Guitar Hero!

Last Friday night, we got together with our lifegroup and played Wii. We had a great time and I finally talked Josh into playing Guitar Hero. For some reason, he has refused to touch the game and (because of my secret ambition to learn to play guitar), I LOVE playing it at Jon and Mandi's house. So, up until Friday night, Josh had not played a note of Guitar Hero. He picked up the guitar on Friday and loved it just like I told him he would. To make a long story short, we went to Game Stop on Sunday after church and bought a guitar and the game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. The entire family spent the rest of the day rockin' out in our basement.

Now, part of the reason I was really excited to get this game was because I thought I may finally be better at a video game than my six year old son. When we play at Mandi's house, Guitar Hero is usually for the adults and Braydon maybe played a couple of times. On Sunday, when I finally let him play, he sat down and beat the first song he played! Not to worry, I did that also! Then, he beat a song with more points than I ever got and he earned $175 and four our of five star rating (that would be $100 and one star more than I earned)! I should have known better. I don't think Braydon is allowed to play mommy's game anymore!

Braydon, The Worrier

Yesterday, Braydon came home from school and scolded me. You see, at school they have to wear snow boots to go on certain parts of the playground when it is snowy. You also have to bring other shoes to change into, otherwise there is snow tracked all over the room. So, yesterday morning before school, I put his shoes in his backpack while he was in the bathroom getting ready. He got off the bus after school, came in the door and said, "You have to tell me when you give me shoes, so I don't worry about it!" This incident brought to mind a few other times when he seemed to agonize over seemingly trivial things.

While we were eating lunch with Grandpa Mike and Grandma Brenda at Quiznos one Sunday, Braydon spilled some of his drink. Grandpa and Braydon cleaned up the table and Braydon started to clean up the floor with some napkins. Grandpa told him not worry about it and that the employees would clean it up. Braydon just replied, "Oh, I'm gonna worry!" and he continued cleaning it up.

And while watching TV one day, Braydon saw a commercial for a drug that treats Restless Leg Syndrome. He watched intently and listened to all the symptoms. Then he said to me, "I think that's what I have." I looked up and saw the commercial and said, "What, Restless Leg Syndrome?" He said, completely serious, "Yep, that is why I keep waking up at night!"

These are just a few examples of the things my kindergartener worries about! I never have to worry about anything because Braydon does all the worrying for me!

25 Random Things About Me

For those of you who do not have a Facebook, "25 Random Things" is all the rage these days! You are suppose to write down 25 random things about yourself and then send it to 25 of your friends to do the same. You learn alot about each other! So, I decided to cheat and also post it on my blog and count it as a "new" entry! I love copy and paste!

1. I hate bananas...I mean it...with a passion! I did not even feed my kids banana baby food.
2. I talk and laugh REALLY loud. People have mistakenly thought I was wearing a microphone!
3. I can probably quote the entire movie Sweet Home Alabama.
4. I do not really trust ANYONE with my kids. I sometimes have panic attacks after I put them on the bus thinking of all the things that could happen to them.
5. My husband Josh is my best friend and I have recently come to the realization that that is probably why I don't have a best girl friend (that and I don't like drama and I get uncomfortable when people cry).
6. I don't cry.
7. Don't ask me to talk about my feelings...I won't.
8. I am a perfect mix of my mom and my dad.
9. I stop talking when I get mad.
10. I get mad when my daughter stops talking when she gets mad.
11. I was not going to have kids until AT LEAST 2 years after I got married, if at all, and I told that to everyone who would listern. 10 months later we had Breck.
12. On a related note, sometimes I get cocky and run my mouth.
13. I really want to learn how to play the guitar. I have a secret desire to be like Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday and be in an all girl rock band! I love that movie!
14. 14 is my new favorite number because it is the number of Tony Stewart's new car!
15. I love NASCAR and yes...I am a redneck.
16. My mom is my hero and is the reason I chose to be a stay at home mom.
17. My dad is my other hero and I am always quoting him (It's not anger, it's passion! If that is what you think Jesus would do. etc. etc.) and why Josh is always calling me "Chuck".
18. I owned a 1985 Z-28 Iroc Camaro with t-tops that I loved! I took a whole roll of pictures of it when I sold it and that is one time I cried.
19. A friend (you know who you are Amy) in high school once started a list of "Stupid Jaime Tricks" because I can be an airhead.
20. This is the 2nd time I have written this list because I just had an airhead moment and hit the wrong button after I had just finished it!
21. I was painfully shy when I was younger...huh, go figure!
22. When I was little, I went to church looking like Rudolph after I had leaned down to the bottom bunk of our bunk bed and my sister bit my nose.
23. In 3rd grade, the person I most wanted to be my neighbor was Lee Greenwood. I know all of the words to God Bless the USA.
24. The Oak Ridge Boys and the song Elvira will always hold a special place in my heart. I was country when country was uncool!
25. My priorities 1)God 2)Josh 3) Breck and Braydon.