Swim lessons

We finally signed up for swim lessons. We were able to sign up last minute with Kira and Crosby. The lessons were 4 weeks long twice a week. The lessons were about 25 minutes which was about the perfect length of time. It was fun to see how much Brayden learned in those few weeks. Brayden is really good at blowing bubbles, kicking, rowing his arms, and jumping in off the side. He can get in and out of the pool on his own too. His favorite part of swim lessons was the water spout. They used a watering can as they sang Itzy Bitzy Spider and as we would walk in a circle the kids could put their heads under the water. After the first week the water spout was what he wanted to play with the entire lesson. It was some what difficult to distract him from the water spout. Here is Kira, Crosby, and Brayden getting ready for a lesson.
One of Brayden's favorite parts of swim lessons was the shower we took after the lesson. All three kids would play in the shower. They loved letting the warm water run over their bodies. Brayden is doing this funny thing when we shower, he backs up in front of me and just stands there; I call it the penguin because for some reason that is what it reminds me of. He did that a lot in the shower after swim lessons.

Easter

This was our first official Easter celebration, Brayden had the flu last year. We attempted dying eggs. This was a very busy event, but was enjoyed by Brayden and he had the dye stained on his face the next day to prove it. This was before he realized he could throw the egg into the dye. I don't know why, but there was something about the eggs that he just had to drop them or crush them in his hands. One day while I was watching Kira, I hid some eggs to show them how the whole Easter egg hunt works. I put a few treats in the hidden egg and as soon as they realized there were treats they were hooked. By the time the real hunt camp along Brayden was a skill finder. On Saturday we went to Cale's facility and had a fun Easter egg hunt. Brayden didn't understand why he wasn't allowed to pick up the eggs, but once he got the okay to start he filled his basket quickly. He was very content to sit and see what each egg contained and ate the treats about as fast as he could open the eggs. Saturday night we had our family egg hunt, and he showed his dad he was a pro. Sometimes the egg wouldn't make it back to the basket, he had to have a little treat to get him through the rest of the hunt.He was pretty excited by the treats he found, and the sand box toys and coloring book he got.

Wrestling

About a month ago Jared and Brayden started wrestling. It has become a nightly ridiculous when Jared gets home from work. Brayden gets so excited and says "wessoul"; which you can confuse with "we sue", which means cereal. Recently Jared has started teaching him some moves. I hope I get all the names right, I guess I should ask Brayden because he usually calls them out as his is performing them. Here is the karate chops.The but crusher; which does cause some pain for Jared because he usually has just eaten.

This is the bull dog; which is one of Brayden's favorite moves.

The back breaker. See how much fun he has inflicting pain...that might not be a good thing.

And the famous fish hook; Brayden thinks this is hilarious.