My sister Denise traveled from Missouri with her family to spend Easter weekend with us. We had such a fun time together singing, playing at the park, making eyeglasses with pipe cleaners, and grilling outside! Check out our special video!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Two Little Monkeys
At Christmas, Aunt Judy gave us a photo of Brock when he was little (age 3?). Brax and I tried to recreate that photo today. Check these two out!
BRAXTON BROCK
BRAXTON BROCK
Say cheese and spin
Oh, springtime where are you? Inches of snow falling on April 16th is wrong!
What is a two year old to do?
1) look out the window and dream of summertime
2) practice giving an award winning smile
3) delay bedtime by spinning around in footy pajamas on a hard wood floor
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Prayer
It love to hear Braxton pray. He starts out every prayer with:
"Dear Jesus, Thank you for mommy, daddy, and Braxton, Avery and Isla"
Next he starts listing other people and things he is thankful for. Tonight this list included teachers, Tasha and Lucas (his 2 favorite daycare friends), the park, daddy's car, Mickey Mouse, paper, crayons, abc's, and "Wheels on the Bus". These are such precious prayers from our boy. Brock and I pray that Braxton will grow up to love Jesus!
"Dear Jesus, Thank you for mommy, daddy, and Braxton, Avery and Isla"
Next he starts listing other people and things he is thankful for. Tonight this list included teachers, Tasha and Lucas (his 2 favorite daycare friends), the park, daddy's car, Mickey Mouse, paper, crayons, abc's, and "Wheels on the Bus". These are such precious prayers from our boy. Brock and I pray that Braxton will grow up to love Jesus!
"The world needs more true praying" -- E.M. Bounds
Monday, April 11, 2011
The Blue Room
Okay...these are my notes about daycare to write down so I don't forget...if you want to see photos just skip this and look at the red park photos below!
This month Braxton moved into the Blue Room at Daycare (age 27-33 months). The goals of the Blue Room are: sequencing (a-b-c, 1-2-3, small to big, days of the week), independence (pouring water, brushing teeth), discussion (Question of the Week), identification (How many "g"'s are in this sentance?) and pre-school prep (tracing words, how to hold a pencil, how to use a scissors, how to squeeze the glue).
This classroom also has rules! They are:
1. We can march, skip, hop and walk in the classroom.
2. Our feet belong on the floor.
3. If we take it out, we clean it up.
4. We use gentle touches
5. Our listening ears are ALWAYS on
Each day Braxton's teachers fill out a sheet about the day which is broken down into skills. Some things written on the sheet this week were:
Self-Help Skills - We practiced taking off our shoes and putting them on.
Learning Statement - We used patience while waiting in line to go outside.
Social Skills - We helped our friends pick up the toys after we made a mess.
My Favorite Activity Today - Playing outside on the slide.
There is also a spot at the bottom of the sheet for the teacher to leave comments. This week his teacher wrote "Braxton had fun today building a tall tower with the blocks." She also wrote "Braxton makes me smile! I asked him what his favorite farm animal was and he answered, 'yeah, a chicken.'" Because Braxton knows many letters of the alphabet--his teachers will be giving him a preschool alphabet recognition test sometime soon.
This month Braxton moved into the Blue Room at Daycare (age 27-33 months). The goals of the Blue Room are: sequencing (a-b-c, 1-2-3, small to big, days of the week), independence (pouring water, brushing teeth), discussion (Question of the Week), identification (How many "g"'s are in this sentance?) and pre-school prep (tracing words, how to hold a pencil, how to use a scissors, how to squeeze the glue).
This classroom also has rules! They are:
1. We can march, skip, hop and walk in the classroom.
2. Our feet belong on the floor.
3. If we take it out, we clean it up.
4. We use gentle touches
5. Our listening ears are ALWAYS on
Each day Braxton's teachers fill out a sheet about the day which is broken down into skills. Some things written on the sheet this week were:
Self-Help Skills - We practiced taking off our shoes and putting them on.
Learning Statement - We used patience while waiting in line to go outside.
Social Skills - We helped our friends pick up the toys after we made a mess.
My Favorite Activity Today - Playing outside on the slide.
There is also a spot at the bottom of the sheet for the teacher to leave comments. This week his teacher wrote "Braxton had fun today building a tall tower with the blocks." She also wrote "Braxton makes me smile! I asked him what his favorite farm animal was and he answered, 'yeah, a chicken.'" Because Braxton knows many letters of the alphabet--his teachers will be giving him a preschool alphabet recognition test sometime soon.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
The Park
Brax and I went to the park today. At first, we were alone and then all of a sudden there were 7-8 little boys to play with. Braxton had a ton of fun and we took some cool photos through the red portholes of the playground pirate ship.
Horsey and Mouse
We have three new videos. The first one is of Brock and Brax playing "horsey" and it also features Brax saying his newest phrase, "Please may I" as in "Please daddy may I horsey please"
The last two videos feature a song that Braxton has been singing a lot lately...the Mickey Mouse Club song (its been a hard one to catch on video because by the time I grab the camera he's usually spelling M-O-U-S-E). Enjoy the music (and please excuse the mouth full of toast!)Wednesday, April 6, 2011
A Mini-Vacation
For the last two days Brock & I took a mini-vacation and checked into a hotel while my mom watched Brax. We were so blessed that Braxton and Grandma had fun and got along well (grandma took such good care of him!). Thank you so much mom!
Brock and I were able to spend 2 days relaxing. We went out to dinner at Mystic Lake Casino, lost $5 in the nickel slot machines, took a drive off the beaten path and found the cutest little town of historic Jordan with the best restaurant (The Mill) right on the river bank of the Sand Creek, visited antique stores, and hiked to the local waterfall which was stunning. We were so blessed to have a chance to "get away".
Brock and I were able to spend 2 days relaxing. We went out to dinner at Mystic Lake Casino, lost $5 in the nickel slot machines, took a drive off the beaten path and found the cutest little town of historic Jordan with the best restaurant (The Mill) right on the river bank of the Sand Creek, visited antique stores, and hiked to the local waterfall which was stunning. We were so blessed to have a chance to "get away".
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Avery and Isla visit
Yesterday Lauren and De brought Avery and Isla to our house for a visit. Avery and Brax had a lot of fun playing in the muddy backyard.
At two months old Isla is getting to be such a strong little girl (and redhead!)
Oh...and check out this real laughter that turns into fake laughing.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Days of the Week
Braxton has been singing the Days of the Week song non-stop this week.
He learned this song from a train video we found on YouTube at
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