The boys at Christmas tonight with Grandpa Mark, Grandma Dianne and Aunt Amy (and Mom and Dad too, although on several occasions Clayton requested that we "go bye-bye").
Reese is always (usually) happy! :)
Clayton is a little upset that he wasn't able to open ANY of these presents all day, we made him WAIT! Terrible!
The expression says it all!
I think the wait was worth it though! Here were the surfacing favorites!
If these pictures don't warm your heart with Christmas cheer, then... I don't know I'll just have to keep posting more!
Clayton Rubbing noses with the snowman that sings "Jingle Bells" at Grandma Ann Branz's house
Making almond bark pretzels with the boys.... please keep that in mind if you eat any of them that they may not be easy to look at, but they were decorated with love! (and a little snitching)
I tried to take the boys' picture to put on a Christmas card last week. It wasn't overly successfully but some of them are kind of cute. I guess if I spent some time editing them they could be better, but I just don't have the right kind of space for taking my own good pictures.
The day it snowed last week the boys were both sick, and it was waaaay too cold to let them go outside and play in it. Clayton was pretty disappointed (I don't think Reese knew what he was missing). Clayton and I finally got our chance on Tuesday afternoon to check out the snow covered yard and he had a blast. I pulled him around in our little sled and made "snow tracks" and then Clayton pulled it around for a while. Then we went into the backyard and found some kitty tracks, made some tracks with our own boots, and even saw that the sand box was covered in snow (I was actually worried that he was going to cry about it, but he ended up being OK). Finally we learned that the slide had snow on it too! (And, it's not that cold).
I just love that Clayton can talk and express himself so that we get a little glimpse of what's going on in his 3 year old mind!
Well preschool is over for Clayton (today was the last day). They held a ceremony where all 7 preschoolers performed the song they'd learned and got a little "diploma." It was really cute, and I'm sure Clayton will miss it! I'm not sure if he really understands if it's over or not... I guess time will tell how he does with it.
Just wanted to let you know that we're still here. We've been battling a stomach bug (currently on day 6 of the vomit and diarrhea adventures). The boys feel better at times and throw up in their dinner plates at others. Say a pray that they can keep down and digest their food :)
