Wordless Wednesday - Maddie

Lagoon 2011

We made our annual pilgrimage to Lagoon for my niece, Tarah's dance competition.  Kaden, again, was not keen on riding rides, but did have more fun this year than previous years.  He rode some bigger rides like the Flying Aces, The Bat and Bombora.  He said they were fun after he got off the rides, so I'm not quite sure if he really liked them or just liked that they were over.  He plugged his ears on most of the rides.  I don't know why.  Maybe hearing everyone's squeals of delight scared him.  The only ride he really wanted to go on was the Baby Boats.  Ugh!  My mom and I gave him a bit of a hard time telling him that they might not let him ride because they're for babies and he is too big, but he didn't care.



Isn't he just thrilled to be a part of it all?




Annika kissed the elephant on the trunk when the ride was over.  It was pretty cute.  Come to think of it now, maybe I should have put hand sanitizer on her lips after.  Oh well, she lived.

My sister took this video of Kaden on the bumper cars while I took Annika to the Terror Ride (yes, she wanted to go). Kaden held the wheel turned and was stuck in a repeating reverse circle the entire ride!  And up until the very end was turning at the end of the track all by himself - no other cars around.  Hilarious!  My sister was laughing so hard she didn't get the whole thing on video.

Wordless Wednesday - Kaden's Selfie

Wordless Wednesday - Mother's Day Gifts From My Boy (yeah, this is late, I know)

Star Student

Kaden was the star student in his preschool class.  He got to bring a poster that told about him and photos that demonstrate his personality and what he likes to do.  He got to stand at the front of the class with the teacher and talk about his poster and photos.  He also got to bring a treat for everyone in the class.  He I picked Rice Krispy Treats (Costco had a coupon).  I put together the photo collage at Costco photo online - so much better than printing photos and making a collage by hand (and it only cost about $3.00).

From left to right, top to bottom: 4th of July, @ Lake Powell holding a tiny lizard, Halloween, with Woody and Army Guy @ California Adventure, at the beach in CA., swimming @ our pool, proud of the puzzle he put together, with all of his artwork from school, a handsome pic.

His "school"/daycare is out for the summer as he attends at a public high school.  He had a fun 2010-2011 school year.  He learned to write his name (although it goes without saying that it still needs some fine tuning), got to do so many fun activities and projects, and enjoys playing with all of his friends at school.  Every morning when we walked in, all the kids jumped up from the table and ran over to give Kaden a group hug.  Recently, the cutest little girl, Lilly, threw her arms around Kaden's neck so tightly she almost pulled him over and she wouldn't let go.  While she was hugging him she said to me, "Kaden really likes me.  I think he has a crush on me." 

On his last day of preschool he came home with a Build-A-Bear!  He loved his new bear so much he slept with it a couple of nights.  He'll be back in the fall for his 4th and final year.  I get woeful just thinking about it.  Why do our babies grow up so fast?

Kaden and Baby Jake

This is Kaden and his new cousin Jake.  We recently went to dinner with my family-in-law.  Baby Jake was two weeks old.  Kaden was about the same size as Jake when he was born (give or take an ounce and half inch or so).  When I held that sweet baby in my arms I could not believe that Kaden was ever that small.  I really couldn't.  Those who really know me know I LOVE babies!  I could hold one for hours.  I really had to hold back the tears when I held Baby Jake.  It was so bittersweet.  Bittersweet because my baby is no longer a baby.  Bittersweet because I would love to have had one more baby and I won't get the chance.  My eggs are expiring as I type and there are no relationship prospects in sight (unless I have another with my ex-husband as his mother requested of me a few weeks ago - she really did).  Nevertheless Jake Ryan Snyder is as precious as can be.