Clayton is the birthday boy tomorrow! It's fun to see how his answers change each year to my annual interview. Here's last year and this year's is below:
What is the meaning of life? Jesus
·What do you want to be when you grow up? a palentoligist
·What brings you the most happiness? being 6
·When do you feel the most loved? when somebody finds me hurt
·What are you afraid of? grizzly bears
·If you had one wish, what would you wish for? that my toys were alive and could move by themselves
·What is the funniest word? pook
·What is the hardest/easiest thing to do? Hardest –pick up a heavey board Easiest –pick up tiny wood
·What is the best/worst thing in the world? Best –God Worst -the Devils
·What makes you mad? when somebody hurts me, like my brother
·What is the meaning of love? Jesus
·If you had all the money in the world, what would you do with it? save it in the bank
Clayton and Reese had their last day of pre-school on Tuesday, May 17. They each had a little graduation program, and cookies and juice afterwards. Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne were both able to come watch. Reese will go back to pre-school for one more year, but Clayton will be moving on to Kindergarten, and he is SO ready! As we were leaving, I asked him if he would be sad not to come back to his preschool room again and he said "No, I'm happy! I don't want to be in preschool anymore, I want to go to Kindergarten!" Ok, he's ready!
Reese's class was first; they sang an Alphabet song where they had a 'friend' for each letter "Ali, alligator, ah ah ah, Ali Aligator, A A A" And so on for each letter, and hand actions too. The video has a little snippet of that song (it was long) and then their favorite "Penguin" song. Not the whole thing, just the beginning and then the last two verses. Reese did a great job!!
Reese won the award for excelling in all subject areas!
Reese with his teacher Mrs. Ecklund, I think he will have her again next year too!
Harvey was a trooper and sat pretty well with Darrel for both boys' programs
Clayton's class was next. They sang a "Welcome to Preschool" song as well as an alphabet song similar to the one Reese's class sang. Next year, Clayton will be joining his fellow classmates in Kindergarten, the Class of 2029!
Clayton getting his certificate.
Clayton with his teacher Miss Barlow
Wyatt and Harvey enjoying cookies like big boys in Clayton's preschool classroom!
After that, we played in the park (and got pretty wet on the slides) and then went to Wendy's for lunch. The 1 year old were tired of course and went down for a nap right away, but Clayton and Reese got to enjoy a little "graduation present" from Grandpa and Grandma; this really neat water table! It's like a little canal with boats and a truck (it's supposed to also hold sand, but I think small rocks would be less mess, I'm still working on that). They boys really enjoy turning the paddle that causes the water to flow and the boats to go round and round. It's a fun toy!
On Saturday, May 7, we took the time to drive to Holdrege to see Great-Grandpa and Grandma Aldon and Erna. Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne met us at home and we drove together. Daddy was at the Conference tack meet. The point of the gathering was to help Great Grandma get some of her garden planted for her, and also to celebrate mothers day. Only half the cousins were able to come, but that's OK, and the boys got to play with their 2nd cousin, Delaney and to meet her new baby brother, Maddox.
Wyatt and Delaney playing with the wate
Running through the sprinkler!
Reese was pouting and sweet Delaney was trying to make him feel better!
Reese discovered that Grandma's chair had a remote control, with buttons!! How fun!!
I got all kinds of gifts from them as well! I certainly love and cherish them!
Flowers that were delivered this morning from all three boys! The card says "To the best mom 3 boys could ever have. Love, Clayton, Reese and Wyatt"
A card from Clayton
A card from Reese
A painting of me, by Reese
Daddy spent some time outside with them this morning working on catching and throwing and a little T-balling. T-ball through the month of June should be pretty entertaining!
Of course Clayton, Reese and Wyatt got big chocolate Easter bunnies as a treat from grandparents. It was Wyatt's first time, so I had to get some video like I did for Clayton and Reese the first time they ate Chocolate bunnies back in 2013
It snowed on the Saturday before Easter and the flakes were huge and fluffy! The boys thought it was fun to watch and Wyatt was especially excited, jabbering and pointing, telling us all about it!
I even took Wyatt out to check it out. But it was a very wet snow and he knelt down and got wet and then he was done!
In the afternnoon, Daddy took Clayton and Reese to meet up with their cousins and even a 2nd cousin (Fiona is Wyatt's age) for the Gresham Easter Egg hunt
Reese and Clayton helping (maybe?) Fiona with her basket
All the kids at the hunt with the Easter bunny
Wyatt and I stayed home for the hunt since it was during nap time, but we headed out to the farm later where everyone was hanging out, just in time to say good-bye to cousins Ava, Quin and Kolby as they were leaving. So all the Branz Great-Grandkids were together for the first time, if only for 10 min. Just long enough to snap a wiggly picture!
After a good nap from Wyatt we headed to Lincoln to check out the Lincoln Children's Zoo! It was a quick visit, but we packed in as much as we could. Wyatt really enjoyed the experience! Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne met us there.
Our first stop was a new play area with a big slide, a giant empty turtle shell for kids to climb in and a parrot. Wyatt was really pointing and talking all about the parrot until he cawed too loudly and then he startled and cried. "Ok, Clayton and Reese time to move on to the next thing, your brother's had enough of the parrot!"
Clayton took Wyatt down the slide
Turtle!
Grandpa and Wyatt next to the scary parrot.
"Look! a parrot"
Next stop, the penguins. They weren't busy doing anything, but there were two out sunning themselves by the glass and Wyatt had a lot to say about that too. You could even tell he was trying to say penguin!
Petting a bunny
Clayton feeding a goat
Reese feeding a goat even though he didn't like it
My silly boys!
One of Clayton's favorite was the camels
They all enjoyed touching a snake
Wyatt even chased a turtle around for a while since one of the ladies was cleaning out his cage for the night.
In the "o" of the ZOO sign
After the Zoo, we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house for supper and to play in the dirt!
Clayton and Reese learned how to make tunnels with Grandpa Mark
