A way to stay updated on the busy lives of Clayton, Reese and Wyatt, when Mommy has time!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Daddy is Pooped!
You can imagine what a 3 year old must think that phrase means. If not, just watch this ;)
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Good Little Helpers
Sorry but I haven't even been through Clayton's birthday party pictures. I will try to do that today. In the meantime, here is what the boys were doing last Tuesday when I got home from working out. Daddy had put them to work cleaning the floor it seems! :)
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Clayton's Birthday Celebrations
Well, Clayton is certainly three! Here he is practicing, first thing (6:40am) Thursday morning.
On Thursday morning around 10:00 am we had a little party for Clayton. Our neighbor (and friend), Heidi has a daycare and we often go to her house to play with them when they are outside (and have an adult conversation occasionally). She normally has 4 toddlers there, but on Thursday she had just three of them and was able to easily walk them over for our little party. We had lots of fun and I think Clayton thought it was really neat that his friends came to play with him at HIS house.
You might also notice in these pictures, on the shed by the sandbox that there is some artwork taking shape there. Aunt Amy has been working on a construction site mural on the side of the shed as a present to the boys. She has the trucks done now and it looks awesome! There will be more to come on that later!
Sadly, there were parent/teacher conferences until late Wednesday and Thursday night so daddy was not around to help us celebrate that evening. After naps Clayton asked if he could go to the park, so to the park we went. We played until it was time to come home for supper and had a great time, just mommy and the boys. We even got a a surprise visit that evening from Papa and Grandma Branz on their way out of town to give Clayton a little birthday present, three little toy monster trucks that both boys love. There is already a favorite one that gets fought over too!
After that, Clayton still wanted to go outside and play even though it was dark, we played anyway.
I also thought it would be fun to lay down and look up at the stars since we were out after dark. The boys really liked it and we even spotted a few planes as well as the moon and stars!
On Thursday morning around 10:00 am we had a little party for Clayton. Our neighbor (and friend), Heidi has a daycare and we often go to her house to play with them when they are outside (and have an adult conversation occasionally). She normally has 4 toddlers there, but on Thursday she had just three of them and was able to easily walk them over for our little party. We had lots of fun and I think Clayton thought it was really neat that his friends came to play with him at HIS house.
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| All 5 kids playing together on the swingset |
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| Clayton helping Mommy adjust the piñata |
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| Hi Reese! |
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| Clayton taking a swing at the piñata |
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| Reese having a turn |
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| Looking for the candy in the broken piñata |
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| Clayton blowing out his candles in a banana bread muffin |
Sadly, there were parent/teacher conferences until late Wednesday and Thursday night so daddy was not around to help us celebrate that evening. After naps Clayton asked if he could go to the park, so to the park we went. We played until it was time to come home for supper and had a great time, just mommy and the boys. We even got a a surprise visit that evening from Papa and Grandma Branz on their way out of town to give Clayton a little birthday present, three little toy monster trucks that both boys love. There is already a favorite one that gets fought over too!
After that, Clayton still wanted to go outside and play even though it was dark, we played anyway.
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| digging in the sand in the dark |
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| Clayton and Mommy - Happy 3rd Birthday, Baby boy!! |
Friday, October 11, 2013
Trip to the Pumpkin Patch!
Still backtracking today, but slightly more recent, only 1 week ago! The Seward MOPS group scheduled a "playdate" at JK's Pumpkin Patch which is north of Lincoln last Friday (October 4). It took pretty much exactly 1 hour to get there (and that included waiting for 10 min. to cross through the one lane section of Hwy 34 just east of York (argh!) I invited Grandma Dianne to meet us there so that there would be an adult to chase each of the boys since I wasn't sure what it would be like. It turned out to be a really fun time, this place is geared toward toddlers, pre-schoolers and even younger elementary school kids. The boys had a blast!
We arrived at about 11am, played until about noon. Tried to have lunch outside at a picnic table, ha ha. Then played until we went home at about 2pm. The boys slept all the way home, they were tired!
Their first favorite thing to do was play in the big sand box and they got to pick from probably a couple dozen toy tractors, bulldozers, excavators, and dump trucks to dig and drive in the sand. There were also slides off of hay bales, a swing set with a slide and horse shaped tire swings. There were ducks and chickens and a rooster just wandering free, and we may have lost track of Reese once or twice when he took off chasing after them!
Next we discovered a tub full corn with a slide into it. Both boys really enjoyed that one.
They had a few ridding and pedal powered toys around:
There was also a combine that had been transformed into a slide! How sweet! Clayton loved it too, but I guess we only got a picture of Reese doing it.
You could also climb some steps to sit up in the cab of the combine
Of course we got to take a hay rack ride out to the pumpkin patch itself so we could pick out our pumpkins!
One of the best parts I thought was two bounce houses. There was one for kids 5 and under and another for kids 12 and under, so we didn't have to worry about bigger kids in the bounce house with them. Luckily there just wasn't very many kids there and they were able to have all to themselves for a few minutes before it was time to go.
What a fun day!
We arrived at about 11am, played until about noon. Tried to have lunch outside at a picnic table, ha ha. Then played until we went home at about 2pm. The boys slept all the way home, they were tired!
Their first favorite thing to do was play in the big sand box and they got to pick from probably a couple dozen toy tractors, bulldozers, excavators, and dump trucks to dig and drive in the sand. There were also slides off of hay bales, a swing set with a slide and horse shaped tire swings. There were ducks and chickens and a rooster just wandering free, and we may have lost track of Reese once or twice when he took off chasing after them!
Next we discovered a tub full corn with a slide into it. Both boys really enjoyed that one.
They had a few ridding and pedal powered toys around:
There was also a combine that had been transformed into a slide! How sweet! Clayton loved it too, but I guess we only got a picture of Reese doing it.
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| Reese climbing up the back ladder to go down the Combine slide |
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| Reese coming down! |
Of course we got to take a hay rack ride out to the pumpkin patch itself so we could pick out our pumpkins!
One of the best parts I thought was two bounce houses. There was one for kids 5 and under and another for kids 12 and under, so we didn't have to worry about bigger kids in the bounce house with them. Luckily there just wasn't very many kids there and they were able to have all to themselves for a few minutes before it was time to go.
What a fun day!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Happy Third Birthday, Clayton!
Clayton Alexander Branz is THREE today!
His original birth day. October 10, 2010
Clayton with Mom and Dad at 6 months old - April 2011
Clayton is ONE! October 2011
Eighteen months old, April 2012
Second Birthday! October 2012
Two and half, April 2013
And today, Clayton is a big boy! Three years old!!
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| Good morning Birthday Boy!! |
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| Trying to hold up three fingers for three years old! |
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
The Zoo again, almost 3 Weeks ago!
Backing up a few weeks to Saturday, September 21st, the boys took a trip to the Lincoln Children's Zoo with Grandma Dianne and Aunt Amy (Mommy went to the Husker football game with Grandpa Mark!) Here are some pictures from the day:
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| Clayton feeding a goat |
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| I don't know why but this one is so funny to me. |
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| Clayton and Reese climbing out of their goat and llama heads! lol |
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| climbing a caterpillar |
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| in a giant egg |
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| Clayton feeding some paper trash to Leo the Lion. |
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Clayton Stuck in the Rocking Chair
It's been too long with out a blog post again, so sorry. We've been busy planning and getting ready for Clayton's 3rd Birthday party!
Here's a funny video from last Friday (Oct 4) morning. I'm really not sure how he accomplished this but I heard Clayton calling out that he was stuck so I went to look, and when I saw this I immediately turned around and went back for the video camera.
At the end there he is telling Reese not to play with the blinds. Clayton is getting to be a little bossy, and will even tell me "No no, Mommy, don't touch that" if I do something they're not allowed to do." Oh, boy! :)
Here's a funny video from last Friday (Oct 4) morning. I'm really not sure how he accomplished this but I heard Clayton calling out that he was stuck so I went to look, and when I saw this I immediately turned around and went back for the video camera.
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