I realized that I had forgotten to post these pictures a couple of weeks ago! Bryce had a Christmas program at school. He looked so grownup in his "dress" clothes! His teacher told me that right before they walked in, he leaned over to her and said, "I'm scared." I could tell he wasn't too sure because he didn't do any singing, but at least sat there nicely. He did participate when they had the sticks and had to hit them to the beat. However...he made up his own music by rubbing them together. It looked like he was trying to start a fire!
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| Walking in |
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| Cutie patootie! |
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| Making music! |
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| His teacher sent me this picture of him enjoying a birthday treat! |
Matt only went in to work for part of the day Monday, then stayed home with us the rest of the week. This is the first year he did this and I must say I hope it can happen every year! Maybe next year he can stay home with us and I won't be hurt so we can do more things! Mason decided he wanted to go to work with Matt, so he loaded some of this things up and went. Matt said he was under his desk coloring, when all of a sudden his feet got cold. Mason realized there was a space heater under there and he turned it to face him!
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| Mason LOVES pictures...NOT! |
Most of break we spent at home so I could stay off of my ankle. We did go to the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie which was really good, and on New Year's Day we took them to Power Play. I didn't get to participate much, but the boys had a blast!
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| All my boys racing each other at Power Play! |
Saturday was Bryce's 4th birthday! He was so excited! When I woke him up on Saturday, he said "yesterday I was 3, and now I'm 4!" He was just so happy that it was his birthday, he told everyone. Every time someone texted me or posted a wish on Facebook, I'd tell him, and he'd just grin, say "thank you" and then once he said "How do they know it's my birthday?" He also said "I want to go to school so I can tell my friends I'm 4!" We were heading to Des. Moines for the extended Bunch Family Christmas, so we did presents before leaving.
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| Happy birthday Bryce! |
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| His donut tower! |
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| Make a wish! |
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| I'm 4!!! |
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| Play-doh! |
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| He loves opening presents! |
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| Buzz came to wish Bryce a happy birthday! |
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| Our little tiger! |
When we got to Des. Moines it was lunchtime, so we decided to take Bryce to The Machine Shed. As soon as we pulled in and he saw tractors, he was pumped! Then we went in and saw the gift shop...with a section containing tractors...and he wanted them ALL!
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| Good food!!! |
The boys had so much fun swimming, playing games, and seeing family! I don't think Mason was too fond of us singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas," but we do it every year and this year it had more meaning in memory of Uncle Daryl. He was always our emcee and led us in this song every single year.
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| Grandma playing with the boys |
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| This was a good find...Bryce loves putting together and taking apart this truck! |
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| Mason loved playing this game with Tim |
Today we met Adam and Bethany at Flying Horse (Buffalo Wild Wings) for Bryce's birthday lunch. He wanted to go there so they would shout "Happy Birthday" to him! This was the card he got, which he LOVED and showed everyone:
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| When you open and close the card, the finger goes in and out of the nose! |
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| Announcing Bryce's birthday to the whole restaurant |
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| Bryce showing him the card! |
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| Our birthday buffalo! |
Thanks to everyone who helped Bryce have a great birthday! He loved every moment of it!
Now...back to reality tomorrow. The boys have school. I have a work day. Our morning might be interesting...we have slept in until 8-9 every day of break! Even though we had a full 2 weeks, it seemed to go so fast, and I got NOTHING done. I want a do-over...without an injury! Hoping for an easy transition back to school for all of us!
