating in the bowl before. I suppose it's only a stage and hopefully a short one, but some days are just more trying than others!
On a cuter note, Braelyn has been copying so many words lately. She knows: ball, baby, cheese please (cheese peas), nummy, hello (hewwo), poppa, bu-bye, Toga (Goga), puppy, ducky, doggy, uh-oh, owie, mommy :) , and all her old ones: hot, daddy, Heidi & uckies. The cutest one is "thank you", I'm not even sure how she says it, but whenever she repeats me, it's sounds so funny. And her other favorite is "HI", like to everyone we meet while in the stores, and she waves her hand and yells "Hi, Hi, Hi", and I'm not sure if she freaks people out with her persistance, but only about 1 of every 8 adults will reply back with a Hi or Hello! Kids on the other hand, get a kick out of it, and almost always reply! And whenever she hugs me she makes this noise like "ohhh" and squeezes my neck & lays her head on my shoulder. Of course every mom has the cutest and smartest kid, but gosh, it's just so fascinating when kids learn new things. :) And of course if you spend any time with her, you'll think I'm lying because she hardly ever does any of this last paragraph around others! (minus the Hi) :)
Mason is still loving school & yesterday his class got to go to the gym with the older grades and watch what he called a "basketball magic show", as he described it as kids doing tricks with basketballs & bouncing 2 balls at a time & under their legs and stuff. He thought that was pretty cool. The teacher sent home a note one day, stating how she just loves being his teacher and he is such a wonderful boy & a good leader! I thought she maybe handed it to the wrong kid by mistake, but the top read: To Mason & family, so there is proof that kids do act totally different when parents aren't around. But honestly, I think for the most part, he is a great kid, I just like giving him heck about why he's such a good listener at school and not at home!
See now that I ended on a positive note, I'm not near as bothered as I was before! :) I suppose I'll have Shane dig through the trash one more time, just in case I missed it, and from there, I'm sure it's bound to show up somewhere!
