Brayden update!

Spider man photo shoot!




































We went to get Brayden’s flu shot this week. We were all prepared for the flu mist, but at the last minute they said it was going to have to be the shot. I didn’t have enough time to prepare Bray. He is normally really good with shots, but with the surprise he was a bit upset and yelled out. Then, after is was all over, he said, “it felt like a speeding bullet!” I thought that was a great description, because the way the nurse went at him, it probably did feel that way. (Oct, 13)

As you can tell he loves, loves, loves to pretend he is someone or something else. He had three Halloween costumes this year and got three more on clearance holiday sales. He has been black spider man for 3 days straight now, even out for a picnic at the park. He loves to use his imagination and shoot spider web everywhere and catch people in them.

He longs for days he gets to spend alone time with Nonnie and has a lot of trouble sharing her with others. His favorite things to play with her are doctor and school. Playing doctor the other day he said, “Nonnie, you will be the doctor and I WILL BE GOD!” He also loves jumping on her sofas. It has a red throw blanket that is so soft and Brayden asked “Can I hold this forever?”

He says he is getting a dog and a cat some day. His dogs name will be “Soda” and his cat, “Rubert.”

He comes up with the funniest saying sometimes. The other day Ben was telling him it was time to go potty and he yelled, “Bring it on, Dad!” Later he was trying to tell Ben something and said, “Do you see where I’m pointing?”

He is actually using many of our words against us. He is so clever with his words and understanding of them. He knows how to stump us when we are disciplining. I know you are laughing, but it is not always funny! He tries to put us in time outs and scolds us in a big voice. And, he continues to say a third choice when we offer two for him to pick from (“I choose ------- instead!”).

He knows his birthdate now. It is “30 May 1st.”

Bray loves chase, playing hide-n-seek, computers, dress up in costumes, imaginative play with television characters and super hero figurines, bouncing/jumping, ball games, and riding bikes. He does not like shopping, stopping to eat, or taking a bath.

We love how he uses the phrase, “This day!” for saying “today.” An example might be
“Are we going to the park this day?”

Things we have been working on for the past 2 months:

He has been in a big boy tall booster seat for a few months.

He has dropped most of his naps. We take one if he has an evening activity at the library or something, but otherwise we just make sure he is asleep by 7:00pm.

We are potty trained during the day and wearing big boy pants everywhere.

He won tickets to the Backyardagans on stage (one of his favorite Disney channel shows). He took Cousins Jon and Will Grice. It was boys day out and was great. He won Circus tickets that he will attend next weekend. He is a lucky guy!

He was eating his favorite - whip cream- and busted out with, “I am a whip cream man!” It was so cute!

He still struggles with bathing and getting ready for bed. He does not like to slow down.
Bath time is a time when he uses my words sometimes. One night we wrote it down, “I don’t want to take a shower. I don’t want to take a bath. That’s my choice!”

We have to remind Brayden to have patience some times and sing Nonnie’s patience song to him from time to time. I was in a hurry one day and was asking him to potty quickly because Mommy was in a hurry and he began to sing to me, “Have Patience, Have Patience, don’t be in such a hurry!”

I have often tried to make Brayden laugh when Brynn is fussing by saying, “Chill, baby, Chill!” so he doesn’t stress from it as much. The other day Brynn was fussing in the high chair and we hear Brayden tell her, “Chill, baby, chill!” Then he proceeded to be silly in his chair so I asked him if he was done eating. He said, “I was just joking around.”

Well, our basement flooded a month ago, so I’m off to buy big plastic tubs to put everything in so nothing will be effected the next time it happens. I do hope to turn the basement into a playground area for the winter months. But, I never seem to have enough time to devote to putting things away and organizing down there. It is all I can do to put away laundry and clean up the house every night. Even with that, I don’t get to shower until 10:30 at night or later.

We’ll see when I can get another update on the kids to you all. It has taken me 3 months to get these together and I have missed writing down so much. Life sure does get busy with two kids. Until next time...