Saturday, September 11, 2010

Strange Squirrel

I was walking into the kitchen last week when something outside caught my eye. This squirrel was just laying there, all sprawled out. Not sure why, but I grabbed my camera real quick before he got scared away. The first picture seems to be focused on the dirty window. The second is after he army-crawled to the edge of the concrete. Right after I took the picture, he ran up the tree. (Sorry. I have nothing else going on that I can post about!)


Friday, September 3, 2010

The Latest Braden Quote

"If there was a prize for being the best looking, I would get it!"

Humble, I know. We were talking about the Renaissance Program at school that does fun things throughout the year to reward students for good grades/behavior.
I think that his brain fires erratically in the mornings! But oh how I love that kid!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

No Photos

Because I have not taken any pictures lately, I thought I would post about the shame I felt earlier this week.... I needed to put some gas in the car. (The light came on just as I pulled into the garage and I didn't want to deal with it in the morning when I was trying to get Braden to school.) I also had some bills to take to the post office. I didn't want to go alone, but Braden wouldn't go along to run those errands. Which meant I would have to bribe him or go solo! Then I remembered that he had a coupon for a free ice cream cone with purchase from McDonald's.

But you have to understand how much I HATE McDonald's! I view them as the center of all fast food evil! And I will not allow my family to eat there. (Although I recently found out one member was! Grrr!)
Just so we're all up to speed: I HATE McDONALD'S!!!
But it was just a small cone. And though its not decaf, they have sweet tea, which would be the "with purchase" that would not cause us to eat any of the evil. So Braden came with me and since it was about 5pm and the drive-thru was packed, I parked and made Braden run in.
Insert shame and embarrassment here. It seemed like he was in there forever. And as I sat in the car I found myself looking around nervously, hoping no one I knew saw me parked there. And the longer it took him, the more anxious I became! It was awful!! Awful! Awful!
And now you know!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Braden's Quote of the Day

This morning, Braden told me that I needed to get ready to leave. I was ready! I just had to slip on my flip-flops, which were by the door, and grab my purse, which was on the way to the door. I told him that he was the one that needed to finished getting ready and that he could probably do that faster if he put down the MP3 player. Braden's reply: he needed the MP3 to get "in the groove for school."

Who can argue with that logic? Rock on, Bray! Rock on!