What are you thankful for....

Thanksgiving is the time of year where we should all thing about what we are thankful for. There are so many things to be thankful for, but I am most thankful for my sweet little boy. I have been blessed with a wonderful child. I am thankful for him for bringing so much joy into my life.

Quotable Quotes

"Before I was in my mom's tummy, I was invisible scaring people to death."

Now, doesn't that make you scratch your head.

Laughter is the best medicine

Lawson and Brantley were playing Polar Golfer and I heard this laughter coming from the room. I thought to myself, you only laugh like a kid when you are a kid. When he grows up, I won't ever hear this again. So, now I have it so I can hear it whenever I want. I hope it makes you smile as much as me.

Discombobulated

I was helping Brantley read a book that he brought home from school today. The book was very silly. It was about a boy's bed and all the things that were in it. Brantley described the book as discombobulated. I just looked at him and said "What?". I can only assume that his teacher used that word today. He used it right though, it means confused and everything in the book was confused because none of it should have been in the bed.

Brant is very, very cool

My house is vary vary cool also I live with my dad and mom.It is vary vary fun at my house.we are going to be dooen something else.we are gong to the titans they are playing agist carolina.we are going to see the titans win.The titans rock.we are going to see carolina loose.the titans are vary vary fun.the titans are vary vary cool.we are vary vary cool.my dad is vary vary cool.my mom is vary vary cool.my cat is vary vary cool.my house is vary vary cool.



from brant bi for naw.


(Brantley couldn't wait tho get up this morning and type. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.)

A post directly from Brantley (this should be good)

my frieds name is ian.my othrs frieds name is jordnna.I like to play with them.Taey are fun.Thay are vary vary fun.Ther is going to be a new one.I like to play at a park.Parks are fun.my park is vary fun.Parks are fun for kids.Parks are vary fun for me.Ther is going to be a other one wr'er going to the titans game I am going with my dad and my pop and grmom.we are going to have fun.The game is going to be vary vary fun at the going. BiBi thas enough for now.




from brant have a grat weekidn



(That took over an hour!!!! Of course he was wataching tv and eating popcorn while doing it. Already a multitasker. I had to resist the urge to make corrections. Enjoy!)

Spelling

Brantley has been doing very well on his spelling tests. Today's test was an S though. You don't realize how much English words don't make sense until you try to teach a first grader. Included on today's test were the words friend and walk. I had tried to be funny with the word friend by calling it fry end and made a joking sentence with it. I thought he had it but he missed it on the test. I think the reason he missed walk was more of a accent thing. He spelled it wock. Phonetically it works, but it's hard to explain how it is correctly spelled. By the way, Brantley is sitting beside me trying to read this. It's pretty funny.

Spelling

One of Brantley's spelling words this week is not. I was calling out the words to him and when I said not, he looked at me and said, "Is that the k-n-o-t knot?" I didn't know he already knew that those two words sounded the same but were spelled different. Impressive.

What is that?

Lawson and Brantley were throwing football outside when they found this. I'm used to finding the wooly worms but this one was almost smooth, no fur. And it was huge!! He could probably eat a whole tree in a week.

Quotable Quotes: Brant vs. Brantley

Brantley came home the other day and said he wants to be Brant now. He said, "You should have named me Brant." I'm still calling him Brantley, but don't be surprised if he tells you he's not Brantley!

The Entertainer

If there was any doubt in your mind about Brantley's entertaining qualities, this video should set you straight! We went to a Halloween party last night where Brantley discovered karaoke. He had everyone joining in, although you can't see that in the video, but you can hear everyone singing and camera flashes.

If you go here, you can see a photoshow of the party courtesy of Ginger and Leslie. I went as 'bad' Sandy from Grease. Lawson went as Michael Myers. Brantley went as Batman. Brantley won the award for best costume in the kids category. The theme was the 70s so we were supposed to be anyone from the 70s. Other notables in attendance were Kojak, Daisy Duke, Cheech and Chong, a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Rocky, Clint Eastwood, Dorothy Hamill.....

Happy Halloween!!

Dinosaurs

Everyone knows how much Brantley likes dinosaurs. When I heard about this show, I had to take Brantley. I think he really liked it. Here's a clip.

Sharing more schoolwork

Brantley is doing some good work at school. He did bring home his first 'N' yesterday. It was a math worksheet. He wasn't paying attention and the problems switched to subtraction but he kept doing addition. We had to talk about paying attention and not rushing through things. I must say he does have really good handwriting for a 6 year old boy. I think his writing is more neat than mine.

Baseball Conclusion

Tonight was the last game of the fall season. We almost didn't get to play because of the weather. Brantley had some good hits. He got hit in the head with the baseball while playing pitcher. It wasn't a direct hit, it was deflected by his glove. He cried nonetheless. At the end of the game, they all got trophies and I, mom, got a game ball for helping in the dugout and keeping everyone straight. It was nice that he thought of me. He also gave game balls to two of the other dads that helped out a lot during the season.

School Work

I thought I would share some of Brantley's awesome school work. He's doing very well in first grade.

What a thug....

Brantley looks like such a thug in this picture. He's a good boy though. There is a boy on his team that has been giving me attitude all season. I have been helping make sure all the kids get a chance to bat first/last. To do this, we bat in numeric order and have rotated numerically for who goes first. Last Thursday, this child said to me, "I'm the first batter today." I told him no, it was number 2's time to go first. He got mad. His dad talked to him and after that he goes up to Brantley and says, "Brantley, I'm glad your mom isn't my mom." Right in front of me. I told him that was not nice to say and explained I was trying to be fair in making sure everyone has a turn. He rolled his eyes at me. Brantley seemed to ignore him. I definitely won't be encouraging him to be friends with that thug. It's sad, though, because he went to pre-school with that boy. They started there as babies together but got separated at about age three. I thought about telling him mom, but decided against it. I figured I was just overreacting and she'd probably roll her eyes at me. Just kidding. I think she knows what she's got.

One serious bubble bath

Brantley was stinky after a whole day with Carson. He needed a good bath. I think we did a pretty good job.

Pudge's 2nd favorite place

Pudge's first favorite place is the sun porch. Brantley and Carson caught her in her second favorite place....Brantley's bathroom sink.

Friends

I feel as though by moving we have entered a new chapter in our lives. Today I went to pick Brantley up after school and as we were leaving Carson's mom pulled up. Brantley was so excited to see her and started blabbering about everything and then asked if he could come over tonight. Sure she said. So, I came home without my child. He rode home with Carson. I'm not sure what to do with myself. I have tons of things I should be doing, but I just don't know where to start. Hmmm....

School Days

I met Brantley's teacher last Thursday. I was very impressed with her. She has been teaching for 29 years and has a lot of experience to draw from. She talked about respect and never comparing one child to another. Her philosophy on homework is just getting used to setting aside the time each day to do it. She had a lot of good things to say.

Well, every day Brantley has been so sad about going to school. He hates school and first grade. He says first grade is no fun and all they do is work all day and the day is just too long. Every morning is a struggle.

Tuesday I got an email from Brantley's teacher telling me to disregard the reading letter I got (good thing because I was going to call and ask about it) so I replied and told her how upset Brantley is every morning. I asked her how he is doing in class because I was worried he wasn't adjusting well. She replied and was very surprised to hear that Brantley was so upset each morning. She said he never seems upset in class and seems very well adjusted. She said he's making friends and smiles a lot during the day. (Oh and he's on grade level with his reading, the letter I got from the reading specialist was supposed to go to another child). So, this tells me that Brantley is just pushing my buttons.

I'm not sure what his teacher did after our email discussion, but Tuesday evening, Brantley said he wanted to go back to school. He said today was a really fun day. And, this morning was much easier than it has been. She must have told him that I was on to him. Such a con artist.