Momma, I need a vacation

Again, I knew something was up when he started with momma. Most of Brody's friends at school had been on vacation at one time or the other during the summer and he did not want to hear it any more. When I picked him up from school, he informed me he needed a vacation (don't we all). I asked him where he wanted to go and he said Nana and Papaw's. So I made the call and of course, they came and picked him up from school the next day.

He had a wonderful time, swimming at the neighbors, swinging and most important, going to Inner Space. He had lots of fun!!!

Thank you Nana and Papaw for a wonderful vacation. (This vacation was about 2 weeks ago, yes, I am late posting about it.)

In 10 days, we 3 leave for a much needed vacation. We can not wait and Brody is so excited to go on vacation with momma and daddy.

Momma, I Wanna...

...TATTOO!!! You want a what??? A tattoo.

This is how our conversation was on the way home yesterday. Talk about taking me by surprise. When Brody starts a conversation with "Momma", I know something is up. We were driving home from school yesterday and he informed me he needed a tattoo. I asked him what a tattoo was and he answered just like he does everything else, "I don't know". I explained to him he was too young and he just didn't need a tattoo. He looked at me and with the most pitiful sound and look on his face, he said "momma, you don't let me have noffin!!!" He proceeds to tell me that Bryan and Caleb have one so he needs one. Again, I tell him no and he tells me "momma, you don't ever let me have noffin!!!"

According to Bryan's dad, he has some fake ones that he wears to school. Thank you, B.J.

Poor Brody, maybe one day momma will let him have something.

Boys and mud

The Backyardigans LIVE

It has been awhile since I posted but I had a couple of new pictures. As everyone knows, Brody loves the Backyardigans. They came live to the HOT fair grounds on August 8 and we were there. (remember Uniqua from earlier - same cartoon). Also in attendance was his best bud Bryan and his parents. The kids loved it. It was a really nice production considering its target age is 3. The characters were grown-ups and you could actually see their face, they did not have masks on which was nice.

Well, and then

Any of you that have been around us for an hour knows that our son has a very vivid imagination. He can tell a story and make it so believable. You start thinking to yourself, could this have really happened? You sometimes are just not for sure. I live with him everyday and still find myself wondering. On Sunday, Nana and Papaw came over to the house after the circus and Brody began his story telling. I was in the kitchen so I did not hear all of the story but this is a brief segment of how the story went:

Brody: Well, Nana and Papaw, come to my room, I have something special to show you.

(I can hear them agreeing with him and asking a couple of questions.)

Brody: and then (with his hand in the air - you know what I am talking about if you have watched him tell a story) Bryan dumped over the basketball goal and then he messed up my room with all the toys and then he dumped over the bins with all the toys. (I am not exactly for sure what Brody was doing during Bryan's rampage throught his room). and then, we started jumping on the bed.

Nana: Really, that must have been a mess.

Brody: Yeah

Me: Ok Brody, I do not remember this happening (papaw is looking at me like, did this really happen - he was being very believable) what was mommy doing? Where was mommy?

Brody: Well mommy, (with his hand in the air) you were on the patio drinking wine.

Me: Really, I guess that it why I do not remember this happening. What was daddy doing?

Brody: Well, he was just drinking a coke.

End of story. We were laughing so hard. Brody really believes that this story happened. I hope this story telling keeps up, he could make lots of money.

Circus, Circus, Circus

Sunday was another fun filled day. Nana and Papaw took us all to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus in Waco. Brody has never been to the circus so we were not for sure what to expect from him. The last circus I remember going to was with Aunt Blondie and Uncle Jody, I was probably 5 or 6. We arrived at the HOT fair grounds an hour early because they were having pre-circus events. Brody did not want anything to do with them. I do believe he was completely overwhelmed. The circus began at 2:00. He was really enjoying all the people and the 1 clown. He started getting a little bored and was ready to leave when the elephants made their grand entrance. He loved the elephants. We thought it was over but they had an intermission to get ready for the tigers. He enjoyed the tigers but as soon as they left, Brody was ready to leave. The circus was a little long but we all had a great time.

Thank you Nana and Papaw for a wonderful experience.

Happy Birthday Pops!!

What a weekend we had. It started Saturday morning when I headed to Waco to get my hair trimmed. I stopped by Grandmas and picked her up for a surprise birthday get together for Pops (Uncle Jim). Everyone started arriving around 2:00 - the day began. We had a wonderful time with the Butler family. We grilled fajitas, played in the swimming pool, went shooting, fishing, rides on the jeep, birthday cake Brody cooked and decorated (what an experience), had a water balloon fight and ended the night with fireworks. It was a great time and Pops was very surprised. Brody had so much fun with all of his cousins, they include him in everything they do - thank you so much. That means the world to me and Bill.

Thank you to everyone for coming out and having a great time.

Brody was exhausted!!!