The boys worked on memorizing this for Michael for Father's Day! He was pleasantly surprised!! It is AMAZING what little ones can memorize and how quickly when it is put to music..and what better than the WORD OF GOD! The boys learned this in about 3 days! (pause the music on the right)
Here is Caden's video:
This blesses me and I pray it blesses you!
I have SO many blog ideas going through my mind, like our time with Mike's sister Maria (in March), Easter, Earth Day, etc. Well, instead of playing catch-up and trying to blog in chronological order, I am starting FRESH hoping that I can just add in those other posts as time permits.
Anyway, what I really want to write about today is my sweet, precious Caden. He is such a big boy these days (not with potty-training yet) and just a joy to be around. He loves, loves, loves his big brothers and always wants me to "hold you" (for me to hold him) especially after nap times and bath times.
Well, on Saturday, I was wrapped up in a blanket sitting on the couch because I was very feverish.
Little man walked up to me and said, "Mommy, I want to go outside and play with my friends."
A little confused because it's not like I just let my 2-year-old (or actually any of my kids) go wander the streets with the neighborhood kids, I said, "What friends?"
In the sweetest voice ever he replied, "Nate and Kyle and Ian."
Oh my goodness!!! How sweet is that!! They were all outside helping Mike wash the cars in the 50 mph wind!!
My "brainwashing" is WORKING!! I tell my boys often that they are BEST FRIENDS!! Well, I think my 2-year-old gets it!!
Oh, and I am totally aware that he needs a haircut! That's in NEXT month's budget!!
I love Christmas. Seriously. I know I wrote that on my last post, but I really do!
Along with Christmas trees, I also LOVE Christmas lights!! I get so excited driving around each year looking at the lights! I can't wait to go to Rhema this year. Last year we went Christmas night, which is probably what we will do this year! It was still awesome, even after the ice storm.
Well, I think that my love of lights has passed down to Caden. I haven't written anything, I don't think, about how much that kid is talking, but it's AMAZING!! He has a huge vocabulary and talks and talks. He doesn't need prompting; he can just carry on real conversations with me.
Anyway, he was cracking me up on our way to church tonight. At every house we saw with Christmas lights, (which is like everyone of them, except for ours), he would say clear as day, "WOW!! That's nice!" It took me a second to even realize it was him and not one of the other boys because it was SO CLEAR. He is just so dang cute!!
On Thanksgiving night, we drove through Bartlesville's Fantasyland of Lights after spending the day at my Grandma's. It was awesome!! Here's just a couple of pictures!
John 8:12All day Caden has been walking around singing "Happy B-day" to himself!! SUCH a cutie! Of course, I had to record it and share it with you all! (Please pardon the outfit! My sweet friend Lisette made some yummy cupcakes for us all this morning, and most of Caden's ended up on his jeans! He sure did love it, though!)
Seriously...he is such a rock star! He can even dance :)
Then, while I was trying to download the video, Caden kept right on singing! So, here is another rendition of "Happy B-day," complete with what appears to be a BOW at the end! Sweet...
Caden is 2-years-old today...I can't believe how fast time flies! He is a reminder to me of God's faithfulness! I sure sure love this kid!
We had cake and ice cream for Caden on Tuesday night, since my parents could be here. I had EVERY intention to make Caden a "puh-ball" (football) cake. However, when it was 3pm that afternoon and we were at the mall in Tulsa and I hadn't made the cake yet, my mom gently said to me, "Margo, you can't do it all; let me just go pick him up a cake." So, that was what happened and why we ended up with this bright yellow cake! I don't think Caden missed the football cake at all :)
Nate's fall soccer league started today and I am happy to report that he scored 2 of his team's 4 goals!! Go, Nate, go! Although, I am unhappy to report that I didn't get to watch the game very closely because of two very unhappy, making-my-life-miserable children...my usually sweet Caden was whining and crying pretty much the whole time while Ian was just being his usual impossible-to-please-and-very-miserable 3-year-old self. Urgghhh! Needless to say, besides forgetting water for my awesome soccer stud to drink, I also forgot my camera. I, however, probably would not have had any good pictures because of all the crying and whining. So, maybe next week, I will have some pictures to post! Maybe, I'll get a baby-sitter!
A few weeks ago, we went to a McDonald's in Broken Arrow with my parents and grandmother. It has a HUGE play area which the boys loved. When we left, the is the conversation I had with Nate:
Nate: Mom, I made a new friend.
me: What was his name? (We have been working on him trying to introduce himself and remember names.)
Nate: I don't know. I just called him dude.
me: Really
Nate: Yeah, I asked him if I could call him dude and he said okay.
me: laughing and smiling and thinking...what a character!
(I wrote this down immediately in the van and put the paper in my purse, so it is word for word!)
Yesterday, Nate was talking to Ian in the back of the van. I'm not sure what they were talking about, but Nate said something VERY MORBID. He told Ian, "We are going to die in a car accident in 15 years." In a freaking-out kind of voice, I said, "WHAT???? What in the world are you talking about? What makes you think that??" Then, Nate just said something about us dying when we are really old instead. Wow! That just kind of gave me the creeps. Where in the world does he come up with things like that??
On a much lighter note, during breakfast this morning we were listening to Spirit 102.3. This is a local Christian radio station that we listen to all the time when we're home and in the car. They have a little jingle and they sing "Spirit 102.3" and hold out "THREEEEEE." We hear this a zillion times a day. Well, this morning, my sweet Caden, sings, "threeeee" right on time and right on pitch. Oh, what a sweetie! He is just growing right up!!
Also, this morning Nate said, "Mom, come here." I came into the kitchen and he was wobbling a part of the table. He said, "This baby has a loose tooth!" It just cracked me up!!
Today I went to see my dear friend Alyson and her precious newborn baby girl Alayna at the hospital. What a treat it was!! I just love little babies...their tiny hands and feet...so sweet! Lately, the boys have really been asking me for a little sister. Almost every day one of them talks about it. I must confess, that even though my life is SO CRAZY with my four little guys and I often seriously feel insane and overwhelmed, I still would love to have another baby. Yes, that would mean I would have 5 children, 5 CHILDREN. That is craziness!! Maybe it's just because Caden is really not a baby anymore. He is almost 21 months old, which is the same as the gap between Caden and Ian. So, this is the first time that I haven't already had another baby when the next older one is 21 months old...did that make sense?? Mike and I talked about it last night. He asked me if I have been praying about it...I said, no, actually I haven't been. Well, duh! That is exactly what I need to be doing!! Oh, and we would have to adopt which is very near and dear to our hearts since Mike's little sister Marissa is adopted. Oh, the craziness! Here are pictures of each of the boys the day they were born.
Kyle
Ian
Caden
Hmmm....what do you think? Am I crazy? Will I ever have a "we are done for sure" feeling?? For those of you who definitely aren't having any more, did you have that feeling??
I just thought I would share a couple of recent pictures of me with Caden. I just love this kid to pieces!
Here we are at my grandmother's 80th b-day party that Mike and I hosted. It was a busy day, hence the curly hair look! I thought my friend Connie who does my hair would die the first time she saw me wear my hair this way, but she actually thought it looked good. That, of course, gave me the go ahead to be lazy more often and wear it this way.
I have the weirdest expression ever on my face in this next picture; I was trying to get Caden to look at the camera and smile! I just like the picture because it's a good picture of my haircut when it's fixed. Also, it shows how well Caden's hair is recovering from the "injury."
Mike had today off from work, so I went to the YMCA this morning without the kids. When I left the house, the kids were still in their pajamas. Much to my delight and surprise, when I returned home a little over an hour later, the boys were dressed! They had even been outside playing soccer because it hit 80+ degrees today. I think that because of my excitement of them being dressed, I didn't actually pay attention to what Caden was wearing. After about an hour or so, I realized that he was wearing a short-sleeve shirt that used-to-be long-sleeve. Mike couldn't find a short-sleeve shirt for him, so he just cut the sleeves off a long-sleeve one. I just chuckled and took a picture!
Before (A couple of weeks ago, he was sitting in the school room at one of the small desks "reading" a book!)
After (Today, he was eating Cheddar bunnies...It's pretty obvious the head injury didn't hurt him as much as it hurt me...sniff, sniff)
I finally changed my playlist, but I must confess that I didn't actually listen to all of these songs. So, they may not be super-cool, which is what I am going for, of course!!!
We are all doing good! I really am not very good at this whole blogging thing anymore! Our last month has been filled with some excitement, including 2 head injuries in the same week! First, Kyle needed stitches on his forehead from hitting his head on the corner of the piano bench. Then, just 4 days later, Ian fell in my bedroom somehow (he was by himself, so I'm not sure how it happened) and split his head open in the back. He needed staples. The kids' pediatrician, who we love and are helping to ensure that he stays open (haha), said that he could see his SKULL after he cleaned it out! Let's just say that next time, Mike is taking a child with a head injury to the doctor, not this mommy. Here is a picture of Ian's head!
Then on Sunday, Caden also had a horrible thing happen to his precious head. His daddy, while I wasn't home, cut his hair...a number 4 buzz cut. I seriously, seriously cried off and on for the rest of the day and wouldn't talk to Mike or Caden for quite a while (not that it was Caden's fault, I was just upset). All his beautiful blond hair is basically gone. I know, I know, it will grow back and everyone just keeps saying he looks so grown up and like such a big boy...but I don't want him to look all grown up! He's only 17 months old...he's my baby...sniff, sniff. I'll try to take a picture soon.
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