Early Christmas

We are going to Oregon for Christmas in two days (and it's SNOWING there) so we decided to exchange gifts before we left.  Kai got home from school and has been asking me since he set foot in the car when we would be opening them.  Of course we had to wait for dad to come home.

Kai has been really funny, all he wanted for Christmas was a toy called "Beast Bash".  We'd go to Toys R Us and he'd say, "I really hope that Beast Bash in under the tree".  Drawings that came home from school consisted of the "BEAST BASH".  We didn't let him open it first because we were afraid he would be done with that.  I love this age (for both boys), they are really easy to please and so fun to watch.  We got Kaden a Diego Scooter, he rode it in to brush his teeth, parked it near his bed and kept saying, "I love you" (to the scooter, not us).  

Matt put a lot of work into my Christmas this year, he put together pictures from our wedding (yes it has been almost 14 years and we have no framed pictures).  This was before the digital age so he had to use photo shop, blow up pictures, run to have them printed off, etc.  Very thoughtful! He also put together a frame with pictures of Kaden (we have one of Kai that Matt put together one Mother's Day but had none up of Kaden).

"Pig pen"

My sister in law, Abigail, came over for the day yesterday and brought the little girl she babysits with her.  As you can see Kaden had a very good time in our 75 degree December weather.

Christmas party

We had our ward Christmas party Friday night.  It was an enjoyable evening.  We had dinner, there were musical numbers and crafts for the kids.  I thought it was cute, Kai was really hungry and kept asking, "when can we order?".  He sang with a small group of primary children, "Picture a Christmas".  Kaden loved the crafts.  He kept snatching the little red pom poms off the girls craft next to him.

Too funny not to share

Kaden and I have walked Kai into school and waited with him since the first day.  The other little kindergarten boys have always obsessed about who got to sit by Kaden in the hall in the mornings.  This past week Kaden has decided however, he likes to sit between the two girls dressed in pink.  Today he gets his book, plops down between the girls and says, "I went poop today".  Can you tell what the focus has been with him in our household?  :) Guess we need to work on his pick up lines!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Kai's class put on a Thanksgiving program for the parents today.  It was so cute.  They sang, danced and made us pumpkin pie.  I was really glad I was able to be there, not all parents were able to make it.

A pirate among us

Kai has a pirate themed math night tonight at school and the school sent a note home saying the kids should dress as pirates when they came to school today.  Like they couldn't have told us BEFORE all the Halloween stuff was gone.  Being the diligent mother I am (or out of pure neurosis) I tracked a pirate costume down (the last one at party city).  I think he looks really cute.  Never mind it's like 30 degrees outside.  He has several layers on (it's like being out west).

Kai's birthday

We gave Kai the option this year of having a "birthday party" or taking a friend to Ollie Koala's (similar to Chuck E Cheese but a little nicer).  He chose Hunter and his sister Suzie to come and have a sleepover.  It worked out great.  We went on Kai's b.day which was a Monday (so it was not crowded) and the next day was Veteran's Day so they had no school.