The Christi and Joe Bradshaw Family

Monday, July 13, 2009

International Waffle Day!

Our friends had a cool idea to find an obscure holiday associated with food and invite friends over to eat, in this case, an international waffle day! Here are our photos...

Monday, July 6, 2009

camping pictures

Here are some pictures from our recent camping trip.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

All tuckered out...

Amazingly, I didn't find any crayon marks on the couch or the walls when I found him like this!

A great song...

Check out this song, someone sent us the link recently.

Friday, May 15, 2009

pictures of time with Grandma, sticky marshmallows and just everday life!

I can tell that I've been lacking blogging motivation when I see that my husband has done the last two posts! Here are some recent pictures...

I think the picture below of Joshua is so funny, but only because I know the story behind it. After a long ride in the car we sent Joshua into the front room to put his shoes away in the closet before he went into his room and climbed into bed. He must've been pretty tired because when I didn't find him in his bed, I found him curled up by the entertainment center!

These are some desert pictures...lots of sticky marshmallows!

This is the boys thinking they own my bed! Seriously, Noah crawled in under the covers and pretended that was totally his spot!

Noah stopped taking naps (unless we go for a car ride). Everyday for a week or so, he was falling asleep in the middle of lunch!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Brian Regan"s Best

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Sneak attack!

This is my attempt to post on my own family's blog! Don't expect too much, kind of like a low-budget film, and you'll be surprised!

We went to a great dinner yesterday, put on by one of our neighbor's. They like waffles, apparently, so they set up about ten tables and 60 chairs in their backyard, invited the neighborhood over, and served waffles to everyone. Of course our children enjoyed the dinner of almost straight sugar, but more than that, Christi and I enjoyed talking with one of our neighbors that we didn't know very well. It made us realize that we shouldn't cut ourselves off from our neighbors, that maybe we could at least make new acquaintances, if not new friends. So, Christi and I are resolved to have our own backyard party and invite neighbors. I'm sure the kids will love it: they already get excited about anyone who comes over.

Funny things kids say...

2/21/10 Jessica constantly invents words, like 'chumped' (see below), and lately she has been using a new word: patcharoon. Used in her sentence: ...smells like a patcharoon (as in smells bad). When I asked her what it means, she just gives me a weird look. Speaking of funny things kids say, my son just interrupted my typing to tell me he's having a hard time finding Santa Claus.

10/29/09 Noah has started including a new favorite line to all his prayers. It usually sounds like this..."please bless us to be healthy, and please bless Joshua to be bossy...and Jessica to be bossy...and Noah to be bossy..."

10/14/09 Here is another funny one that happened about a week ago. I confess, pregnancy and hormones does not always leave me in the best of moods, nor am I full of patience (*sigh*). I heard Jessica let out a long (and I mean LONG) yell. She yelled so long she actually started coughing afterwards. Anyway, during her long yell I run in and I say "What on earth is going on in here!!" Her response, "We were just playing and I was being the mommy." Great...

10/13/09 Joshua is really good at saying thoughtful prayers by himself. He includes all sorts of interesting things and people. Last night's was my all-time favorite! It included, "Thank you so we could not pee our pants today."

10/6/09 Joshua, (again!), says the funniest things! Joshua told me today that one of the girls in his class is his "friend of the heart". When I asked him what that meant, he said that "it means she thinks I'm cool and handsome." I asked him how he knew, and he said "because she smiles at me." So, my four year old son is a heart-throb apparently, and an expert on love!

7/13/09 Joshua went to the bathroom, in a hurry because he wanted 'refreshments' from our family night. He ran out and saw Mom, so he said "I washed my hands" while holding them behind his back. Mom: "Well, let me smell them." Joshua: "No, don't smell them, don't smell them," after which he ran back to the bathroom to wash up for real.

4/11/09 We were going on a walk when Jessica saw a palm tree stump. She asked us," Mom, who chumped that tree?"

3/13/09 Joshua's new thing is to say that everything is "dangerous", and that is his way of avoiding things. Here is an example:

Mom: "Joshua, go put on your pants."

Joshua: "No! I can't! They're dangerous!"

*Pretty much if I tell him to do something, chances are he is going to label it "dangerous". At first, I thought it was absurd...then I realized it was his tactic!

2/19/09
As I was putting Noah back to bed one night after having to stay up with him I found Joshua asleep in Noah's bed. He rolled over, looked at me, adn with intensity and distress in his voice said, "I don't want to sleep in my bed, it has too many dreams in it." I guess he has had too many nightmares lately!

2/15/09
I caught Joshua leaving the bathroom without washing his hands with soap.
Mom: "Get back in there and use soap this time."
Joshua: "But Mom, there's soap on the soap!"

1/9/09
Jessica curtly asked me, "Um, Mom, can we have a talk here? The boys are getting into trouble!"

1/7/09 (Joshua has apparently just been arguing with his sister and has chosen to come to me with his complaint)

Joshua:"Mom, Jessica says you're in charge."
Mom: "I am in charge."
Joshua: "No you're not!"
Mom: "Really? Then tell me who is?"
Joshua: "Ummmm...me?"