The Life Of A Gilbarte Brother Part 1

The Life of Gilbarte Brother

 

Brandon, David and Kaden are helping me write this post about what it is like the be a boy in the Gilbarte family.

I'll have a couple interviews in this post, but first of all I'd like to write a little bit about my brothers...

Oh, boy.

As their sister, I can tell you that they can be the the most hilarious, exasperating, cute and funny people ever.

No, not even that can cover their personalities, so hopefully these interviews

 will give you a better look.

 

During the time these pictures and interviews were taken, my mom was up stairs putting Bethany to sleep. 

Things were getting a little hectic, so I tried to convince everybody to sit down and do something quiet, but all you other big sisters or Moms or babysitters know how that can go...

Yeah, things had gone from this:

to this:

To this:

I asked the boys to explain what was going on in these pictures.  Kaden's answer was rather vague, but was right to the point.  Word for word, Kaden's description was this:

 "where is Kaden? stuck!  Brandon, David, stuck.  David.  On!  Off no."

Yeah.  You get the idea.

So we had to start from scratch, and achieved this:

Which lasted about 20 seconds.

 

Anyway, being a Gilbarte brother is described as...

Kaden:  "Fun, yes!"

Brandon: "it's a big change."

David: "fun..."

According to Kaden, days are filled with, "Jesus, owie, Daddy bye-bye.  Hallelujah almen."
Brandon, though would describes it as,
"tiring. But it's fun. It's fun to show him [Kaden] new stuff, but sometimes it can get kind of tiring. During school I play with Kaden last and try to get his energy out, I'll go outside if it's cold or raining or anything. He'll ride his bike."

Some people they might consider adopting more children, but they think it will take away from their other kids.  What do you say?

 

Brandon:

"I think it will take time way, but I also think that you should ask them about it.  You should ask them what they think about adding another person into their family.  And also if you think that God has called you to adopt, I think you should, but if he hasn't, and you want to I think you should seek him in prayer and if he says yes, that would be great.  But if he says no, then you shouldn't try to make it work if he hasn't called you to."

Yeah, Brandon is wise beyond his years. 

So this is part one,
but I need all you guys to help me with part 2. 
Do you have any questions for Brandon, Kaden or David?  Any comments or thoughts about their answers?
We would love to hear them, and answer the questions in the next post.  Until then, we'll leave you with this:

Junk Day

If you're not in our family you have probably never heard of this holiday, but (to us at least)  it is very important.  It is called

Junk Day

A little background:  Four years ago or so, my mom needed an undisturbed day to get everything ready for the coming school year.  So she started: 

Junk day

Junk day is the only day of the year when the kids in our family have unlimited electronic time.  On a normal day we have 30 minutes of "computer time" a day, that can be spent when ever we like if it is ok with Mom. 

For Brandon and David, junk day means a glorious 12 hours of playing wii, and for me it means a great time to update my blog and look at others.

 I interviewed Brandon and David and asked different questions about junk day.  Here are there replies word for word:

Me:  So what is your favorite thing about Junk Day?

David:  Because you get to play computer every part of the day.  And you don't have to brush your teeth!  Just kidding.

Brandon:  I like... the power to go and play wii with out asking.  David, your computer time is up, isn't it? (yep, we closely moniter our time on days that aren't junk days)

Me:  What do you do mostly?

David:  Computer

Brandon:  Wii.

Me:  What kinds of games do you play?

David:  Club penguin. Well this time.

Brandon:  Well I don't know, I play... I don't know.

Me:  How much do you look foward to junk day each year?

David:  a lot.  I can't do it from one to ten.  Just a lot. 

Brandon:  Not too much... propbably like... yeah I do look foward like 7 out of 10.

Me:  How much do you think our new brother will like junk day next year?

David:  A lot!  He'll probably play leapster.

Brandon:  Probably a 5.