Happy Halloween!

Our family costumes - football team, complete with a little football!

We carved pumpkins on Thursday evening after supper. Again, Reese didn't want to help scoop out the gunk. (Last year he wouldn't do it either). Silly guy! 

I tried to get Wyatt into one, but the pumpkin was cold from being outside, and eating newspaper was really more what he wanted to do....

Friday at Preschool was Pajama day, so the boys dressed in their pumpkin pajamas!

Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne picked them up from school for fun, and took them to the marble museum and then out to lunch. They got to pick a few marbles and play hungry hippos there! (Still in PJs!)

We plan to go trick or treating around the neighbor hood tonight!

Tunnel Crawl

Wyatt really gets around well these days with his crawling. Nothing is safe! He pulls up on anything he can reach and had a few bumps and bruises on his face, but he is getting stronger and figuring out what works and what doesn't. He likes being able to crawl after Harvey to go play with him, and his brothers too of course!

Wyatt and Harvey sort of playing together one day last week

Uh oh - got caught grabbing paper off the end table!

And then tonight, he had a blast crawling through this tent tunnel with his big brothers. I was shocked he went through it since he's such a new crawler! He was fearless and and had a blast!!

Clayton's 5 Year Old Interview (and Reese's too)

I keep forgetting to ask Clayton his interview questions for the year...  Here is the link to his responses from last year to compare :)

·         What is the meaning of life?  opening presents

·         What do you want to be when you grow up? a firefighter and a builder and a farmer

·         What brings you the most happiness? eating cake

·         When do you feel the most loved? when I'm happy

·         What are you afraid of? the dark

·         If you had one wish, what would you wish for? that I would have my birthday all day and night

·         What is the funniest word? He didn't know any funny words... :(

·         What is the hardest/easiest thing to do? Hardest –pick up toys Easiest –watching the lights go on

·         What is the best/worst thing in the world? Best –puppies Worst  -cutting things down, like trees, and breaking daddy's ladder

·         What makes you mad? if Reese hit me

·         What is the meaning of love? They say "I like your shirt"

·         If you had all the money in the world, what would you do with it? buy food

Clayton at Haymarket Park when Grandma Dianne took him overnight for his birthday

I had to ask Reese the questions too:

·         What is the meaning of life?  uh, I don't know... money?

·         What do you want to be when you grow up? a firefighter and a builder and a farmer, construction site

·         What brings you the most happiness? like playing really silly

·         When do you feel the most loved? giving hugs

·         What are you afraid of? monster, ghost-es, bears, scary trees

·         If you had one wish, what would you wish for? bark (as in tree bark? - Yah, it looks like bacon - we could cook it and it would turn into bacon)

·         What is the funniest word? He didn't know any either

·         What is the hardest/easiest thing to do? Hardest –playing really quiet Easiest –play outside

·         What is the best/worst thing in the world? Best –animals Worst  -zebra

·         What makes you mad? when Dalton put my hood on and then took back off, over and over again

·         What is the meaning of love? giving hugs

·         If you had all the money in the world, what would you do with it? buy every stuff like yummy cookies with brown frosting

The Big Birthday Party!

Clayton FINALLY got to go to his birthday party on Saturday! He says it was worth the wait. We shared with 3 of his cousins who also have October birthdays, Kobly was 15 at the beginning of the month, and twins Ava and Quin will be one October 20th. We had the big celebration in the gym at Emmanuel Lutheran School where we go to church. It was nice to have all the free space for the kids to run around in!

We had a bug themed party, and the kids that came got to start by making their own bug jar. There was pre-cut foam to decorate the jar but I wrongly assumed that the foam was self adhesive and we actually needed glue. Whoops. Then there plastic bugs and butterflies "hidden" all around in the gym for them to collect and keep as party favors.

Clayton and Reese trying to decorate their jars

Everett and Reese finding some bugs

Clayton and his jar

When it was time for the cake and candles, we all sang happy birthday to them.

Eating the cake!

Ready to finally open his gifts.

Digging in!

A treasure hunting truck with a metal detector on it from Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne

A crane truck and a monster truck from Grandma and Papa Branz

 He also got two differnent and fun remote control cars (which he is doing really well with) and a teenage ninja mutant turtle action figure that he has really enjoyed. He also got a bug hunting flashlight and gloves, a puzzle, card games and clothes that we have not tried out yet!

Wyatt loved the balloons!

Wyatt with Great Grandma Erna

All the great grandparents!

8 Months Old!

Wyatt turned 8 months old on the 10th! At home he weighed about 17 lbs 9 oz and was 27 1/4 inches long. He finally started for real crawling yesterday! and is starting to get into things! The video was taken Sunday afternoon.

Harvest Time!

On Sunday, Oct. 4, the entire Branz family piled into a combine to help pick some beans out on the farm. Can you believe that all five of us fit in there? And Wyatt had his very first "combine nap"

Climbing in the big combine

Climbing in the big combine

All 5 in little cab! (it doesn't seem so big now)

Reese watching the beans get picked

Wyatt fell asleep!

Fifth Birthday Fun!

We had a very busy day celebrating Clayton's 5th birthday! We visited Harvey's party (he will be 1 year old on Monday) at lunch time, then headed to JK's Pumpkin Patch to meet with Aunt Amy, then drove back home and had supper at La Cocina. It is also Wyatt's 8 month birthday today!

Buried alive in the corn pit at JK's Pumpkin Patch!

Just a precious little face in the corn

Reese was buried too, with his toy combine he was playing with

Wyatt checking out a sheep

I even let him sit in the corn for a while

Hay ride selfies!

Hay ride selfies!

Hauling the pumpkins back to the tractor

Mommy, Wyatt, Reese and Clayton!

Everyone had some refreshments before it was time to go

 Here are my sad attempts at getting an "official" 8 month picture of Wyatt lol I will have to try again tomorrow!

But despite the lateness of the hour, we all still had a lot of fun at La Cocina for supper. They gave Clayton a Sombrero and some sopapilla and sang a version of Happy Birthday with maracas! It was great!