Painting Pumpkins

Brock's sister De and her friend Maria visited us for the weekend.  On Saturday Avery and Lauren came over to see them and do a special project: Painting Pumpkins!  The kids had fun painting and getting messy.

 The finished pumpkins:  Braxton's is on the left and Avery's is on the right.

Oh Man!

Braxton is adding new phrases these days.  His latest is "oh, man!".  Here's how this phrase works:
      Braxton:  Go Outside?
      Mommy: No, we are not going to go outside right now, it is night time.
      Braxton:  Outside?
      Mommy:  No outside.
      Braxton:  Oh, Man!

Braxton now says "I'm sorry" on his own.  Last night he accidentally whacked me in the face and followed it with a "sowwy!" then a question, "hugs?" followed by a hug and a question, "kiss?" followed by a kiss.  It was REALLY cute.

Throughout the day you will hear him say the phrase "Braxton where are you?"  The phrase takes on various forms which usually include:  "Grover where are you?  Mommy/Daddy where are you? and "Ba-ba (sippy cup) where are you?" 

His first naughty word? ...well, that started a few weeks ago.  During times that my beloved husband is getting frustrated with Braxton he occasionally uses the phrase "numb-nuts" as in: "hurry up numb-nuts" or "I don't know where you hid your sippy cup numb-nuts".  So, Braxton now says it too.  The first time I heard him say it was a few weeks ago...Braxton was waving "goodbye" to Avery and said, "Bye-bye numb-nuts".  Yikes!  Luckily it is not a phrase that other people can understand.  Is it bad that hearing Braxton say numb-nuts makes me laugh?  Yes, it IS terrible...but still really funny!