Pumpkin Carving and a couple others

I uploaded pictures from our other camera tonight and realized I missed a few last night. Kaden was so excited to see Talbot after we got home from The Little Gym on Saturday night. He immediately ran to her!





I was playing with Kaden today with the chicken puppet and he decided he wanted it on his hand! Talbot was checking out the chicken and Kaden was making it "attack" her!!





He has quite a bad cold right now and wasn't feeling too well in the morning (watching a bit of TV)





Now to the good ones!! We carved one of our pumpkins tonight and let Kaden paint his pumpkin. He was really intrigued with the carving, but really didn't want to touch the "stuff" in the inside. Matt's thinking he might not be the best fisherman when it comes to putting a worm on!!



















I took him straight to the bath after he finished painting, while Matt stayed downstairs and finished carving the face of the pumpkin. Before I started bathing him, I decided to give him a very needed haircut. Here he is after the haircut, a bath, and jammies. We think it turned out super cute!





Then a couple pictures outside with the lit pumpkin and Talbot.

NC State Fair and Dr appts

Last Thursday Talbot had her yearly check up at 10 and Kaden had his 18 month (a month late) check up at 12. I took a sick day so I could go to both appointments. Talbot's went fine... she's lost almost 10 pounds since Kaden's been born! Apparently he keeps her busy and the daily walks are doing her good!

Kaden's appointment also went well... his head is in the 25%, his length is in the 20%, and his weight is in the 5%! He's doing perfect and doesn't go back until his 2 year appointment!

Instead of coming home to give Kaden a nap, we decided to head to the State Fair since we could actually visit the fair without the weekend crowds. We all had fun.

Playing a Go Fish game


In front of a fountain -- he was in awe of of the water!




In one of the animal barns they had baby chicks that you could pick up and hold. I couldn't believe that I actually held one (the things you'll do for your kids!) but Kaden liked it. I then put it on his belly and he really wasn't sure what to think. He quickly started saying "no more, no more, no more".









Going down the big slide with Daddy (afterwards he started saying & signing "more, more, more")


Kids fun park with TV characters -- Kaden was so happy!


2 of his favorite characters!!! He walked around to the back of the cutouts and was a bit confused that they weren't "real" like they seem on TV!


We also visited a dog show, which he also loved.


The poodles were pretty hyper and Kaden kept saying "jump! jump!"




Mmm...cotton candy!!




City boy --- he liked the cows A LOT so we had him "milk" a cow! He wasn't sure what to think of the cows up close


Then we went to a petting zoo. Kaden was scared of the goats and llamas at first, but quickly warmed up to them. He would bend down and get right in their face and start saying random things. It was hilarious. We called him the Goat Whisperer.









Goat Whisperer at work

Halloween/Fall stuff

Even though Halloween isn't until this weekend, there have been several Halloween/Fall activities for us during the past week.

First, Kaden got a Halloween package from Grandpa Bruce and Grandma Sherri. He LOVES getting the mail and was excited to open the box. Usually when we come in from getting the mail he starts telling me "open, open, open" (which, for some reason, sounds like onk-ka-konk)and after I hand him a piece of junk mail, he'll go and open it and bring it back to me.

Thank you Grandpa Bruce and Grandpa Sherri for the great books, bowl, utensils, candy, and other fun stuff! Kaden colored his picture and we took them to Old Navy last week, but haven't heard anything, so I'm guessing he wasn't a winner! Bummer.





(Notice the spoon while reading)


The Raleigh Parks and Rec put on a Halloween Trail last Friday night. Kaden went on a hayride, made a couple crafts, and watched some skits that were way over his head.











Trying to pick off his temporary tattoo


Getting a piece of candy after the skits


mmmmm....


Kaden goes to The Little Gym every Sunday. He has SO much fun and has learned a lot by going. On Saturday they had the kids come in their costumes (he came during the 1-2 age group) and they had a few stations set up and a few games. Kaden absolutely LOVED it. He was crazy excited the whole time -- it was like the monkey costume made him invincible to getting hurt!! He got to invite a friend, so of course he invited Marie. She dressed up as Elmo!!

Having some fun in his costume at home


The cutest monkey evah




at the gym






The kids were told to get a scarf. After the activity was over, most kids just dropped their scarves. Kaden went around and collected them.



Man! One can even get the dreaded toe fuzz at The Little Gym!!!











Bowling



At the end...after taking off part of his costume (he was a bit warm, but didn't seem to mind at all!)