Ok, so I know that’s not exactly how the song goes, but apparently my name is Carol Brady. Let me back up. Several months ago I woke up one morning and my husband, Bill, says “guess what I ordered last night.” This is always a scary thing to hear because he has been known to succumb to the pressures of the late night infomercial. So, I of course said, “what did you order” in a very motherly tone. He responded with “The entire series of The Brady Bunch. . . every episode ever made and even some never seen!” I said “whatever” because I knew he must be kidding. If you know Bill he doesn’t exactly seem like a “Brady Bunch” type of guy so I figured he was just being silly. Well, 10 days later we got a case of dvd’s in the mail covered in lime green shag carpet which held inside the entire series of “The Brady Bunch.” Our boys loved it immediately and within a few episodes had the theme song memorized. They perform free of charge and even harmonize sometimes (ages 2, 4, & 6).

This is why my children are now obsessed with The Brady Bunch. So a few weeks ago they took it to a new level and started calling me Carol and Bill Mike (let’s just pause and think about that one for a second. . . Bill as Mike . . .now that’s funny). They of course are Greg, Peter and Bobby. My Mom has been designated as Alice. I was a little freaked out when I was serving Griffin and Ayden (ages 2 and 4) lunch and they said “Carol, could you please get me some apple juice.” They even pray for each other using their “Brady” names. Sometimes they use nicknames. . . they call Ayden “Pete”. It is kind of cute and a bit strange at the same time, but hey, at least they are very imaginative, right?

Well, I must admit I was a little embarrassed today at church when Peter’s teacher came looking for me after church. She said, “You’re Ayden’s mom, right?” I told her that I was and then she began to tell me how he had her cracking up during class. He told her that his Mom is Carol Brady and that his Dad is Mike Brady. He also said his brothers are Greg and Bobby and that we are about to take a family vacation to Hawaii (Season 4). He also shared that his Grandmother is Alice. His teacher is fairly new to our church so we don’t really know her so she wasn’t sure if he was serious or not at first. I told her about the obsession and ended the conversation by saying something dorky, “Yep, that’s us. . .the Brady’s.” Where did that come from? I mean I could have said “Don’t worry, he’s in therapy and then looked at the boys and told them to get Tiger and get in the station wagon.” At least that would have been funny.

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