February meant BIG changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

February was a BIG month for Brenley... even though it's the shortest one of the year! You'll see why in a little bit. But, before we get to the BIG news... here's some Brenley-isms:

• After getting groceries.."Dadaidh, I can't wait to get home and cuddle on the couch and watch my shows and eat the veggie tray!"

• After about 6 farts in a row I said, "BRENLEY!" "Well, Mamaidh... God put farts in me... it's my job to let them out!"

• While eating hickory sticks, Brenley asked:"Mamaidh, are all the chips in this bag going to be ones?!"(They look like number ones, right!?!?!?)

• "Look, Mamaidh", as she steps on the scale, "I'm getting so big! I'm a quarter to eight pounds!"

• "Mamaidh, you did a good job on these brownies!"

• "Once upon a time there was a little girl named, Brenley... and she had a teacher named Wella. And she went to school and she was a good girl at school..." (the typical start of one of her epic tales full of gisegean!)

• While talking to Helle on the phone: "Yeah... I'm still here. I'm watching my shows!" "Will you ring me later?"

WTF? Was she watching Coronation St or what?!?! LOL

And... now introducing... the BIG sister:

Big sister, Brenley, with her new little brother, Madden!

"It took him a long time to come out, Mamaidh, but I'm glad Madden is my little brother!"

Brenley-isms 2009 Begin!

• "Phewwwwwwwww Yucky. That doesn't taste right, Mamaidh! "(about her Dora Noodles)"Why, Brenley... what's wrong?!?!? " "I don't like it. I like mine straight up!!!!!!!!" Huh?!??!

• Brenley is wondering if the baby is looking for the door to get out of my belly! (jan. 17th) And, she figured the other day that I should just go to the doctor and ask the doctor to open the door to take the baby out.

• Coming out of the washroom in Pizza Delight, we met a rather obese older woman. Brenley, who was in front of me, looked up at her and turned back to me... "Mamaidh, that lady has ..." (I thought she was going to say really big belly like you) "... reallllly big boobies!" LOL (I don't think the lady heard because Brenley had some inner decency not to say it too loud!) Then... trying to explain to her that it's not nice to say those things about people you don't know...

• While she was having a snack the other night before bed..."What are you two kids doing still up? It's dark out you know!" Then she points to each of us individually, "YOU should be in bed.... and so should YOU!"

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Playing on Brenley's Ipod & Computer

Her music picks, thus far, for 2009:

1. Wagon Wheel -- Matt Anderson


2. Heave Away -- the Fables


3. Hey There Delilah -- Plain White Tees


4. I've Been Everywhere Man -- Johnny Cash


5. Wasn't that a Party -- Irish Rovers


6. Mull River Shuffle -- The Rankin Family


7. Apple Bottom Jeans -- whoever sings that


8. Cotton Eyed Joe -- The Rednecks
   
   
9. Bog an Lochan -- as played by Dadaidh or anyone else (but Helle, who, "doesn't do it right") on the fiddle




10. Old MacDonald had a Farm -- only as sung by herself

Christmas 2008 -- Part I

Some pre-Christmas gems:


"Brenley, you better clean all of that up! ""Yes, Mamaidh I will! RELAX!"

Santa this year at the North Sydney mall was a woman. gasp. Brenley knew there was something not quite right. So when we were home I was making fun of her saying she was making silly faces when she was on Santa's lap. "It wasn't Santa, it was Mrs. Claus!" "Huh," I said, (I didn't think she could pinpoint why this Santa was different), " since when do women have beards?!?!""Well, Mamaidh, maybe God had to do it that way!"

We bought Dadaidh a new something for golf for Christmas; Brenley helped pick it out. So, I made her promise that she wouldn't say anything, that it had to be a secret... she couldn't tell Dadaidh.So.... when we got home we "left it in the car, so he wouldn't see it." When Kyle got home from work, motor mouth met him at the door exclaiming:
"Dadaidh, dadaidh... we gots you the best ting ever! And it's for golf and you're gonna love it and you can't see it though, cuz we left it in the car! It's a present!"
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Something for golf?! Is it a golf club?"
"No, it's a shirt... and it will fit you!"

"Mamaidh, I can't go yet. I need to finish my homework.""Homework? Where did you get homework?""At my school""What's your school's name?""Happy Face school!""Oh yeah, and who's your teacher?""Brenley... Brenley a'Kenzie"

Dear Santa,

How are you today? I like Robert Slaney & Nick MacNeil & Screech from the Screaming Eagles. They are my favourite buddies & friends & hockey players.

I was a good girl all year. After Christmas Eve I am going to be a big sister! (sometime after Christmas) So, I will have to be really good after Christmas, too! For Christmas I would like it if you could bring me a Dora the Explorer game, a Diego game, and Hungry, Hungry Hippos. It would be nice if you could bring me something else you think I would like. Could you fill my stocking with some treats and surprises?

I am going to have some milk & cookies for you Santa; I might even leave a toy for you, too! For Rudolph and the reindeers I will leave some carrots from Dadaidh’s garden!

89647544110u8 (<-- That’s my own typing!) Can you bring something for my cats Piseag & Sgigean, and something for the new baby?

Thank you for the book you gave me in the mall! Have a Merry Christmas! Dadaidh & I will be tracking your journey Christmas Eve!

Love,
Brenley Gillis, age 3

From October & November, 2008

While trying to lift the bookcase/tv stand in the living room, she says:

Who made this wood so heavy?!

(Mamaidh) I dunno.

Maybe God did!

While playing with her toys in the living room one day:

Oh my god! I don't know if I can make it... I really need to pee!
I'm getting out of here!

Look mamaidh, I did it (putting part of a doll house together)... and you
didn't think I never would!

Brenley was having a rough day one day... Dadaidh explains to her:

You're not listening, Brenley. You have to eat your supper. And Santa Claus is
watching. And he won't be very happy with you.

Brenley: What will he say?

Well, you know that hungry, hungry hippo game you want Santa to bring you...
well he wont' bring it.

Looks around with the hand gesturing to all the toys...

"Well, I already have lots of toys... I don't need that game."

Informed, stubborn little bugger!How are we suppposed to win
with that?!?!?

Daddy and Brenley were spending the day together. After eating breakfast at Burger King, they were on their way to Canadian Tire to get the winter tires on the truck. While driving there Brenley asked: "Dadaidh, affer we go get the new tires, can we go see the amnimals?"

"What animals?"

"The ones at the park... you know where they have the slide. "(Two Rivers Wildlife park)

"No, I'm sorry Brenley that place is closed today. I don't know why, but it is."

"No, it's not. "

"Yes, it is. I read it in the paper. The park is closed."

She proceeds to raise both hands in the air in disgust, turns her head away from him, and says in an old lady-like voice:

"Dadaidh, don't even look at me! I KNOW that that park is open."

While having another rough day, (as she explained to Dadaidh when he got home, "I was being a brat today to Mamaidh!") I got cross at her for being a brat, and sent her to her room for a nap.
She whined and she sooked and I warned her that if she didn't go for a nap I'd have to spank her bum!
After about 5 minutes of digesting that thought, she appeared around the corner, sticks her bum out to me, and says, "You might as well give it a try!"

HUH!??! Where did she come from?!?!?

And finally... the finer points of anatomy with Brenley...

On the way home from the hockey game:

"Dadaidh, why do we have noses?"

"To smell..."

"Like dogs' and cats' noses?"

"Yeah."

"I can smell with my nose."

um hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Some things are just "not healthy"

Brenley came to visit Mamaidh's school and some special visitors the other day. She was so excited she got up at 4:50am thinking it was time to go already! One of the guests was none other than her favourite Screaming Eagle, Robert Slaney. She was soooooooooooo excited to see him and have him sign her jersey and get her picture taken with him.

Once she left with Dadaidh, she had a funny moment:

While driving home with Dadaidh, she started laughing. When Kyle asked why, she said "cuz Nick a Neil is probably in bed crying!" Kyle asked why he'd be crying, and she said, "Cuz he didn't get to write on my sweater... only Robert Slaney did!"

In other Brenley-isms... she wasn't feeling well today, in fact she was "puking" and said, "Oh, Mamaidh, this isn't good. It's not health-fy!"

• On Halloween night, my Aunt Jean was at Ma's and was showing everyone a beautiful quilt she had made for Alan and Tracey. Brenley walked right over to it and exclaimed: "Oh, I'd LOVE to have one of those!"

• At the doctor's the other day, she proceeded to tell the doctor that she really did have a baby in her belly and it was doing ok, so the doctor only had to listen to Mamaidh's baby.

• "Look, Mamaidh, look at this... I can make it [a hockey puck] balance!"

I"m sure there's been lots more that she's said, but that's all I can remember right now!

"No he's not. He's pure-fect"

Driving home from supper tonight we were talking about bedtimes and when it was good to go to bed. Brenley asked, "Well, where's Robert Slaney tonight?"

"He's in Victoriaville"

"But, where is he!?!"

"He's in Victoriaville, Quebec, getting ready to play hockey."

"Well, is he in he's bed?"

"No."

"Well, he should be in he's bed! It's dark out and he should be in he's bed. Robert Slaney should be in bed."

Dadaidh: "Yes, Robert Slaney should be in his bed because he's silly"

Brenley: "No, he's not! He's Pure-fect!"

A defender until the end?!?! LOL

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While Kyle got her ready for bed the other night, she got all tucked in, and was getting "cozy" when Kyle told her she had to go to sleep in bed. There would be no joking or jumping around:

"I not going to sleep, Dadaidh."

"Yes, you are!"

"No, I not, cuz I am the boss!"

(Didn't go over so well...)

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