quirky little bram

bram hearts the muppets

2011-07-04T16:35:00.000-07:00

bram has been ~~nagging~~ ~~begging~~ asking ever so politely over the last couple weeks for me to put this video on his blog. so here it is. beaker drinks coffee.

it's funny because it's true.

and it's just so beautiful! :')

please welcome Blogger Bram!!! :)

2011-06-08T06:31:00.000-07:00

why didn't the skeleton want to cross the road?

'cause he didn't have the guts!

bram's latest joke

2011-03-10T16:39:00.000-08:00

bram has been ~~nagging~~ ~~bugging~~ asking ever so graciously that i post his latest joke here. so, gentle readers, here you go! bram's newest joke.

what did the bird say to the cow?

i don't know, bram, what did the bird say to the cow?

don't get me picky, or else i'll pick you back!

bram's newest joke

2011-01-31T16:38:00.000-08:00

what did the chicken say to the restaurant?

i don't know. what did the chicken say to the restaurant?

"don't jump on me, or i'll do nothing!!"

get it, mommy? because chickens can't do anything. and restaurants can't jump.

from the sublime to the ridiculous...

2010-12-29T09:46:00.000-08:00

christmas day, bram was playing with his lego in the living room. he turned around and said, "mommy, i'm really thankful for everything i have."

a few minutes later, he opened another bag of lego pieces (apparently 3 bags were not enough). the bag exploded, and pieces flew everywhere. he looked around at the mess and said,

"well, i didn't see that coming."

then this morning, i gave him a time-out. he sat on his seat and complained,

"this is not the gateway to the good life."

yup. that's my bram.

bram's favourite colours

2010-11-19T16:38:00.001-08:00

when talking to a woman at Little Caesar's tonight...

i like all the colours. except pink, purple, and pinky-purple.

he knows what he likes, apparently.

some random bram-ness

2010-08-26T18:20:00.000-07:00

yes, yes, i know. it's been a while since i've posted here. my bad. so i decided to give you a couple great bram-isms from the last month or so.

on our way to asher's immunology appointment in toronto a month ago, the kids were very excited to see the CN tower. once bram saw it in the distance, he said,

"wow, the CN tower is huge! it's even bigger than my thumb!!"

ya think?

this morning during our weekly trip to the grocery store, i let the kids each get a mini pumpkin. bram, right at this very moment, is trying to balance his pumpkin on his head. he was successful for a moment, too, and said,

"mommy, look what i can do!! isn't this great? now i can be in the circus!!"

ah, brammy...

2010-07-22T17:47:00.001-07:00

blithe's begging to watch youtube videos, asher's throwing a fit, bram says,

"mommy, i like minding my own business."

bram's new wish for himself

2010-07-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

sorry for nothing quirky or funny today, folks, but this is so amazing, i have to share this with you.

over the last few months, bram has been asking for new toys. all. the. time. and literally, every day, it's a different toy or stuffy or something. every day.

but at bedtime last night, this is what he prayed:

"dear God the Father, thank-You for this lovely day. please give me a good sleep tonight with no scary dreams. just nice dreams... and please help me to thankful for what i have. amen."

and this afternoon, while eating chips, he got a "wish chip." so i told him to make a wish.

"what should i wish for?" he asked me.

"whatever you want. it's your chip. make a wish."

he paused for a moment, eyes closed, as he pondered his wish. and then he whispered,

"i wish i was more grateful for what i have."

i am so blown away by his maturity! and as i sit here, considering a trip to michaels so i can wander around and buy something (nothing specific, just something), i'm reminded of this, and i make my own little wish...

i wish i was more grateful for what i have.

thank-you, brammy, for your grace and wisdom. you inspire me to be a better person every day, and i love you very, very much! <3

bram's new fave song :)

2010-07-10T05:57:00.000-07:00

throughout the day with bram...

2010-05-06T19:35:00.000-07:00

getting ready for a walk:
"c'mon, we have to get our shoes on. except, except you already have yours on. so i guess i just need to put mine on. and i better put my jacket on, just to be on the safe side. oh, yeah! and i DEFINITELY need my sunglasses."

random comment:
"mommy... lol." (and yes, he pronounced it "lol", as a word, not individual letters.)

getting ready to play outside:
"i have all the equipment i need to play outside: i have my shoe, my sunglasses, and of course my other shoe."

sitting at the breakfast table...

2010-03-31T07:12:00.000-07:00

my mom said, "bram, you have the coolest eyebrows. they just always make you look full of wonder."

"yes. and i'm always hungry."

then followed a conversation about bread...

"nana, do you know what the theme song is for Smart Bread?"

"no, what is it?"

"Smart Bread." (sung as two quarter notes. that's it. nothing fancy, just two quarter notes.)

bedtime prayer

2010-03-01T19:08:00.000-08:00

"dear Jesus, please give me, blithe, asher, and my whole family a good sleep tonight --"

my mom interrupted with, "bram, asher's having his surgery tomorrow. maybe you should pray for that."

"and please help Asher not freak out, if that's what he's gonna do."

remember aqua? LOL

2010-02-28T15:19:00.001-08:00

"Mommy, Barbie is made of plastic. and it is fantastic."

bram, on bram. and bram, on mr lunt growing up in new jersey

2010-02-25T17:05:00.000-08:00

"i have a sweet tooth. actually, i think all my teeth are sweet. because then they're all sweet."

and i have to explain something before the mr lunt comment. mr lunt is a gourd-type character on veggie tales. he's hispanic.as for where he grew up...

quoth bram, "he's from new jersey. you can tell, because he wears a brown hat."
quoth larry the cucumber, "oh, it's all so clear now."

not sure if i should laugh or cry over this one... LOL

2010-01-24T16:20:00.000-08:00

so, bram and i are driving in the car this afternoon (to be clear, i was driving. he's too short for that). he started talking about Jesus.

"how did Jesus die on the cross?" so i filled him in on the age-appropriate details. he thought about that for a minute, and then said,

"when people die and then come back to life, they're zombies."

oh dear.

HIT IT!!!!

2010-01-15T20:09:00.000-08:00

this afternoon, we went a-driving for a while. the kids wanted to drive over a steep hill outside of town, so i said, "sure!"

after going over the hill (once in each direction), we turned to come home. we came to Quaker Line. the kids wanted to know why it was called that, so i explained that there was a quaker meeting house down the road. they thought we should go there one week.

"you guys would get booted out of there so fast!!!!!" i was almost crying from laughing!

they couldn't understand that. i told them that quaker worship services are very quiet. silent, in fact. the kids tried to convince me they could do it.

"alright," i said, "let's pretend we're at a quaker church." and there was silence in the car.

and i started to think that maybe, just maybe, we could do it one week. maybe they would be able to sit in silence for an extended period of time.

and then

from the backseat

came a 5 year-old voice

exclaiming,

"OK, FOLKS, HIT IT!!!!!"

2009-12-13T05:52:00.001-08:00

why did the pirates say "Aaaarrrrr"?

because they were pirates!!

my little man is 5!!!

2009-12-05T19:31:00.000-08:00

the lightning mcqueen cake, made with love by nana (my mom). it was an orange cake, with the awesome icing. the black lines are licorice. bram LOVED it!!!! thanks so much, mom!

altogether now!

2009-12-05T08:35:00.000-08:00

happy birthday to you!
happy birthday to you!
happy birthday, dear brammy!
happy birthday to you!!!

i love you, sweetie!!!!!

bram's career goals

2009-12-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

ok, you've gotta hear this!!

when bram grows up, he and my dad are going to own a chocolate factory.

i couldn't be more proud. LOL

"and when i get my days off at my factory, i'm gonna work at swiss chalet. except i'm not gonna put whipped cream on the birthday cakes."

ah, larry-boy

2009-12-03T07:26:00.000-08:00

"look, mommy, this larry-boy is different. you can tell because of the differences."

well, there you have it. LOL

bram's favourite jokes

2009-11-26T14:54:00.000-08:00

why did the monkey marry the lion? because he swept her off her feet!

and....

why did Thomas (the tank engine) marry Rosie (the tank engine)?

to which, i'm sure, you would reply, "because her swept her off her feet?"

quoth bram, "no. because he swept her off her wheels. because trains have wheels, not feet. it's a thomas and friends joke that i made up! don't you see?"

(for these jokes to make sense, you have to know the original on which they're based:
why did the teacher marry the janitor? because he swept her off her feet!)

and some sweetness

2009-11-07T19:05:00.000-08:00

a few days ago, blithe was upset about something. apparently, she had broken something of bram's. she was crying about it, saying over and over again how sorry she was, and that it was all her fault.

now, i know bram, so i fully expected him to flip out, start bawling uncontrollably, never to be consoled again. apparently, i was wrong. very wrong.

"blithe," he said, putting his hand on her shoulder, "it's ok. it was an accident. don't cry; it was just an accident. accidents happen. just like if you drank the rest of my juice box, how do you think i would feel?"

"upset," she said.

"yes, i would. but accidents happen, so it's ok."

ROFLMAO!!!!

2009-11-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

every once in a while (read: almost daily), bram says something that just makes me laugh out loud. i thought i'd share. and i'm gonna start off with something festive, to get us all into the christmas spirit. ;)

quoth bram, "when i'm santa, i'm gonna have a list of everyone who's nice and everyone who's not. and if someone takes all my toys, i'm gonna put their name on the naughty list."

bram, after playing tag and shrieking through the house (which you can picture if you know him), poked his head around the corner and declared, "i think i have ADHD," to which blithe added, "yeah, because he's Devastation Hyperactivity Disorder." and i think that about sums it up.

ah, brammy. i digs him.

2009-10-02T14:00:00.001-07:00

so, bram's playing with the lego-type-blocks right now. he built a house and said, "see, mommy? these pink things are the modifications to the larry-mobile. mommy, what's a modification?"

to be fair...

2009-10-02T08:46:00.001-07:00

i have three kids. until right now, two of them had blogs. bram felt left out, so i made him one. here's what he wants me to do with it:

"write about all the stuff i like, even me! i want you to write about me, okay, mommy?"

he wants me to include everything he likes, so i'm assuming that means fave foods, all his toys, his thomas and lightning mcqueen obsessions, stuff like that. LOL

i'm also going to include "bram-isms." if you know him, you understand already. LOL