I should have gone to work. . .

After almost a week, of everyone being sick in the house, we finally felt up for a trip to the grocery store. If I am lucky my mom comes with me, and we divide and conquer the little ones. I usually luck out because Braelyn is stuck to Munga's hip, so I get the child who is still immobile, and she gets to chase the other one, who decided she had to ride her stick horse to the store on this trip. After finally getting out of the store, into the freezing slush and rain, with two full grocery carts, I realized my huge double stroller was in the trunk. It's a good thing my mom is tiny because she had to ride home with her feet on top of grocery sacks and cartons of milk. Braelyn had a huge package of toilet paper next to her, and during the car ride she made friends with it and it ended up on her lap, so we couldn't even see her. If I had only known how good of friends they would become. . .

We got groceries unloaded and both of the girls settled, and my parents headed out for lunch. I sat down with Berkley, and Braelyn announced her shirt was dirty. I asked her to put it in the washroom, and when she walked out, she was stripped down to her panties, and had both her pigtails and barrette pulled out of her hair. She headed into the kitchen, and I knew I was in trouble when I realized it had been quiet for about two minutes. Before my mom left she had opened her gigantic package of toilet paper to put some rolls downstairs, and Braelyn, only too quickly saw an opportunity. . .

And to think- I could have been at work!

Bless this house

We had cousins stop in the other night to get a TV, and Braelyn was so excited to have compnay! She followed them all around the house, and they all had fun playing with the cars, and shooting them down a track. Dean and Hiliary's children are some of the sweetest, most well-mannered kids I've ever met, and I always enjoy seeing them. Wade could get Kal and Braelyn laughing so hard, just being silly, but of course they stopped once the camera came out. Kal was holding the remote for the TV, and even though it was as big as he was, he wouldn't put it down for anything. He is a man already, one hand always on the remote. I don't think I have ever heard him talk, and so it cracked me whenever his cars would fall off the track, he would exclaim, "Donnit, donnit!" We have a sign in the living that says "Bless this house" and Wade walked into the room and told me, that sign was so funny, it was funny it said bless this house. I'm not sure why that is funny, but it made me laugh that he thought it was.

We wish we could see all the cousins more, Braelyn really loves to play, and it is always nice to have someone stop by!

It's a bad day when . . .

Anyone who has met Braelyn knows she has a flair for the dramatics, and in an effort to plug a little optimism into her life, I got a book from the library called "Its a bad day." The book describes things that can happen to a little kid and make it a bad day, and at the end it says, "But tomorrow is another day, and hey, I'm okay." She had most of the book memorized after a few nights, and liked to recite it. I took her for a walk outside and the snow was higher than her head on both sides. We stepped on some ice, and she sunk into a puddle up to her ankle. She had insisted on wearing her fuzzy white boots, that I had washed that day, not her snow boots like I wanted, and I told her we had to go home, because her feet would be cold now. As we walked she looked down and said, "Dear me. Poor Braelyn. It's a bad day when your boots get wet. Poor me." I swear she would make me a million dollars if I could get her into movies. She sounded like a little old lady, lamenting about her bad luck.

My cousin Jordyn did this post, and I think she tagged me, and I haven't done one before either, but here goes. (Jordyn- if it was a different Heather, just don't tell anyone.)
Tagged....Scattergories
Rules are: all answers must start with the first letter of your last name. Here I go!

What is your last name? Allred
Four letter Word: Apex
Vehicle: Audi TT
Boy Name: Ashton
Girl Name: Ali
Pet Name: Animal (I don't know, maybe?)
Occupation: Architect
Something you wear: Argyle sweaters
Celebrity: Anne Hathaway
Food: Apple
Found in Bathroom: Antiperspirant
Reason for Being Late: Alarm clock malfunction
Cartoon Character: Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Something You Shout: Aaahhh!
Animal: Antelope
Body Part: Arm
Word to Describe You: Ansty
Something You Like To Do: Aerobics
Place You'd Like To Be: Away from here! ;)