I'm still here.

I know it's been forever since I've posted something or anything in that matter! I've just been caught up in having fun with my little man. We've been going on walks in the morning since it's cooler and playing outside. Caden's been a helping me water my garden and flowers in the morning as well. He likes to move the hose around and put his hand in the spraying water. This kiddo loves his water!! Bath, pool, or hose, it doesn't matter as long as it's wet. We have yet to get his elmo sprinkler out, but he has been in his little pool splashing away. I'll post pics of this later. We have also been taking trips to the library, they tend to be shorter trips, because Caden wants to get out of the stroller and check things out. But I know the minute he gets out, there is no hope in getting him back in. Happily anyways. So we'll wait a bit for storytimes, it won't be long till he's ready to be a little more still. I hope. He is such a busy little boy, go, go, go, is all he does. He plays so hard and constant. We went to Jacob's softball game last night and the head umpire was having fun watching Caden go everywhere, he couldn't believe how busy he was doing this and that. He gave me Kudos for keeping up with him. It was such a nice complement for him to say, it made me feel good. There are times when I get so tired of chasing him around and this was one of those nights. Caden doesn't get into trouble, he just walks everywhere and points to everything saying "uh, uh". He's so curious, I love that he's learning and loves to explore. Oh what a team we could be if I had his energy too!

Playing Outside

So this is Caden having fun with this baseball cap and sunglasses.

And this is what happens when I tell him we're going outside! : ) He gets so excited and dances his feet!

Caden's favorite thing to do right now is ride in his car, it's the first thing he gets out. He will play with other things like his little red car or lawn mower, but he always goes back to the wheely car. It doesn't matter to him that he has only figured out how to go backward, or that the horn doesn't work. It's the fact of sitting in it and checking things out from a different view. Thanks Grandma for letting us use the car here, it's definetly getting it's use. He loves it, Especially on beautiful warm days like yesterday!!

Dressing like a Grandpa

This is Caden's new look! Ha! He found his old fishin' style hat that barely fits his head and he just had to where it. Then he needed his cool dude sunglasses to put on. The shirt was just by accident. All together, the outfit looks like something an old grandpa would wear.

This picture makes it even better. He was helping daddy mow the lawn. His mower is out of the picture. This is just a typical weekend, helping daddy outside.

Caught Red-Handed!

So Caden and I had just walked back in the house after being outside with daddy for a while, when I ran back to the bedroom to change my clothes. I was probably only back there for a good 5 min or so and when I came out to the living room, I found this:

Uh-Oh!

Caden had found the tissue box! There were tissues all over the floor! What a fun adventure he had with pulling the tissues out. I quickly grabbed the camera before he could see me and took these pictures! When I asked him "What Happened?" " Why are there tissues all over the floor?" He started to cry, like he knew he had done something wrong. I gave him a hug and said "it looks like you had a lot of fun!" and he was fine. He helped me pick up the tissues and we put the box up higher. I just had to laugh at him! I'm sure that he was having fun. I mean wouldn't it be fun to just toss out tissues without a care, or unroll toliet paper without a care? Oh yes, we have had the pleasure of finding that too! But what can you say, he's learning about things. All you can do is laugh about it, there's no need to get upset, he's doing it in all innocense. That is until he really actually gets what he's doing and then that's just aunryness from there. : )

1st Trip to the Zoo

To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to take Caden too the Zoo. It was so much fun! We haven't been to the zoo in a such a long time that it was exciting to see all of the old and new animals that they had. Going through it brought so many memories back of when I was a child. I can't wait to create those fond memories for Caden. We are off to great start! Caden loved the zoo! He was kicking his feet and pointing at all the animals jibber jabbering at them.

This spider web was so cool. Caden wasn't too interested in climbing all over it, but give it a year and I know he'll like it. But when daddy went with him it was more intrigued with it. There were little areas all along the way of things that the children could sit on or play with. I love how interactive the zoo is, what a great learning experience for them.

Caden was checking out the small monkeys that were through the glass. They weren't doing too much since it was right about their naptime. This lion cart has been at the zoo since I was little, you can feed it paper. He says a little jingle which is really cute. He goes " Roar, oh don't be afraid, I only eat paper. Paper, paper, paper, I love paper." Caden was feeding him a tissue, he giggled when it sucked the tissue up out of his hands. He really liked the lion, especially the nose. I can't wait to take our next trip too the zoo, the butterfly pavillion should be open by then, as well as maybe the penguins. Maybe we'll get to the Omaha zoo this year too.

Planting

 I'm getting ready to start planting some of my garden this week, I can't wait to get everything in! But I can only do onions so far, the rest will have to wait for a bit.  I have a great helper by my side who sure loves to dig in the dirt, so it should be fun.

Our garden is going to be a lot like last year, but hopefully our peppers will make it this time. We are going to plant onions, green peppers, jalepeno's, tomatoes, carrots and cucumbers. I also have some strawberries, chives and cilantro growing in some pots. So this years garden should be great!

This year I am going to try my best and stay on top of pulling weeds and grass, last year I just kind of gave up, because it was so overwhelming and it seemed like everyday there was new grass and clover popping up everywhere. But not this year, Caden is older and he can walk everywhere so I will actually be able to be outside longer and have a helper, well at least someone to keep me company. : ) 

Ah... the love of spaghetti!

Here is proof of the love that Caden has for his spaghetti!

Oh yes, we ate this at lunch time and he had an orange face the rest of the day. His hands were also stained. But hey, it was delicious!! Oh my little pasta boy!