McCleve Family Reunion

We were able to attend the McCleve family reunion this week.  Jeremy's mom comes from a family of 10 children, so this is by far the biggest reunion that we get to attend. Luckily, it was close enough to home that we could sleep in our own beds and just go every day.
As soon as we arrived, the kids noticed the horses.  They spent the better part of that first day just watching them.

Clara watched a few of her cousins roller blade around the pavilion as we were waiting for more relatives to come.  She really wanted to try her roller skates out.  Her skates used to be mine, and are a little big for her.  But she was able to balance pretty well by the end of the reunion.  Joe also found his cousin's helmet and had to wear it.

We also had a talent show that first night.  Clara read the book "Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons."  She did such a good job!  I was so proud of her.

The next morning the kids got to start the day with fishing in a fishing pond.  Clara got some braclets and Joe got some bubbles.  He loved his bubbles so much that he learned how to say that word, and now uses it often!

After the fish pond came crafts, which was Clara's favorite part.  She kept making craft after craft until all the supplies were either gone or cleaned up.  Here are just a few of the ones she made:

That second day got pretty hot, soo I poured some water on Joe's head to cool him off.  He thought that was a great idea and ended up dumping the rest of the water from the water bottle on his head.

Joe also got to play with some one else's dinosaur.  He played with it for the majority of the day.  I thought it was so cute that he would give the dinosaur food and water.

Clara also loved playing near all the trees. She would draw in the dirt with a stick, watch bugs, look at the leaves, etc.  She had so much fun at the reunion.

The last day there, Clara insisted on getting a picture of her and her new friend.  Her and Olivia Chapple played a lot together.  It was pretty funny when they discovered they were related.  I guess little kids don't understand that they are related to everyone at a family reunion.