Day Out With Thomas 2008

Last weekend we took Kaden to NC-5 and 1/2 hour drive- to the Day Out with Thomas 2008. We left Friday after Kaden and I were done with preschool and spent the night there so we'd be ready for the day on Sat. Of course Kaden's all about staying in a hotel with a "hot pool" as he calls a hot tub. The weather wasn't great but Kaden didn't care. The NC Transportation Museum had a lot of trains to look at plus several things for the kids to do. Plus of course there was the train ride on the actual Thomas the Train.

Still Can't Decorate...

If you look back at a previous post from March of '07-I commented that I couldn't put "pretties" on my tables because of a certain someone always being on top of the tables playing. Well, the saying, "some things never change" holds true here.

More Soccer Pics

Trying Soccer Again

Kaden finally decided to play in his game!! It was so much better then his first game. He didn't cry. He didn't stand in the middle of the field and refuse to move. He actually ran around with the other kids. And most importantly, he looked like he was having fun!

Another Soccer Season

My thought was that I would have all these great pictures or maybe a video clip of Kaden playing his first soccer game here in Va Bch., but as you can see-nothing. I think that I was way too optimistic. He actually has a really great coach this time who knows what she's doing. He's been participating in practices. He has a friend, Alyssa, who is on his team. They only play 3-on-3 during the actual games so that everyone gets a chance to play and kick the ball. However, I guess the bad memories of last spring's soccer came back to him as his game started on Saturday and he froze. Literally. He didn't move. Bless her heart, the coach tried to get him to move and run with the other kids and gave him a chance to kick the ball, but nothing. He just stood in the middle of the field. So his time was up and he went and sat over with the rest of the team and cried for most of the rest of the game. He could have gone in again, but refused to. So much for starting fresh. Maybe soccer just isn't his thing.

Playtime with Ashlynn

Kaden loves to play with his friend Ashlynn. They love to destroy the playroom together.

Kaden's First Day of Preschool

Kaden started preschool this week (Wednesday), and of course I had to take pictures of him with his packpack (that's what he calls it.) He goes three days a week for 4 hours a day. I'm teaching at the same preschool so it works out nicely. I take him with me to work, drop him off at his class, I teach my class and then I pick him up. He seems to really like his teacher and his class so far. I'm still trying to adjust to teaching 3 year olds. It may take me awhile....

Ocean Breeze/Busch Gardens

We took Kaden to Ocean Breeze Waterpark and Busch Gardens last week. We thought that he'd be scared of the waterslides but of course he wanted to go down all of them, even the ones he was too little to go down. They had a pretty big one that small kids could go down with a life jacket on, but they had to go on their own rafts. We (dumb us) thought that meant that one of use could at least hold on to Kaden's raft and go down together. Oh no. The lifeguard threw Kaden on his raft and sent him down by himself. I was so freaked out that Kaden was going to be scarred for life. Little did I know we would be going up those tower of stairs at least 20 more times that day! Busch Gardens wasn't quite as much fun for Kaden. Too much walking and the loud roller coaster really freaked him out. At least we all got to spend the day together!

Grandma & Papaw's Visit

Grandma and Papaw Wells came down for a visit this summer. We went to the zoo, the Virginia Aquarium, Chuckie Cheese (couldn't miss that attraction : ), and the oceanfront. Kaden was so excited to see them and very sad to see them leave.

Ashlynn's B-day

Kaden helped Ashlynn celebrate her 3rd birthday at the Jumpin' Monkey.