Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Fun Boy

Kaden's Aunt Kathy and Uncle Carl sent him a package the other day. He got a big box of crayons that he loved. I brought him to the kitchen to color, and I think he thought I was taking them away (hence the red/been crying face). I gave him one of the little boxes and he had so much fun! They also gave him a couple Mickey Mouse coloring books, which he LOVES!

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They also sent a backpack/tent kit that had a kid-friendly flashlight (so it doesn't blind his eyes as easily!). He loves the flashlight!

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Matt put his head spotlight thing on Kaden and Kaden acted like he had super powers all of the sudden. He started pointing the flashlight at the TV and making grunting noises. He was trying to line up the red dot from the spotlight with the red dot from the flashlight!

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For some reason Kaden has a new stance when he spreads his legs. It's pretty funny, and he knows it!

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It's amazing the weird spots/positions he can get himself into!



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Kaden had his last session at Little Gym for the semester on Sunday. (Now he'll be in the older group) He did so awesome he even got a medal!

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Look, no help!! He can now walk across the elevated balance beam sideways (sliding his feet).

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A few new scrapbook pages that I've been working on

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

SNOW! and others

Yesterday Raleigh was predicted to get snow. I really didn't believe it because it was 45 degrees outside and perfect! Around 10:30pm Wake County canceled school -- I still wasn't sure why because it was doing NOTHING outside. Before we went to bed..still nothing. But, when Matt woke up at 6 to get ready for work, everything was covered white! We ended up getting 4-5 inches (probably). Marie was home with her parents b/c of the snow day and Juliet was also home with her parents because of the snow. Matt stayed home because it wasn't safe to drive all the way to UNC in the snow. We took Kaden outside to play. He LOVED it. I wasn't sure how he'd do, because in Michigan he wasn't real thrilled about snow and in Iowa he hated the cold temps in his face. But, he had fun here. The cold really didn't seem to bother him at all. Talbot also had a lot of fun playing in the snow. We stayed out 45 min in the morning and another hour in the afternoon. YAY for snow! Here are several pictures from our day. (Some of the other pictures you'll notice he's wearing his Christmas jammies -- they worked really well as underclothes for playing in the snow and just stayed in them all day)

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He was determined to clear off the brick wall!
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He kept falling into the snow, then rolling on his back and laughing

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Attempt at "sledding" down the hill -- sans sled!
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Shoveling snow! hahaha

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Family shot

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Talbot loved when Matt put snow in the Frisbee and tossed it at her -- she'd jump and get all excited

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Later in the day --- More shoveling

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The snow was finally wet enough to make a snowman

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How we had to prop his hat on his head

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Spying the snowman for the first time
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He knocked the hat off the snowman -- Talbot wasn't too sure about that

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Destroying the snowman...

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I told him "oh no! what happened to the snowman? You better give him hugs"...so he did! Such a sweet boy!

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New Fork and Spoon? Kaden has a few drawers in the kitchen where he's allowed to play. He found this spoon and tongs the other day and has fun playing with them. During breakfast he was determined that he could eat his PB toast with them! HAHA! The boy makes me laugh all the time.

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Kaden loves any and all balls. It's amazing the random ball collection that he has! He was having fun playing with them today.

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He shoots and SCORES!

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High-five after making a basket

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Smart boy!! Kaden has started realizing that he can't reach something on the counter, he can pull a chair or step stool and it will help him. He wanted the ceiling fan turned on today and couldn't reach the switch. I told him "get your stool"...he went right to the kitchen, got his stool, and brought it to the living room.

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While I was doing laundry today, Kaden had fun hanging out in the laundry basket and keeping me company.

Where is Kaden?

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There he is!!

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Building a tent using the chair and our bed sheet

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Peek!

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Kaden really enjoys helping me in the kitchen. He's great at stirring and has started to become better at pouring ingredients into the bowl. We make many things together and he hasn't found something he doesn't like -- except for the scary noise the mixer makes! A few days ago I was making deviled eggs and Kaden wanted to help. We pulled the chair up to the counter and he helped crack and peel the eggs!

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CRAFTS! Kaden enjoys doing any and all crafts. We do at least 3 different activities every day (coloring, stickers, stamps, markers, playdoh, painting, etc....) We were working with clay the other day. He had fun.

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