Spanish Inquisition

Papaw to Braylon: "We won't be at dinner tonight, we're going out of town."
Braylon: "Where are you going?"
Papaw: "New Mexico."
Braylon: "Will you talk Spanish while you're there?"

Hot Chocolate Has It

Sorry Egg Nog, no one likes you....

A Granny Story

A story WRITTEN by Granny B.

After I had picked up both boys and had them together in the car, I told them what we were going to do.......shop first, then meet everyone at Luby's for a birthday party.As we drove to DollarTree, I again gave both boys some instructions about how we were going to shop......stay together, shop for two items each, look for something "suitable" for a grandmother gift, etc.

We got just inside the store when Braylon suddenly called a halt......put his hands on his hips (somewhat like I've seen his mother and his grandmother do!!!) and in a voice somewhat like the above-mentioned females, say "Granny, we HAVE to look on the toy aisle FIRST! THEN we can look for a granny gift!" (Priorities have to be established!!) It didn't take either boy very long to locate two items each---after I decreed we would NOT buy the swords. Then....in a "typical male fashion" we made our way to the next aisle and the VERY FIRST ITEM THEY LAID THEIR EYES ON was their choice for the grandmother birthday gifts! (Thankfully, they didn't spy a plumber's helper first!!)

In a split second, they were on their way to the cash register to pay out.....their goal complete!!! I had to bribe them into making a minor detour thru the candy aisle to look for the chocolate turtles to add to the flower pots and to grab two small gift bags---of course, that's where they spied the packages of cotton candy and what grandma could resist their pleas when they had been so good!!!

You would have been proud of both of them---they actually stuck with me, didn't put up too much resistance about the swords, and cooperated every step of the trip!! It was also cute to see them carry in the two little bags--they were "proud as peacocks" to have selected their own flowers and candy for the two grandmas!!!Every now and then, we get a "glimpse" of civilization from two lively, noisy, messy....but highly loveable little boys!!! It made a sweet birthday memory for this grandma!!...and perhaps one the boys will remember, too!

Giving Thanks

Last week the nation remembered to be thankful for the creation of our union to this land and it's original inhabitants. Hopefully, the majority of people celebrating the great holiday extended that thankfulness to current events and situations. I cannot make an exhaustive list of what I'm thankful for. Will never happen. I would never get done with my list...

In that thought, I AM thankful for being together with my family on that special day - Watching my kids play with Grampy (who has been living away for 13+ months) - Seeing extended family that I so rarely get to enjoy - Resting at home after traveling and watching the snow fall down like rain - Pulling the Christmas decorations out and seeing the excitement in the boy's eyes as we went through the items that will remind us of another great holiday.

The more I think of all the things for which I'm thankful, the shorter my list of complaints or aggravations gets. It's kinda funny how it works that way, huh?

Great Game Ideas

For the game lover in all of us ~ My sister started a blog with GREAT GAME IDEAS! Below is the link. Save it to your favorites for that event where you need a good idea or for family fun nights!

greatgameideas.blogspot.com

The Last Word

Game review: The Last Word

We played this on Thanksgiving Day. It's a game for up to 8 players that revolves around your ability to ramble on any given subject. The gist is that there are two decks of cards: Subject cards and Letter cards. You flip over a letter card and try to talk about your subject that starts with the letter on the Letter card. There is a timer and whoever is the last person who said something applicable when the timer goes off gets to move his man. This continues for X rounds until the winner reaches the end of the board with his man.

Becky's rating: B+

I thought it was really clever and something different. I didn't win, so it doesn't get an A! HA! Just kidding - The game is really good for junior high and above age group, I would think. Any younger and it would probably be too hard. It definitely got my mind a working!

Not A Firefighter

Braylon came into the kitchen while I was preparing dinner tonight, visibly upset and near tears. Out of the complete blue he says, "Mom, I don't want to be a firefighter when I grow up!"

I responded with, "Ok, you don't have to." And that was that... Problem solved.

Now don't ask me where in the world he came up with that notion, but he's ruling out that line of work early...