The Busy Brays

okay, some of you are probably not my friend anymore b/c you feel like i have totally abandoned this blog. Not true at all. I have not totally abandoned it, I just took a little hiatus to focus on my photography & my kids. Ladies & gentlemen.. I am back in business! I must admit that it is a little bit intimidating starting to write on this blog again b/c I feel the pressure to come up with a really funny story. Oh, let me see.. that took all of about 2 seconds... got one! So... I was out at bible study tonight & a sitter was here with the kids. Poor thing she had only been here one other time in her life. I figured that chase must have been on his best behavior the last time she was here b/c she actually said "yes" when I called her today. I am pretty sure though that after today she will never say "yes" to me again. I went to bible study & when I got home chris was already here with the kids.

"how did it go, Chase?"

"not good." 

"what, why not?"

"it just didn't go good."

Oh, I thought... oh well. She was probably a really good sitter & really strict on him.. I like it! Then I went into my laundry room & things just did not look quite right in there. When I was walking around, I felt something really sticky on my feet. I also noticed that the laundry room doors were off their hinges. Hmm.....

"chase, were you in here?"

"yes, mom." 

"what were you doing in here?"

"ellison & I were hiding from the babyitter."

"oh, why were you doing that??"

" b/c we wanted to & when she came around the corner to find us we sprayed her with Oxy Clean!"

"OH MY GOSH, CHASE, you did not!"

"Um hum, we did!"

Sure enough.. the evidence was there & it all made sense to me then. Darn, I thought.. I really liked that one!

FAVORITE QUOTES OF THE MONTH(S):

"but, God said I needed chex mix...:)

2. "mommy, I am getting old like you."

"what Chase? why do you think I am getting old?"

"mom, come on, you KNOW you are getting old!"

3. "when I grow up I am gonna be a daddy & I am gonna get some beer & tea & coffee & OJ."

4. "mom, god said I need to eat cocoa puffs cereal!"

5. "mom, I need some chocolate b/c chocolate gives you energy & I really need energy right now!"

6. "mom, my girlfriends in my school are just SOOO beautiful!"

7. "mom, I colored your wall red b/c I did not like the color you had it at all..."

8. "Chase, are you my sweet boy?? 

"Yes, mom, but ellison is not. She is bad."

"Chase, ellison is not bad - she is sweet too! "

"But mom, I am a lover."  HUH????

9. "mom, was I born in a mall?" (Ut oh.. I guess that one might be my fault:)

10. someone stopped by our house the other night who we did not know well but I think chase felt pretty comfortable with him b/c this is what he told him...

"I like to pick & eat my buggers"

Oh great...it is fine when chris is late & I know he is going to be late but there is something really awful about him telling me he will be home early & then calling to say he is going to be late - it is the worst! Anyhow, after I got that phone call I knew that I was just going to have to push through the rest of the night. Dinner went pretty well, bath decent....it was what happened after the bath that really sent me over the edge. Everyone was bathed & ready for bed so we did our nightly ritual of reading books together in ellison's room. Right when I finished I told the kids to hang tight b/c I had to run downstairs to grab ellison's medicine. I came downstairs & tried to listen in on what they were doing upstairs. Silence. Oh no, that is never good. More silence. Then I heard it..."ellison, your hair looks so nice like this, it really does! Mom, I am just fixing ellison's hair!" chase yelled down the stairs.

"okay chase" I called back as I was measuring out her medicine. 

"oh ellison, this really looks great!" How cute I thought... he is probably brushing her hair or putting a bow in it. I started up the stairs when I saw him rubbing some kind of substance into her hair. "What is that?" I thought. AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! When I came closer I spied a can of chris's hair gel in one of his hands. Ellison was putting her head down while chase sprayed her with hair gel & was liberally rubbing it all around. 

"Go to your room - you just lost your other book for the night!"

So as I proceeded to the bathroom to give ellison ANOTHER bath, I noticed that it was considerably quiet again. When I was done bathing her for a second time, I went in his room to check on the all-too-quiet Chase. LOTION... EVERYWHERE!!! He had now taken the bottle of squirt lotion & pumped about 1/2 of the bottle out all over his bed & floor. "NOOOOOOOOO!!!"

After  3 wooden spoon pops we had a talk about good behavior & forgiveness. I asked chase why he did it & he said that ellison's hair did not look good at all & that he needed to clean the floor with the lotion. Hmm... I guess I will still forgive him:) At least he does give me a good laugh..:)