Just thought we´d share a little of Brandon´s daily life this month.  His mother, the ever terrible blogger,  is trying to make up for it with lots of pictures!!!!

Morning View from Front Porch

Rainbow season has arrived early.  Beautiful Views!

Picking Fruit to Bring to Abuela

Brandon helped pick lemons from one of our trees to give to Abuela (who is recuperating quite nicely.)

My New Wallpaper (On the Computer, not the kitchen wall)

In our yard we have a beautiful garden that Virgilio´s mom left us.

Papa's Birthday

Hooray Papa!!!  (and Papa passed the GED too!!!!! Yahoo!!!)

Hugs

Karen told them to hug and they hugged themselves!!!

Mom and Tot Group Trip to the Train

Some local moms organized a  thursday morning Mom and Tot group.

It is fun to get together to sing and play and eat.  Last Thursday we went on a field trip to the train!  Toot toot!

Lovey Dovey

Friends of ours the Bryants helped Virgilio when he was taking the GED in Georgia.  (Correction:  Now they are our friends.  They took Virgilio in without even knowing him!)  They gave Brandon this mouse, from “If You Take a Mouse to the Movies”.  He loves both.  We read the book every day. (Brandon gets to choose.)

"Hot. Candle on. No Touch!"

Lights went out yesterday for about 7 hours.  Brandon enjoyed the candles.  He repeated the caption often just to make sure I new the rules.

Drinking from a Big Boy Cup

We are working on it.  Big boy underpants?  Forget it!

Upside Down

Brandon is fascinated by the upside down concept.  He turns things upside down all the time and then shows me.  He also likes to position himself in a way so that the world seems upside down to him.

Evening View from Front Porch

Aren´t I lucky?

Never really thought much about how much coordination went into galloping.  It is a process!!

And here he is the next day…Galloping George!

Words to come….

Long time no blog!  Here is Brandon helping Mama read one of his favorite bedtime stories “Good Night Moon”.

He learned this trick from his friend Chris.

ps: Happy Birthday Grandpa Jim!

Our favorite is the newest edition:  lello!

P.S.  You can see the new, beautiful, blue color of our kitchen on the left.  The former sea green still exists on the right.  It is a work in progress!

We almost had to sit this week out, but Brandon said “The show must go on!”  (Yes, that is the longest sentence since “blue boots”.)

Our little man has bronchitis again.  At times the antibiotic seems to be working and Brandon is in good spirits, but at other times the alien cough scrapes his throat and he begs for help.  He is resting now.  May that last quite some time as his body and his mama need it.  (He was up and ready for the day at 4:30am.  Thank you God for Grandpa Bill and the PBS kids shows he taped.  They keep him sitting and entertained which is perfect when bronchitis hits.)

The following is a shortened version of “This Old Man” taken this am during a good moment.  Enjoy!

Yahoooooo!  I think this actually works!

Brandon loves his new BLUE rubber boots.  He enjoys the freedom they grant him to jump in puddles, mud, and cow pies.   They also happen to be a color that he recognizes and can say which makes them even more special.

Lovin' the Rubber Boots

However, the joy these boots bring seems to have caused a gap in comprehension.  Brandon doesn’t quite seem to understand that only his boots are water proof.  Today, after splashing in the brook for a bit he decided to sit down, dam it up and splash in the water with his hands.

It’s a process…a fun process!

Father’s Day was a busy day starting with making Papa’s favorite breakfast, going to cousin Steven’s baptism and then hanging out at the church picnic for San Luis Day!

Virgilio with Brandon and Steven

Just looking! We didn´t actually purchase any cattle at the auction.

The Grandkids with Abuelo during the horse competition.

Riders hold a pencil-like thingy and ride quickly toward  a rope hanging across the street.  From this rope are 4-5 little nickel sized rings attached by clothes pins.  The riders must stick the pencil thing through the ring and keep it on to win.  Although Brandon didn´t ride (of course) the people who rode for him (its a fundraiser) won him his first machete and lasoo.  Giddy-up!

Brandon and his first machete. Yikes!

The activities continued on into the evening with mass, dinner, bingo and Brandon and Chris crawling around the church grounds acting like cows!

We hope everybody had a great day too!