Kaden's 5 Year Old Check-Up

The day finally came..Kade had to have his check-up. He has been asking me for weeks "how many more sleeps until my check-up?" Kaden weighs 35 lbs and is 40 1/4 inches tall! He is in the 10th percentile in both his weight and height! Still our "little guy"! He had to get 4 shots and he didn't cry at all! He is a tough guy! He got one in each arm and one in each leg. We took him to Target to get him a treat and he suckered Aaron into buying him a new game for his Nintendo Wii! He deserves it though, we are so proud of him for being so brave! He wanted me to take a picture of each of his band-aids. Tonight he has been saying that his legs are sore. Poor kid!

Painting Pumpkins

Today we painted some little pumpkins we found at the pumpkin patch. Kaden was so excited! At first he painted his whole pumpkin blue. Then he decided he wanted to make a scary face on it to scare all the kids on Halloween. So we washed it off and started over! Tan Tan was more interested in painting his tray and eating the paint. He only lasted for about 10 minutes then he had enough! They turned out really cute!

A Florida Pumpkin Patch

So, last weekend we decided to take the boys to a pumpkin patch. Aaron said that he had saw a sign for one on his way to work so it was only about 10 mins from us. I guess in Florida they consider a big grassy area with a little bit of hay scattered around with pumpkins all over a "pumpkin patch". We were a little disappointed but we looked around at all the pumpkins and they had a cute little area set up so we just took some pictures. We told Kaden we would wait to buy a pumpkin after we checked out some other places. Tan Tan did find a little pumpkin that he didn't want to let go of, so we did get that one.

Kaden's scary pumpkin face..he said he was going to carve his to look like that!

On Saturday(the next weekend) after doing a little research on the internet where to find a "real pumpkin patch" we headed off to Sanford to "THE GREAT PUMPKIN PATCH". As soon as we drove up we just started laughing..(well actually, Aaron threatened to beat me for driving all that way for the same thing that was so close to our house!) Again just a bunch of pumpkins in a big grassy area, except this time they were in piles on wood pallets! AHH! Oh well, Kaden had fun anyway. We did buy a pumpkin there..it cost $8! What a rip off..but it was for a fundraiser! So I guess we came to a conclusion that they must not grow pumpkins in Florida!

My Bi-Polar Baby

Tanner throwing a huge fit...


Tanner 10 seconds later....

Cool Halloween Graphics at iLLpic.com

Halloween Costumes

Here are my boys in their Halloween costumes. Everybody keeps asking what Tanner is...it's a turtle! Is it that bad? I think it's cute and he loves wearing it! Kaden picked out his own costume this year. It's not just a Power Ranger, it's an "Operation Overdrive Blue Ranger!" I think he is out growing the cute costume stage, he likes the real boy stuff now!

New Portraits

FINALLY...HE WALKS!

Sorry the pics are so blurry..I didn't realize until after I posted them..I will try and get some new ones.

I know..it's about time! Tan Tan finally decided to start walking. He is still a little tipsy but he keeps trying every day. Soon he will be cruising!

Kaden's Birthday Party

Here are a few pics from Kaden's party. He decided to have a Cars party.

Kaden's Birthday

In front of Mickey's house.

Out back in Mickey's garden.

Silly hats!

Kaden with Mickey

Aaron & Minnie

Yesterday we celebrated Kaden's birthday at Disney World. We had a ton of fun. Kaden's cousin Elise came along with us. Aaron told Kaden in the morning that it was his birthday so he got to do whatever he wanted. He didn't let us forget that all day. In fact, he still thinks that rule applies today! After the day at the park we went to one of the Disney resorts for dinner at Chef Mickeys. We had so much fun with all the characters. Kaden refused to see any of them except for Mickey. He did give Goofy a high five but would not get any closer to any of the rest of them, not even for a picture. Kaden was feeling a little sick. On Wednesday night he broke out with a fever that lasted all day Thursday, but he insisted on staying at Disney all day. He was a trooper. We are going to have a little party for Kaden tomorrow with his some of cousins and his friends Nick and Hannah.

Happy 5th Birthday Kaden! You are such a sweet boy...we love you so much!

Update....

As I'm sure you all know, it's almost Kaden's Birthday! We can't believe he is turning 5! He is so excited. We are going to take him to Magic Kingdom and to Chef Mickey's for a character dinner on Thursday for his birthday! He keeps asking "how many more sleeps until my birthday?" He can't wait!
Tanner has turned into our little monkey! He climbs everything! In the last few days, he decided he was going to climb up all the stairs, the slide on Kaden's bed, in the dishwasher and now his latest attempt is the pantry shelves! He is so busy!





Here are a few pictures from our trip to Denver...

Kaden playing guitar hero with Dan

Tanner and his cousin Vinny

Tanner

Early birthday cake for Kaden

Kaden and his auntie Jen's dog Syren

Kaden's First Soccer Game

Kaden had his first game last Saturday! Even though they don't keep score at his age, he insists that his team won! Kaden got to play goalie and blocked his very first goal! He was so excited! For the most part, it is pretty much a bunch of 3 & 4 year olds playing "mob ball", but the have so much fun!