Reading

I apologize for the hiatus. I unfortunately have not gotten to see the boys very much lately :(

Here is a cute quote from Brayden

My sister was reading this book called "Healthy Sleep, Happy Child" or something because both boys usually end up in their bed at night and it is a goal she is working on better sleep habits overall. Anyways she was reading and Brayden asked her what she was reading. And she replied "how to get you and your brother to sleep better". He replied, "let me see that" He took the book and proceed to look and the page. He said "oh it says, 'kids must sleep in mommy and daddy's bed'," and handed the book back to her. She has her work cut out for her!

My Date with the Ninja Turtle

Brayden and I got invited to a fabulous Halloween party last night. I picked up my date, the cutest Leonardo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ever and we headed to the party. He was a hit. Very friendly as always! There were 2 haunted houses at the party. The first haunted house was in the basement of the house. All the kids started to funnel downstairs for the first house and we getting a little spooked. Brayden stepped in front of them and said "Don't worry guys I'll go down first, I am Ninja." It was so funny. He continued down first and walked all ninja like with his hands in karate chop mode to protect the kids from any spooky creatures.

Later as we were getting ready to leave, 2 more kids showed up and wouldn't you know they were kids from his school. So as a good aunt I wasn't going to drag him away. When they walked in he shouted "I KNOW YOU, you are my school friends." He grabbed their hands and leaded down to the haunted house where they played happily for a while.

I have decided that Brayden is the perfect date for the following reasons:
1. He is always excited to see me
2. We always have fun
3. He is never too busy for me
4. He likes to pay (I usually give him the money, but he gets the concept) LOL

Working on the weekend

So Brayden refers to school as his "work". I don't know much about Montessori school, but he always tells us how swamped he is for work. I am starting to be a little concerned that at 4 he is concerned about his workload.

Saturday we had plans to go to Littleton farm. I met my sister, boys and mom there. My sister picked up my mom and Brayden had insisted on brining his "computer" in the car. It is a basic phonics computer with words and spelling. So the comp was taking up a lot of space in my sister's little car and she turns to Brayden and asked "why did you have to bring this?" He replies, "I just have so much work to do. I am soo behind, I had to use the car to try and catch up".

Now that is probably my fault. I was over last week talking about how behind I was at work because I had taken two days off to go visit my Grandpa in Arkansas. I guess I take the blame for that comment. Too funny though!

I'm explaining to a pig

Yesterday we went to Littleton Farm. http://www.littletongov.org/museum/
It was a beautiful fall day and a perfect outing! We saw lots of animals and historical houses. Brayden and Kealan are semi-regulars there because it is free and provides lots of space to run. When we came upon the pigs, they had just been given dinner. One of the pigs was stuck in the mud pit and could not make his way out to eat. Brayden decided to help him out. He said "ok pig just wiggle a little and get yourself out". Then  he said to himself "I'm explaining to a pig?!" it was super cute.

Today I had Brayden for the afternoon. I teach his Sunday school class and I brought him home so my sister only had one kid to contend with for the afternoon. I had gotten him a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume at a Kid's Consignment sale on Friday so I pulled it out and he ended up wearing it the rest of the afternoon. His Uncle Jason was a HUGE Ninja turtle fan back in the day so I told Brayden to call Jason and have him educate him on Ninja turtle lingo.

Sure enough he called Jason and said "I am the blue ninja turtle, Leonardo, you need to educate me on Ninja turtles" By the end of the conversation he knew all 4 turtles, April, Shredder, Splinter and the all important Cowabunga dude. He looked awesome

Who ate the last Apple?

I was hanging at my sister's last night and we were trying to do some stuff online.The boys were running around as usual, but we have gotten pretty good at being productive with them around. At one point Brayden walks over and was like "could you 2 get off of the computers already?!"

Later after Kealan had fallen asleep, Brayden goes into the kitchen and comes out with a sour look on his face. He says "who ate the last apple?!" My sister said your dad did we can get some more apples tomorrow. He scrunched his face, dropped to the ground like he was super upset or something. My sister says, Brayden there is no reason to have an attitude about it, we will get more apples tomorrow. He just pops up with a huge grin, he likes to do that often where he pretends to be mad or upset and breaks into a smile. I have to put my head down to not laugh and encourage that behavior bc it is so funny.

Finally Brayden was upset because I didn't bring pjs for a sleepover. I told him I had to work and he had school today. I still convinced him to give me a big hug goodbye and went on my way. When I got home my sister texted me and said right after I left Brayden comes running out of his room with his backpack and says stop Brittany I packed my bag with pjs and clothes for the morning! Broke my heart. I guess I have a sleepover with a 4 year old in my near future!

Brayden's girlfriends

I was playing with Brayden one afternoon and he pulled out some hiking boots that were 3 times too big and put them on. He started to talk about hiking. I said I like hiking too. He replied "well you can be my girlfriend and we can go hiking"!

A little while later we were playing outside. Now this past summer he did VBS and was quite taken to the 12 year old assistant Jackie. He even made me take a picture of the two of them on the last day and has been calling her his girlfriend ever since. Although occasionally he will forget her name and ask us what is the name of my girlfriend!So we were playing outside and he is changing the oil on his powerwheels jeep. Then he proceeds to wash it. I ask what he is doing. He replies, I am cleaning my jeep because I am having a baby. I said who is? He said Jackie. I replied well your priorities are all wrong because you should just go to the hospital and not worry about cleaning your jeep first! Then I said I thought you said I was your girlfriend. He responded oh you are but so is Jackie. I said you can't have 2 girlfriends. He replied oh Yes I can!

Walking with Brayden

I went on a walk this evening with Brayden, just around the neighborhood. He explained to me what an adjective is! He is 4 and a half! He started this new Montessori school 2 weeks ago and he is doing awesome! It is amazing to see the difference compared to his preschool last year!

So when I knocked on the front door he comes running out and he has a backpack on. I was like um okay. As we were walking I asked him what was in his backpack. He said "my army clothes and stuff in case we get lost". Guess he doesn't have a whole lot of confidence in me to make it around the neighborhood safely!