Brighton's Morning Thoughts

Safety First

2009-07-19T22:25:00.000-07:00

Brighton: Daddy, what objects in the yard to you not care if I shoot them with a flamethrower?
Bo: Wh-what!?!? None of them. Flamethrowers are very dangerous.
Brighton: Well, I'll just just shoot the tops off so they won't burn too much.
Bo: I don't want you shooting anything with a flamethrower!
Brighton: Where can we buy a flamethrower? Do I have enough money?
Bo: I'm pretty sure you cannot buy one anywhere. It's a war thing. It's bad.
Brighton: Daaaarn, where can I get a flamethrower? Oh, maybe I can use Felix's.

[in fact, the conversation went on much longer than this. I'm worried.]

7th Birthday Party

2009-03-15T20:32:00.000-07:00

For my birthday wish, I wish you could all be in my family.

Bad Dangerous Robot Attack

2008-04-25T20:47:00.000-07:00

I will make a bad dangerous robot and when I remote control it, it will attack Daddy. Bwahahahahahaha!

Her name is "Cutie"

2007-08-11T14:22:00.000-07:00

[Florence:] Brighton and Annecy came to Aiden's class to drop him off this morning and Annecy started some art project right away....So while I'm putting Aiden's things in his cubby and signing him in, she is stamping away with paint....I turn to finally take her and Brighton away and notice that on the bottom of her paper it says: "cutie".
So I ask the boys who wrote this and laugh. They tell me "Teacher Ian did that". Teacher Ian comes up to me and tells me that he asked Brighton what her name was so he could write it on her work. Brighton told him her name was "cutie". Ian thought maybe he meant "Judy" and tried that. No, said Brighton, her name is "not Judy! Cutie!" Teacher Ian then also asks Aiden and he of course replies that indeed her name is "cutie". I had to really laugh loud then and could just imagine the boys saying this.
A few days ago, Brighton told me when I called Annecy's name that "her name is Cutie! Her second name is Annecy, so you have to call her "cutie"!
And yes, Annecy responds to the name "cutie" and runs around saying it too.

... and Daddy can be the sheep

2007-07-19T10:07:00.001-07:00

I want to grow food in our yard because I want this to be a farm. Momma can be the cow!

Get your chicks on route 66...

2007-03-04T12:47:00.000-08:00

After the cars movie, Brighton sings: "Get your chicks on route 66..." Florence tried to tell him it is kicks, but he says no, it is "chicks"

Growing down

2007-01-04T22:02:00.000-08:00

Brighton wanted to go to Annecy's gymclass today. Florence told him that it really is just for babies and since he's growing up, he has his own gymnastics class.
Brighton responded, "Well, I'm growing down."

I can be everything

2006-10-15T20:34:00.000-07:00

When I am all growed up, I can be everything. Because I am a grower upper.

Don't make Annecy cough, Dad

2006-10-15T20:31:00.000-07:00

Daddy when you make smoke, you make Annecy cough. Annecy coughs when you make smoke ... that's bad! Okay, Dad? So don't make smoke. Do that, Dad.

I like the yucky part

2006-10-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

Me: By definition, you can't like the yucky part.
Brighton: No, I like it because it is yucky.

When I was your age, ...

2006-09-06T22:39:00.000-07:00

... I had to eat that all by myself.
(Brighton said this to Annecy about the crackers on her tray. Brighton is four, after all.)

I want to be a grown up.

2006-08-12T22:54:00.000-07:00

So then I can scream at Aiden.

We are a team!

2006-08-08T15:39:00.000-07:00

So last night, Brighton tells Larissa who all is in his family:
"Dr Daddy Bo Begole, Mama Florence, Dr James Brighton Begole, Aiden Beau Begole and Annecy Bo Begole!" "Yeah, and we are a team!"

He likes me from above

2006-07-24T11:41:00.000-07:00

Brighton has exhibited some spirituality recently saying "he likes me from above." Turns out he's imitating a line from the Cars movie where Mater says "she just likes me for my body", which Brighton understands even less than than a spiritual being liking him from above.

Mom, Aiden Killt hisself!

2006-06-19T22:07:00.000-07:00

Aiden: Noooo, I didn't killt myself.

Nobody don't likes a whiney butt

2006-06-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna give you one more chance, Daddy. Then I'm gonna take you for a big time out. ... That's it, you come with me for a big time out. Now stay here. Stay, and no talking. Nobody don't likes a whiney butt.

Computer Doctor

2006-05-25T21:03:00.000-07:00

"Daddy, you are a computer doctor. You fix computers."
"Ha ha, yeah, sort of. What are you going to do when you're a daddy?"
[Big smile] "I don't know, what are you going to do when you're a Brighton?"

Your friend Canada

2006-05-23T23:05:00.000-07:00

"You go visit your friend Canada. And then you come to my home, okay? Okay. Now go visit your friend Canada!" [I was in Canada for business meetings and this is what Brighton told me on the phone.]

I'm going to be old.

2006-03-05T18:24:00.000-08:00

I will be four.

Big chairs and little chairs

2006-02-13T20:37:00.000-08:00

"That's okay, Mommy. There's lots of big chairs to hold big butts."
(Brighton's mom's butt is not big)

You guys are driving me crazy!

2006-01-16T09:22:00.000-08:00

"You can't drive me crazy. Only I can drive you crazy. I drive everyone crazy. Not you, just me!"

I wear a crown and be a princess!

2005-12-29T20:35:00.000-08:00

Brighton is a just and fair princess. A few days later, one of the older girls at school must have corrected Brighton because he tells me now that he's a prince. My little prince.

He rides on the Chimney

2005-12-25T10:50:00.000-08:00

Ho boy! I got lots of pwesents from Santa. He rides on the chimney and comes out the fireplace and puts lots of toys in my stocking. He not have to be mad at me. I do pee pee in the toilet. Come on, guys, let's go see it.

The moon is following us home

2005-12-11T22:19:00.000-08:00

Brighton noticed that the moon was tracking us as he and I walked back from a store tonight. He thinks the moon is a living being, like Luna in the Bear in the Big Blue House.

It's okay baby Annecy, Brighton is here

2005-11-20T09:57:00.000-08:00

Brighton says this to Annecy when she cries. He uses a soft, sweet voice and coos to her while he kisses her and strokes her hair. "That's okay, you not have to be sad. You not have to cry," he says. "We are a family."