Friday, December 19, 2008

The Good Stuff...

I love this Christmas card from Brayden!


(just in case you cant read it ---
It says -
Dear Mom and Dad -

You make good Food.
I like you. Love Brayden.)


Here are some other cute projects
Brayden brought home from school...

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a feast at school today...
and we had some Jello & Turkey & pickles ....
& rolls & we haaad... hmm let me think... jelly and butter on our rolls.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Good Job Brayden boy!!!

THis is your very first report card!
Doing Well!

& These are results sent home with Dad & Mom
- from parent teacher conference...
You are doing well Brayden!

Keep up the good hard work Baby Boy!!





Quilt...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

RRRRROAR!!!!

What a fun Halloween!!!
I was a dinosaur!!! RRRROAR!
I got to wear my costume at school today -- That was so FUN!!!Here's what My friends wore!
Ryleigh was Hanna Montana -
Benson was a Ninja &
Madison was a witch
But the funniest part of today -
was my teacher Mrs. Barzee
She wore a toilet costume to school!
That is too silly!!!We also went to another schools Carnival -
& I saw my friend Isaiah!
He was a cowboy!!!
I love Halloween!!!

Friday, October 17, 2008

HA!HA! LOok wHaT I dID!!!!!

I Tied this
all by my self
this morning!!!!
yeah!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Mug Shots...

Well here they are Brayden's
first school mug shot --- Haha ---
everybody's got to have 'em...
He must have put a hat on after I fixed his hair
this morning because that is not what
his hair looked like when he left for school ---
Not to mention that kissy smile...???
mmmwaaa!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Mrs. Barzee's Apple Tree's

Brayden you were so excited to get to go to your
Kindergarten Teacher's House to pick apples!
We have tons of apple now --
& we made tons of apple sauce with it ---
Thank you Mrs. Barzee!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Oh BOY!!!

Have we got our work cut out for us Brayden Boy --
The fact that you need to learn all these wonderful things
means that I have to learn how to teach them to you!???
It is good thing you are a smart cookie!

We need to Learn...

your address
How to tie shoes
How to count to 100
Read # 1-20
Read #words
Read color words
Jump Rope
Read sight words

There are lots of things on your list that you already know -- Like... Your Phone #, Your Birthday, The Days of the Week, The Months of the Year, How to write 1-10, How to Write your name, You recognize all the letters and know all you letter sounds, You are getting close on the counting to 100 thing -- and reading sight words is getting better with every book we read... Way to go Brayden on your first couple weeks of school!

Hears a cute little thing to help you remember how to write your numbers!
I love that Mrs. Barzee sends home these letters each week
to tell me what she has been going over -
so that we know what to work on at home --
what a great help and good teacher you have Brayden!

Friday, August 22, 2008

...

Front Doors to
my little boy's Future!
WHOLLY MOLey!!!

I can't believe it - My baby started school this week! You are absolutely loving everything
about it! You really like your teacher Ms. Barzee, you have great friends to enjoy your school day with! You think the school bus is awesome! --- Brayden - You have always been a smart little guy - Even when you were a tiny baby! Your eyes always light up when you are learning something new -- I hope that you keep that love of learning knew things as you start on the journey of your education! Love you BRAYDEN BOY! Happy school days!Go LYMAN LIONS!This is You and your Friend Benson
Making your way to your first day of school!
Brayden here is what your hand writing looked like on your very first day of Kindergarten!
Great Job Buddy! You said your favorite thing about school today was going to the computer lab - And reading the Three Billy Goats Gruff!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

You know that Jon Mayer Song --- Waitin' on the world to change....

Well brayden thinks it is his song and that it says...

Brayden . Brayden . Brayden on the world to change...

hahaha

Saturday, June 28, 2008

The way I roll....






Self Portraits are always fun!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

"Bicycles & ACORNS"

So we are trying to teach you to ride a bike with no training wheels -- you are doing pretty well - but you have decided you are not quite ready yet --- So today you asked me if I would help you put your training wheels back on your bike - While I was fixing up your bike your you were trying to help me out out - You said --- Here Mom - Here's the Acorn --- I wasn't quite sure I heard you right - so I said What? & you said here's the acorn! I was still confused so I finally looked up from what I was doing - and looked at what you were trying to hand me - & it was the "NUT" that is supposed to hold your training wheel up --- Ha! I thought it was so cute! Nut - Acorn! heehee!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Brayden Yesterday was Father's Day!
You love days like this & you love to give people presents -
Today after we gave Dad his Father's Day Gift - You were really excited --
You turned to Kylie & Said -
Kylie I hope you'll get me something really nice for
"Brother's Day!"
Ha! It was very cute! Love ur guts Buddy!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Yankee Doodle - Edited by Brayden...

Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony - 
Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni
Yankee Doodle Keep it up - 
Yankee Doodle Dandy Sing the music 
and do steps and get the girls some candy!

Friday, May 16, 2008

Smarty Pants

Things my boy has figured out in his life...


-he was crawling at 5 months
-and walking at 81/2 months
-Running at 9 months
-Climbing at 10 months
-1 year old - He was a rascally big brother from day 1 of his sister's life
-He would climb up the side of Kylie's bassinet to try to see her or pound her
I'm not sure which - but he almost tipped her over a hundred times
-He learned how to climb out of his crib and into Kylie's crib
where he proceeded to annoy her more - It apparently is not very hard for a 2 month old to be annoyed by a 1 year old!
-We had to get these crib tent things and pretty much lock Brayden into his crib!
-It wasn't long before he started to open and close the doors - resulting in lots of pinched fingers. Ouch
We found a child lock that would lock the door open so he couldn't do that anymore.
-All the kitchen doors had child locks on them - cause the boy wouldn't just find one bowl to play with - he would pull out everything!

He knew all his letters when he was just two -- and knew most of his Phonics sounds when he was three --- And By 4 1/2 was starting to read and trying to spell words on his own with tons of success! He is just super smart! And retains information like no one I know!

Now that Brayden is 4 - almost 5 - He can pretty much figure out how to do anything that he sees Jeb or I do - except for the fact that he is 4 - & hasn't quite mastered how to accomplish things with out making a giant mess or destroying something in the process....

There was a week this year where these messes occurred all in the span of a few days!

Brayden's Curious recipe for disaster...

1 gallon milk
1 gallon kool aid
1 Bottle of sprite
1/2 gallon of paint
1 jar of peanut butter
1 bottle of juice
1 jar of Grandmother's Home made Jam
Lots of bananas

instructions

please poor full gallon jug and full gallon pitcher of kool aid onto mom's new carpet (make sure the kool aid is red) Go ahead and pour the whole 2 liter bottle of sprite out too.
Next please somehow pry open the 5 gallon can of paint that the workers left out fro you the day before ( you know the bucket that Mom can't even open) Pour about a half gallon of that into the new carpet as well... Next please spread the whole jar of peanut butter all over the toy room window and all over you clothes... Mom will really enjoy that - Don't forget to pour yourself an entire bottle of apple juice into a cup that will never hold all that juice so that it will overflow on the same carpet that you poured all the other liquids onto... and to top it all of please eat an entire jar of homemade jam while wiping your messy hands on the carpet and couches. Oh and don't forget to grab an entire bunch of bananas and eat them and leave the banana peels in secret hiding places for mom to find at a later date.
Please enjoy all of this with a smile on your face - because you have no idea how much trouble you are going to be in when mom wakes up or get done using the bathroom or changing the baby's diaper.... etc.

This boy can figure anything out - any child lock any real lock ---

We used to joke with our friends that if they wanted their house to be baby proofed - all they would have to do is keep Brayden for about 2 hours - and the whole house would have to be child proofed by the end of his stay ---

Brayden you never cease to amaze us - what will you do next??!!