Here's a "redonkulous" [new word in Brady's vocab!] compilation of old Bradyisms. We've had these stored in various emails and documents; most of them are from James...
(remember, he's only 2 or 3 years old!)
After we saw a bear in our yard, Brady and James went out to pick tomatoes. James carried a big rock with him.
James: This is a big bear rock.
Brady: Can I carry that big bear rock?
James: No, it's too big for you to carry.
Brady: I'm a big brother now. I can carry a big bear rock.
Later, they picked up some little rocks and James said they would use them to scare off bears.
James: It's not safe for bears to be in the neighborhood. They might be hit by a car, or chased by a dog...
Brady: Or a rock might hit them in the back...
August 2006
After our anniversary dinner, Kelly and James went to the Omni where Dave and Jan were staying. We needed to pick up Rylan before heading home. Brady was spending the night at the hotel, so we all started trading goodnight hugs and kisses. The last person James said goodbye to was Dave, so they just shook hands and Dave, very matter of factly, said "Happy Anniversary." Brady then came up to James with his hand out. James stuck out his hand too; Brady shook it and, in his best Dave-voice, very seriously said, "Happy Anniversary." He did the same thing to Kelly.
We were brushing Brady's teeth before bedtime and Oma and Papa's house. They have a ladybug windup toy from the movie A Bug's Life on the counter. I'm brushing Brady's teeth when he pulls the toothbrush out.
Brady: What’s this bug?
James: He’s from the bug movie you watched. Continue brushing.
Brady pulls out the toothbrush: What’s his name?
James: I don’t remember. Continue brushing.
Brady again pulls out the toothbrush: What his name?
James: I don’t remember, buddy. Continue brushing.
Brady takes out the toothbrush again: What’s her name? She’s a ladybug.
James: That’s right, she is a ladybug. But I still don’t remember her name. Sorry. Can we finish brushing your teeth now? I put the toothbrush back in his mouth in an effort to muscle through.
Brady removes the toothbrush one last time to say: It’s kind of hard to talk.
8/28/06
It’s 2:30 in the morning and I’m laying on the floor scrubbing vomit out of the carpet. Brady is in our bed ostensibly recovering from having thrown up all the way down the hall from his room to ours. He sits up and says,”You’re really big, daddy. Almost like Mac in the cars movie. What’s your favorite car from the movie feeter [theater]?”
5/1/06
When we moved into the new house, Dave was putting screen in the floor vents to catch anything that little people might drop. He said, “I need some more screen”.
Brady said, “There’s some more screen.”
“Where?” we asked.
“Right there on the television.”
9/14/06
Brady and I were playing blocks and I asked him what he wanted to make. “Maybe a ship”.
I said, “OK, what kind of ship do you want to make? We can make a sail boat, or a ski boat like Popsie’s.”
Brady: “Or a rocket ship . . .”
9/18/06
We were eating trail mix with Craisins in them (cranberry raisins).
Brady: What are these?
Me: Craisins.
Brady: I call them red raisins. What do you call them?
Me: Craisins.
Brady: I call them red raisins. What are craisins?
Me: They are like raisins but they are made from cranberries.
Brady: What are cranberries?
Me: They are red berries. Sometimes you have cranberry juice to drink.
Brady: Maybe if we pour from cranberry juice on the ground there will be some red raisins next time.
Remote control: “TV picture show-er-up-er"
Windshield wipers – “windshapers”
Brady and I walked out the front door to play outside. I asked him what he wanted to do. Brady looking intently at his watch-less wrist and said, “Hmm, I think it’s time to blow some bubbles.”
10/2/06
We have been having trouble getting Brady to stay in bed. He goes through all the usual excuses like, “I have to go potty”, “I can’t find Hop”, and “Cover me back up”. In the past he has warped cause and effect for his own purposes and told me that he got out of bed because he stubbed his toe on the door. However, on this date, he used his most creative excuse so far. “Mommmmeeeeee. My fingernails are too long!”.
10/5/06
Last night Brady wanted me to tell him a story about a horse that lived with pigs. The horse’s name was Milky, the mommy pig was Orky, the daddy pig was Soppy, and the piglets were Dippy, Max, and Sear Cub. (Brady picked the subject and all the names.) Orky had piglets on a dark night and when she woke up one of them was white with long legs and a long snout. Milky the horse grew up with the piglets until one day the farmer put him in the stable. He was really happy for a while with the other horses, but finally went back to live in the pigpen b/c he missed his family.
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2007
J: Brady, you need to have some fruit before you have more bagel. You can have half a banana, a clementine, blackberries, raspberries, or grapefruit.
B: Um, i'll have some CoCo puffs.
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2008
Last week, while Rudy was napping, Brady and Kelly stretched out in front of the fire and played "Fortunately, Unfortunately" for about an HOUR. For 4 years old, Brady had some very creative problem solving skills. Many of his solutions involved Mommy magically having something in her pocket that would save the day (i.e. - Unfortunately we forgot to pack snacks and were hungry. Fortunately, Mommy had some in her pocket...Unfortunately we got lost. Fortunately, Mommy had a map in her pocket.)
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2010
Rudy was hiding in the bathroom linen closet last night so Brady and James were “wondering” where he was. James said if we couldn’t find him we’d have to get a new kid.
Brady said, “Where do you get a new kid? Oh, you’ll have to go back to the hospital and get one. No, you could just take that medicine!”
James said, “What medicine?”
Brady: There’s a medicine you can take so you’ll have another kid.
James: Really, where did you hear about that?
He said, “There was a commercial on TV.”
The next day, we had some Q&A with Brady at dinner, where we learned that this "vitamin" could get you a baby, and had something to do with 6 days. (He wasn't really clear on whether that 6 days was how long it took, or something else). We finally figured out that the commercial was for a pregnancy test that allowed women to find out the results 6 days earlier. [Which, of course, then led to a discussion about pregnancy tests!]
Unique words, still in his vocabulary: spectalee-ar, binoclee-ar
Lately we've heard a lot about "versing" from Brady. As in "Who are we versing this week in basketball?" and "If the Steelers were versing the Orioles, who would you cheer for?"
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