Dancing!

Yes, we're listening to Christmas music already :)

Party Weekend part 1

We had quite the day last Friday and a really fun "Party Weekend" I guess and we had a lot of fun getting the boys all out of sync on their sleep schedule! Ha!

So Friday morning was the first meeting of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), I joined last spring, the group that meets in Seward (there isn't one in York unfortunately). It operates during the school year, the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month dozens of moms meet at the Hillcrest E-Free Church, drop of their kids in Sunday School rooms for free childcare and then from 9am to 11am we have food, adult conversation and "mom time." I really like it, and it's a great chance for the boys to socialize with other kids their own ages. I don't know why it surprises me, but we only went to 2 meetings last April and as soon as we pulled into the parking lot of the church Clayton started talking about playing together with other kids. He remembered! Reese remembered as soon as I turned the corner down the hall where the rooms are, because he started crying and clinging to me for dear life. They both had fun though but were ready to go when it was time.

I went from Seward straight to my parents' house in Lincoln because we were to attended the wedding of a family friend in Nebraska City that evening. Daddy met us there as soon as he could, leaving early from work (thank you!) and we drove on. We took the boys to the ceremony (brave, I know) and they were really quite well behaved until the end when the bride and groom started to say their vows. Reese was getting restless and so I threw his blankey (one of my shirts) over his head. Well he liked it there and would cry out in protest if we tried to take it off. It's a very thin shirt so I'm sure he could see the light all funny through it. The people sitting behind us sure got a show. We ended up keeping them quiet with M&Ms for the remainder of the ceremony.

After the wedding, we sure had a blast at the reception, or the Party as Clayton will tell you. He certainly enjoyed licking the frosting off of a cupcake

And so did Reese, but I think he actually ate the cake too!

Gimme that cupcake Grandpa!

Also, by the cake table was not only a chocolate fountain but a motion-activated M&Ms dispenser. I have to say that I lost track of  how many Clayton ate and just stopped caring, hahaha. He was sure wound up on sugar but I'm pretty sure he danced it all out later! 

Reese playing with cars, and Clayton in the background with one of his M&M cups

I didn't get any video of Clayton dancing (because Mommy was just having fun, enjoying the dance too). But I did run for my camera during a slow song when a little girl held hands with Clayton and tried to dance. But by the time I returned, I was told that REESE had cut in on Clayton and so now they were dancing instead. Clayton was really NOT interested in dancing with her so it was all okay. So Cute!

I have to apologize in advance since I have no idea whose child this is with Reese in the video!

We ended up staying at the reception until about 10pm! We stayed until Reese cried! They were both exhausted and ended up going to sleep next to each other in a big double bed at the hotel. We already had Clayton settled there and Reese climbed right out of his Pack'n'Play (he'd done it once at "nap time" earlier that day too) and wanted in bed with Clayton. So I let them and that worked until sometime in the middle of the night when Reese started to fuss a little so when I laid him back down I just put him the Pack'n'Play. And no, they didn't really sleep in. . .

Stay tuned for more adventures from last weekend in Nebraska City :)

Last Weekend for Aunt Amy's Graduation Party

Last weekend we were in Lincoln for Aunt Amy's college graduation. We started off on Friday evening by going to a high school graduation party for Tanner, a family friend. It was a joint party with some of his friends and they finished the night with a dance that they DJed themselves. Clayton and Reese enjoyed the loud music and crazy lights. Clayton even joined in while a lot of us younger adults did the Macarena! It was so adorable how he tried to participate and I sure wish someone had been taking video! He also thought that YMCA was fun. Later, when we were trying to get ready to leave he started running in circles around Tanner's older sister, Tiffany. It was pretty hysterical!

(That is Tanner dancing with his mom and then signing in the video, by the way)


When we got home, both boys were pretty zapped and actually slept pretty well that night (which is an accomplishment since they don't like to go to sleep at Grandma Dianne's house!) Reese was so tired he couldn't even hold the pouch he was eating as a bed-time snack with his hands, he just held it in his mouth and sucked it out!

Look Mom - no hands!

Here are some pictures of the boys enjoying themselves (or not) at Amy's party on Sunday evening:

Clayton great Aunt Charlotte teaching him to make a mess with a cup of water

Reese being sweet

Reese being a silly goose! Look at that face - I sure wish we knew what he was thinking!

The boys fighting over the Excavator

Playing semi-nicely with it togther

Reese playing "peek" between the banisters

Clayton knows Fast and Slow!

We had a fun evening with Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne on Friday. We were discussing how Clayton has such good timing when doing action songs so we decided to try a little experiment to see if Clayton would respond to tempo changes in Ring Around the Rosie. No big surprise but we didn't even have to teach him what to do! Then we asked him if wanted us to do it fast or slow, and he said "fast!" And he kept asking for more "fast." It was so cute! Even Reese got in there to dance a little too!

Dance, Clayton and Don't Stop 'til you Get Enough!

We'll, we are all in York and a happy family, together again! Clayton and I moved in with Darrel's parents (where he has been living all summer) TODAY! Clayton had a rough time getting to sleep tonight, so hopefully he will adjust to his new surroundings soon. We had to return our internet equipment to Charter Communications on Friday so we haven't had the internet to post on the blog!

Clayton has been so good while we were packing and getting ready to go this weekend. With no TV or Internet, we resorted to good old fashioned entertainment - the radio. It seems like we have a little Micheal Jackson fan on our hands. . .