t-t Teeter

this is really embarassing that is has taken me this long to update my blog... 2 months to be exact. I guess christmas & then the launch of Hope Bray Photography (http://www.hopebrayphotography.com) had me a little bit backed up over the last few weeks. Or could it me the fact that this next story was SOOOO terrible that it has taken me this long to write about it? Hmm... I think the last one for sure. Well, here it goes...

so I was brave enough to take both of the kids into Harris Teeter & was not going to let it be a flop. I had planned it just right... written down my grocery list instead of winging it, fed the kids before we left, taken Chase to the potty, & made sure that it was the perfect time of day to go to the grocery store. What could go wrong?? Well.... bad question with my kids. Right when I walked into the door I saw one of our dear friends, Peggy Scannell. We LOVE the Scannells - all of them! Thanks goodness we know them well enough that they can tolerate a little bit of Bray humor. We chatted for a while but I knew we needed to move on quickly so we didn't lose our "window" of opportunity to get in & out of the grocery store before we faced some meltdowns. I was doing great... flying through the store aisle by aisle & the kids were being wonderful with Dora gummies & free dinosaur cookies in hand. When it was time to check out I went over to the line that looked the shortest & waited. After I had wrestled chocolate bars & skittles out of Chase's hands, I finally got him to stand by the cart patiently - or so I thought.... We looked up & Peggy was getting ready to check out & so she decided to stand behind us in line. "Oh good, I told her... I had a feeling that something really bad was about to happen." After this incident I became a total believer in a mother's intuition b/c I was absolutely correct. As Peggy & I were chatting away I turned around to make sure my little angel was still there. As I turned around & looked down to find him I saw that his pants were around his ankles & he was holding his t-t & aiming it at the floor.  "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I shouted (probably loud enough for everyone in the store to hear). I grabbed Chase, threw him in the cart, & ran out the door.. never stopping to look back & see if he actually t-t'd in the Teeter & never saying good-bye to Peggy. Peggy, if you are reading this, I am so sorry & for your sake I hope you never run into us in the T-T Teeter again!

favorite quotes of the week:

1. "mom, I just coughed & it made me toot in your face"

2. Chris & I have a bad habit of 

a) not listening to our VM messages

b) never erasing them until our mailbox is full

The other day Chase was doing a puzzle on the floor & I was erasing the mailbox b/c it was full. I would listen to about 2 sec. of everyone's messages & then hit erase (don't worry.. I do listen to them.. I had already heard them). Chase looked up at me when I was done & said..

"mom, why you not want to call anybody??" I just laughed...:) He is too funny!

3. "mom, I am gonna spank the fools out of you" 

(hmmm... I wonder where he heard this from:)

4. "mommy, I don't tink (think) we need a baby anymore b/c babies t-t on the floor. okay, mom?"

5. "hallie, get your stinky breaf (breath) off my puzzle!"

6. "mom, I am not gonna eat my carrots tonight."

"why not?"

"because I am nervous..."   (huh????)

7. Chase from the back seat.... "mom, I made a runny nose pie for you!"

8. When my niece, MC, was in town this week I overheard Chase talking to her...

"Mary Catherine, why is your room so messy? It looks like a jungle in here!" 

9. " hey guys, look! I put some runny nose sauce on my cracker..." GROSS!!!

10. after chase cut me with his "safety" scissors... "but mom, I thought you were paper!" Yeah right...:)