Bloomington Bridgers

The Bridgers spent Christmas morning at home and Grandmom and Grandpop came to see the boys open their gifts and have breakfast with us. Here's some of the highlights. Enjoy! =)

Christmas eve we had dinner at our house with Grandmom and Grandpop. The boys had a great time showing off their matching pajamas and preparing for Santa's arrival. Liam was excited to leave milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. =)

So, my lovely son, Liam, out of the blue told me yesterday morning as we are all getting ready for the day, "Mommy, how about no coffee today?" And I'm thinking, Seriously kid? You expect me to get through a day with a two year old and a nine month old caffeine free? So I said to him, "How about no cookies today?" And he looks at me and says, "OK Mommy, you have coffee and Liam have cookies." Smart kid. =)

So, as part of this new blog set up I have vowed to document all the randomness of a certain two year old in our house - and the randomness of his little brother soon enough!

This morning we were all sitting at the table eating breakfast this morning when this conversation occurs:

Liam: Mommy, Veggie Tales have two butts.
Me: What?
Liam: Veggie Tales have two butts. (He then proceeds to lift up LarryBoy and Larry and show me their 'butts")
Me: Ahh, ok.

I'd love to say that randomness like this is rare, but in fact it is a daily addition to our lives, and it makes the days a little brighter. =)


In the past we have had the following two conversations which I think illustrate what a character this kid is to live with.

Story #1:

A few weeks ago we were all sitting on the floor after dinner playing and listening to music:

Me: Liam, who is that? (pointing to Euan)
Liam: That's Euan!
Me: Who is this? (pointing to Liam)
Liam: That's Liam!
Me: Who's that guy? (pointing to Sam)
Liam: That's Daddy!
Me: What's Daddy's real name?
Liam: Sam!
Sam: Who's that? (pointing to me)
Liam: That's Mommy!
Sam: What's Mommy's real name?
Liam: (without missing a beat) Oh Jesus!

Apparently I say "oh Jesus" a little too often, which I am now trying to correct. But, trust me, some days I want to say a whole lot worse than "oh Jesus!".


Story #2:

So, this one needs a little back story - a few weeks ago Liam told Sam that the ceiling fan talks to him. We were wondering if this was ghosts or spirits of some sort since he says it happens at night. So, the next night after dinner I get it my head to ask Liam about this talking ceiling fan.

Me: Hey Liam, does the ceiling fan talk to you?
Liam: Yes
Me: What does it say?
Liam: (looking up at the ceiling fan in the living room and making a circular motion with his arm) It says, "go around and around".
Now, at this point I know he is messing with us, but I carry on with the conversation.
Me: What else does it say?
Liam: It says, "Yogurt bites."

Now, for those of you who don't have small children, Gerber makes these freeze dried yogurt things that are called yogurt bites. Euan loves them and so does Liam, but Liam only gets one since he would sit and eat a whole bag if you let him. So, basically he was trying to get us to give him some yogurt bites because the ceiling fan said so. Silly bugger.

Last Saturday we took the boys for the annual trip to see Santa at State Farm. Although it looks like we stood in line for a while, I think it was only about 15 minutes. I don't know if it's because it was so long ago, but I remember having to stand in line for a lot longer when I was a kid.

Anyway, Liam was excited to see Santa, but when we got up there he decided he would rather stand beside Santa and tell him what he wanted for Christmas. I can't blame the kid, I mean, all the time we tell kids to be wary of strangers, but then Christmas rolls around and we tell them it's ok to sit on a stranger's lap.

Euan was ok until he took a good look at Santa and realized he didn't know this guy and didn't want to be sitting on his lap. To be fair, both boys did great considering our time for our Santa visit was 1:30pm and that is right in the middle of Euan's nap and also the time when Liam goes down for his nap.

Liam was so cute. He told Santa that he wanted talking Buzz and Woody (from Toy Story) and that Euan wanted blocks.

Anyway, here are the pictures - Enjoy! =)