Valentine's Day

Caden's Valentine's celebration began last Friday at play group where he made a lady bug, Valentine card, and painted hearts on a necklace with his hands.

Then on Valentine's Day, he opened gifts from Pappy, GG, Mammy, and Aunt Erin. He had a very M&M Valentine day, getting M&M's from all of the above, including us.

Tearing off a tiny piece of paper and...

running around the coffee table to the other side to make a small pile.
(needless to say, it took some time to open Valentine gifts)Opening a book from Pappy and GG (Itsy Bitsy Spider was from Mammy)

Opening his Valenine bear from Aunt Erin named either "Happy" or "Red" depending on the day.

"Jingle Bells"

This is a favorite of Caden's, and we sang it all throughout the holiday season (and apparently we're going to keep singing it). He's "following along" with a book that Mammy had gotten him last year.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is Jason's 31st Birthday. Daddy is more of a fan of brownies than cake, so Caden and I surprised Daddy with birthday brownies. Caden asked for both cake and brownies, but seemed to settle for brownies. After saying "Happy New Year", and "Happy Cake" to Daddy, he finally got out "Happy Birthday Daddy!"

I just love the excited look on this face!
(this is the first time he's helped me make anything)

I tried to get the fact that it was snowing out in this picture, but it didn't quite work.

Posing next to the baking brownies.
(gotta love the smile and I know I did as a kid too)

Ripping up paper is a new favorite thing to do.

"The Smile" with Daddy.
Happy Birthday, Jason/Daddy!

Baby Rules

Caden will every once in a while go through the list of things he can't touch, so I asked him if he was going to tell the baby the rules. Now he calls them "Baby Rules" and says, "No touch computer, no touch TV, no touch heater, no touch place (fireplace), etc." What a good big brother already!

Kitchen in a Kitchen

The other day Jason and I were just talking in the living room when out of the corner of our eyes, we saw something sliding across the floor. For some reason Caden felt like pushing his kitchen into the kitchen. We asked why, and he said, "exercise."

Snow Day

We finally got snow yesterday! Caden has been asking for snow to make a snowman for while now. So, on Tues. we were talking about it and I said we'll cross our fingers. When Jason got home from work, he asked Caden if we were going to get any, and Caden said, "fingers crossed." Here are a few pictures of our fun yesterday.

Posing with a very old snow tube (mine when I was a kid) and new boots (thanks Nana and Papa). Not sure why the eyes are closed.

Posing for a picture quick before they went down our yard for yet another run.

Jason barely fit in the tube.

Quick smile before heading down.

I know Caden asked for a snowman, but all I had energy for was a short, chubby bunny. I worked on that while they took their many trips down the hill.

Posing next to the snow bunny.

We figured out what our hilly backyard is good for:
(Please excuse the "whoas" coming from me. They went down faster than I thought they could. Caden didn't get scared at all. He had a great time, though he shouts out "careful" at one point.)

"BIG book"

Caden has been pulling out our wedding album nicknamed "BIG book" lately. So we'll sit and go through it about 3 times before he gets tired of looking. I think I've looked through it more in the last few day than I have since we've been married. Anyhow, he points to just about every picture and says, "favorite." He's been saying "coot" for cute and "soft" a lot lately too for different things. He wanted to "see" the baby the other day, and when I showed him my belly, he pointed to my belly button and said "coot...soft." He just makes me smile.