Kadenisms

"Mom, when I go to Annika's I want to watch Princess Diarrhea."
He meant The Princess Diaries. 

Said on Thanksgiving, "Hey Grandpa, Grandma says...her says...her says...her says it's time to come upstairs and eat pine cone pie."
Pecan pie.  And he gets stuck mid-sentence often and repeats a phrase until he gets back on track about what he wants to say.

Said while waiting to get his haircut, "Hey Mom, what's those hookers for?" 
That one really made me turn my head and ask, "Say what?"
He pointed to the wall, "Those hooker things."
A row of hooks on the wall to hang your coat.

He likes to dress up in crazy outfits and pose.  He was inspired to do so recently when I was watching an episode of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. 

The Inevitable Question

My son has come to the realization that his dad and I were married at one time.  Consequently he has asked The Inevitable Question:

"Why aren't you and my dad married anymore?"

GULP.

I gave my sister a look that translated to, "Help!"

Here is my explanation:
Mommy and daddy used to be married but aren't anymore. 
Some mommies and daddies are married and live together.
Some are not and live in different houses.
Some kids only have a mommy and no daddy.
Some kids have only a daddy and no mommy.
Some kids have two mommies or two daddies.
Even though your mommy and daddy live in different houses we both love you very much.

His response?

"Oh.  Can I watch a show in my room (when I go to bed)?"

Happy Halloween 2011

We participated in lots of Halloween festivities the past two weekends.  Last week a man I'm dating, Jim, came over for dinner with his two boys.  I made enchiladas and then and we all went to a corn maze.

Wednesday Kaden had a Halloween costume party at preschool.

On Thursday night I took Kaden, Annika and their friend Sage to Tarah's girl scout troop's trunk or treat.

On Friday night Aunt Kristin and Uncle David took Annika and Kaden to a kids' Halloween party at

their little friend Sage's grandma's house while I had a date night with the aforementioned friend.


The Fish

On Sunday I went fishing with Jim and Jamie Laub and Tony Dellagnola.  Well, I brought the luck and he did the catching.  That night we went to Jeff and Kim Laub's and ate the trout caught that morning.  He smoked the fish and it was quite delicious (I don't really like fish much).  Kaden actually ate seconds. Then, Kaden, Jim's boys and our friends' twin girls Breanna and Jessica carved pumpkins.  Sadly, I forgot to take pictures.

On Halloween day Kaden had a party and costume parade at daycare.  Halloween night we went to my parents' house for chili dinner and trick or treating along with Kris 'n Dave, Annika and Tarah.  Was it just me or was trick or treating particulary great this year?  Lots of people out and about and the weather was practically perfect.  On the way home Kaden and I stopped by to see his dad and Uncle Rory, Aunt Lisa, and cousins Jaelynn, Lexie and Jake.

What a busy, eventful and fun weekend of celebrating!

Kaden with his day old pumpkin.  It had gotten slimy inside and didn't smell all that grand.

Kaden and Annika Ariel.  Isn't she soooo cute with that wig?  Love it!

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids.  Too bad Taylor wasn't there.

Kaden with his dad and cousin Lexie.

Fall

We went to Gardner Village last Friday to see the witches and celebrate fall.  Here are some pics of the highlights.

Wordless Wednesday - The Snyder Grandchildren

Massage Underwear

One of Kaden's teachers at daycare asked what presents he got for his birthday.  He rambled off a list including, "massage unnawears."  From what I understand, she was quite disturbed by this and worried about it for an hour.  She even asked one of the other teachers if she thought she should call someone about it.  Oh my.  Luckily, the other teacher said that he obviously meant something else and it would eventually be figured out.

When it was time to go to preschool, the teacher had Kaden go potty.  While in the bathroom he shouted for Miss Colleen to come in.  "See!" he said, "My massage unnawears."

They're CAMOUFLAGE print.

Kaden Is 5

Kaden is 5 years old!  I can't believe it.  We kicked off the celebration by having a combined bowling birthday party with his cousin Annika and our friends Big Red and Linda's daughter Natalie.  These three kids' birthdays are within a couple weeks of each other so we decided to combine their parties since we were all inviting the same people.

On Kaden's actual birthday, October 10th, we met with his dad's side of the family, the Snyder's, at McDonald's play place.  Half of my family is in Mexico so we will celebrate with them when they get back.

Kaden * Natalie * Annika
I ordered each of the kids a birthday shirt with their age and name on it.

Buddies # Kaden & Wyatt

Ya'll know I love me some Gramma CC.  Ahem.

Cousins
Kaden * Jaelynn * Lexie