Merry Christmas!!

Saying prayers with Easton tonight I thanked God for sending his son and said please let us always remember the real reason we have Christmas. When I got done Easton told me,"that was so weird. Before you came in I prayed to myself and said the same thing. That Jesus is the reason we have Christmas, not for all the presents." Praying he always remembers that!! :)

Ultrasound

We got to see our little bundle of joy today! Kind of uneventful when you don't find out the sex but it was good to see "it" and see that everything looked good! The kids were excited to see it and Easton is convinced he saw boy parts. Only time will tell. :)

I Can't...I'm Sick

I just overheard Emarie telling her doll that she can't hold her because she's sick and that shes going to have to walk. I guess she's heard that a little too much the last 2 months. :/

Goldfish

The kids won goldfish at the church festival the other night. Well one of them bit the dust. Poor Emarie discovered it and I hear her telling Isabelle. She was so sad! When I asked her how she knew he was dead, she said(in a very dramatic tone),"Because his face is white and it's supposed to be orange!"

You Crack Me Up

I was telling the kids a story about a time I needn't "hunting". I made a joke at the end about never underestimating the power of a woman. Emarie says,"mommy, you crack me up!"

Conversations to Remember

Isabelle: mom, I hate to tell you this but I really wanna move to California.
Me: me too
Isabelle: cuz they don't have hurricanes and tornados.
Me: yeah but they have earthquakes.
Isabelle: what's that??
Me: it's when the ground shakes your house and everything
Isabelle: do u know when they are coming?
Me: nope.
Isabelle: do they last a long time?
Me: not really but it seems like forever.
Isabelle: I say we stick to Louisiana and the tornados and hurricanes.

Yesterday I walked out in blue jeans and a tshirt. Emarie says,"mommy, that shirt sure looks pretty on you."  =) She's so sweet!

Fall Update

Time for another Bruscato family update, it has been way too long! I don't know where to start... I guess I'll start with the growing addition in my belly. It has been a ROUGH 8 weeks but I do believe we are coming to the end of all the sickness. As long as I eat regularly and somewhat healthy, I've been feeling pretty good. I am 15 weeks.April seems a long way away but yet it is going by so fast. I know it will be here before we know it. No real sure where the baby is going to go but if it's like the rest of my kids it doesn't matter because they will sleep with me. =) The kids seem excited about the baby. I asked Emarie this morning if she was going to teach her baby brother to be sweet like her and she said,"No, my baby sister!" She is convinced it's a girl. She even told her teachers we are naming "her" Adrienne. I'm excited about letting this one be a surprise.
Guess I'll go to Emarie next. I don't know what to say about her. She makes us laugh with her funny comments, her facial expressions, and just her laid back funny little attitude. The other day Scott had her breakfast and told her to come get it. She said,"Just bring it to me daddy, I'm just right here." Then the other day she was asking me to do something and I kept telling her to hang on. Finally, frustrated as can be, she let out a loud,"UUUUGGGGHHHHH." She had her 3rd birthday about a month ago at bayou gymnastics. She had the best time. She loves to dance!! Anytime she hears music she instantly starts dancing. She started Preschool this year. I know she loves it because she's always happy to go and in a good mood when I pick her up but every day I ask her how her day was and all she says is,"bad." I think she thinks it's funny but she really will not give me any other information. She still loves to dress up. As soon as she gets home she goes straight to the play room to change into some kind of dressup clothes. She is still sleeping in our bed. Hopefully we can do something about that before baby comes along. =)
And then there is Isabelle...She started kindergarten this year and is doing so great! She has the same teacher Easton did, Mrs. Parks, and just loves her. She loves to write and do any kind of school work. She's doing gymnastics and playing soccer. In her 3 soccer games I think she has scored about 6 goals. She started something new this week. Since she was about 2 1/2 she has been sleeping on a bed in our room. Well lately she has been asking to have a friend spend the night. I told her she couldn't have a friend spend the night til she starts sleeping in her room. Well the last 2 nights she has gone to sleep in her room and stayed in her bed all night! I'm so proud of her because I know it has not been easy for her.
Next we have Easton...My big 1st grader. We got off to a rough start because his permanent teacher was out the first 6 weeks and so he had a bunch of different subs. But now that his teacher, Mrs. Colquette, is back he is really loving school and doing good. He's playing flag football this year instead of soccer. Not sure how much he likes it but but he's doing good and learning alot. He has pulled at least one flag every game. I asked him the other day if he likes football or does he wish he was playing soccer and he told me he shoulda played soccer because he's beast at soccer. =)  I guess I should talk about Luke to go along with Easton. He was so excited to have a dog and loves him so much but the novelty of it all has definitely worn off. Luke is such a good dog. Now that our fence is complete he pretty much stays outside and is pretty happy out there.
Then there is Braden. He turns 12 today! I can't believe he is 12!! He took the year off football so he's not been doing much but basketball is about to start up so he's excited about that. He's doing great in school, making mostly A's and a couple B's.
Scott and I are busy, busy, busy as you can imagine. Scott is coaching Easton's team but I decided not to coach Isabelle this year. I had been so sick, I just didn't think I had the energy to do it. We love this time of year where we pretty much spend the weekends watching football. Whether we are tailgating at ULM, over at a friends house, or just relaxing at home, our weekends are spent(after soccer and flag football) watching football. ULM is having a great year so it has made it a lot more fun. It's hard to believe it is already October. In less than a month we will be heading to CA to spend about 10 days for Thanksgiving. I'm sad we won't be able to go for Christmas this year but thankful to be able to go at Thanksgiving.

Baptism

It is a very exciting night for Easton tonight. For the past couple months he's been talking about getting baptised but he wanted to do it when grandma got here. I had mixed feeling about it. A part of me was extremely proud, happy, and excited for him and the other part of me wondered if he really understands and I want this to be something he will always remember. Sunday night we went to a family night at church . It came up and I expressed to Bro. Chad my concerns. He said he would talk to him and see if he thought he understood and if he was ready then we could decide. After about a 15 minute conversation, he came out and said,"that dude is ready!!" =) He asked him why he wanted to be baptised and Easton told him because Jesus was and he wants us to be too. Then Easton went on to tell Chad that he wanted to get baptised to tell everyone he believed Jesus died on the cross for him and for everybody. Easton has such a great heart and I just pray that he will keep his love for Jesus always! I am so grateful to FirstWest Fairbanks(formerly Fairbanks Baptist Church) for the seed they have planted in my son. There are such wonderful people who unselfishly give up so much time to teach children about Jesus. I will be forever thankful!!

Spring Break

We've been on spring break this past week and it was great! It actually didn't fly by for a change because we didn't do a whole lot. It started with a trip to Baton Rouge to visit the Hawkins. We also visited the Moore's on way into and out of town. Mrs. Jean was nice enough to get us Sesame Street Live tickets. The kids really enjoyed it! We also got to go to the Easter egg hunt at their church. It was a fun weekend!

On Monday we tried to ditch the diaper with Emarie. It didn't go so well so we are taking that slowly. She will occasionally go on her own so maybe sometime soon she'll really get the hang of it. The rest of the week consisted of the Lorax, Painting pots and planting flowers with mimi, a play date at the playground with some friends and hanging out at home. Isabelle got a new bike so we were able to get out and enjoy that some. We had our last soccer games on Sat and had Elizabeth over to play. Sunday we went to church, tball(girls) practice,tball(boys) practice, Braden's practice then a dinner at church. Now for a 4 day week. There is lots to look forward to this week...Grandma comes tomorrow, Lion King on Friday, and then Easter!

Funny Little Girl

Emarie has gotten to be quite the little character. It still amazes how much she talks and the things she says crack me up.Here are some of my favorites lately:

I'll ask her any question and she replies,"Yes sir, momma."
I told her her hair was beautiful and she said,"yes, it's wonderful!"
I picked her up from school the other day and it was just me and her. Usually I have all of them. She says,"Where's my brothers and sisters? I miss dem."
When I tell that her I love her she says,"I love you more...I love you most!"
I asked her if she's been tee-teeing in the potty at school and she said,"Yes, Johnette(her teacher) help me. She my favorite!"
I walked in her room the other morning and was being real quiet because I didn't know if she was awake. In the sweetest voice she said,"is dat you momma?"
She'll ask me every few days,"Where's grandma?" I'll tell her at home in California and she says,"I miss her!"
Yesterday I asked her to do something. When she didn't answer I went to help her. She gave me this look and said,"I got it...I GOT it!" With total attitude.
Her favorite things are Dora(still), dress up clothes, the trampoline, and the tumblebus. About a month ago I picked her up at school and the tumblebus was there. She asked,"Why I no go on tumblebus?" I said "You wanna go on tumblebus." And she said,"YES!!" It never even crossed my
mind. I don't think it had hit me that she is really 2. I can't believe how the time has flown.