The Yorgus McGorgus Family

Kaidenisms

2011-02-11T18:24:00.000-08:00

Lili was starting to watch an episode of Backyardigans and Kaiden was upset because he wanted to watch his own show. So in response to it being on he stated, "Man, that show is so cute it's stupid!" I immediately starting cracking up and so he kept saying it.

My Life: Popeye

2010-08-08T11:00:00.000-07:00

My Life: Popeye: "My son, Kaiden, has been watching Popeye lately. Ever since he started he would bug me to buy him spinach. I told him he had already had f..."

Picture Post

2010-07-30T17:46:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple pictures I had on my computer to get me started. Tomorrow I need to download the more recent ones to my computer and then I will add more.

Here is Kaiden with his sister. For not wanting her, when he found out she was a she, he LOVES her with all his heart and is a GREAT big brother!

This is one of the picture I had taken when Lily was 6 months. It's one of my favorites because Kaiden is so genuinely happy to be having his pictures taken with his little sister. I know these days will not last forever so I'm glad it was captured in a picture.

Lily chillaxin outside wearing her shades. I could just eat her up she is so cute and such a good baby. She rarely ever cries, even if she doesn't get a good nap. (Complete opposite of Kaiden in that department. He would freak without enough sleep). She's so happy all the time that when she does cry I think something is really wrong. She just started walking with assistance and laughing out loud. She is into EVERYTHING as I think every 10 month old is.

Here we are together.

My weirdo boy. Kaiden is such a character. He acts weird to try and get attention. He loves when people are around because they tend to pay more attention to his antics than we do. He cracks us up all the time and he LOVES spending time with his Uncle Dave. Of course, since his Uncle Dave is on the same age level as he is.

Ok, so I'm gonna give it another go!

2010-07-30T17:07:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling as though I have been neglecting my blog (since I haven't posted since like 23 weeks pregnant and Lily is now 10 months old). I would really like to get this up and running again for all the family and friends that do not live around here and would like a peek into our lives. Consider this my written promise to try harder to update. Tomorrow, I will upload some pictures of the kids and some things we've been up to in the last year. It has been a crazy one!

23 weeks pregnant!

2009-05-29T19:40:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to share that I am 23 weeks pregnant and we are pretty sure it's a girl. The name will be:

Liliana Addison

I wish I had some ultrasound pics to show but I don't. Hopefully, I will get the scanner up and running soon!

Alone Time!

2009-05-26T11:19:00.001-07:00

Kaiden got mad a Jon's for something. He was in the kitchen and he just went out the bcak door and slammed it. Jon said, "Where are you going?" Kaiden didn't answer and just went to the edge of the yard and sat there for awhile! I guess he just needed some time to himself.

Easter

2009-05-26T11:01:00.000-07:00

After the egg hunt at Oma's and Pop's house.

Cousins!!!!

Cousin Sadie:

Too cool for school Caleb:

Egg hunt at our house:

Annual Community Egg Hunt

2009-05-26T10:51:00.000-07:00

Kaiden always goes to the community egg hunt. This year, he saw a bunch of his school friends there. Kaiden had quite the strategy. While all of the other kids walked past eggs to get to the center where the most eggs were, Kaiden walked around the edge where there was no one and ended up with a ton of eggs.

Kaiden being silly with his buddy from school.

Raaaaaar!

2009-05-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

Kaiden had a toy bin with a shark head on it. He wouldn't play in his playroom because he was scared of it. So, we detached the head from the body and suddenly the shark was not so scary anymore!

Toothless grin!

2009-05-26T09:59:00.000-07:00

Here is Kaiden's grin from when he lost his tooth!

Update

2009-05-10T07:57:00.000-07:00

Ok, for those that have been checking in here and seeing nothing, just know I will add soon. We found out I was pregnant in January and since then have been pretty sick between the nausea and the migraines. I've just started having more good days than bad so my hope is to update very soon. I want to get some of the ultrasound pics scanned so that I can post those, too.

So stayed tuned, there will be a lot of updates soon.

Oh, and yesterday, Kaiden decided to let me know that since I am pregnant, it looks like I have 3 boobs! LOL.

Roller Skating

2009-01-24T13:42:00.000-08:00

I just got back from taking Kaiden for his 1st time of roller skating. When we first got there he started to cry that he didn't want to do it. I managed to get his skates on and I walked around with him 1 or 2 times. After that, he said go to the side mom. This made me nervous because let's face it, he sucked at roller skating. But I did as I was instructed and he did great! Of course he fell a lot but he got right back up and kept going. He had a blast!

Kaiden's 1st lost tooth!

2009-01-13T15:41:00.001-08:00

Kaiden has had a loose tooth. On Saturday, Jon was brushing his teeth. Kaiden told him not to touch that tooth but he had to brush them. Well, when he did the tooth came right out at 4 yrs and 5 months old! Kaiden immediately got freaked out and started crying. We talked to him about it and how he will get another big boy tooth and he then decided it was ok. Plus, he got to put it under his pillow.
He was so excited the next day when he got his money. I asked him what he wanted to do with it and he said save it. Yay! He decided he wanted to save it! So we put it in his piggy (or should I say) turtle bank.
When I upload the pics I will add one. He looks so cute!

Christmas Celebrations

2009-01-11T12:23:00.000-08:00

I've been trying to post about Christmas for about a week now but couldn't get the pics to upload but now I have finally succeeded.
Every year we go many places to celebrate Christmas. The following are 4 of the bigger celebrations.

A Yorgey Christmas

2009-01-11T12:04:00.000-08:00

Every year all the Yorgey's get together to celebrate Christmas. Usually it is somwhere between Christmas and new years. This year it was on the 28th. The family is growing so much though, that we had to have the celebration at a nearby church. The grandchildren acted out the Christmas story for Nana and Grandpop who loved seeing them all in costume! Here are some of the pics.

The cast: The sheep:

Kaiden the King bring a present for Jesus:Kaiden with his Oma:

The sheep with their shepard:

Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus:

Angel Sadie:

Caleb:

Kaiden and his Christmas tree he created.....after this all he cared about was eating it......it did look yummy!

All of the kids creating their Christmas trees:

Baltimore Christmas

2009-01-11T11:51:00.000-08:00

We always try to make time to visit my family it Baltimore at least one day over our Christmas break. So, we headed down there the day after Christmas. Kaiden had a blast playing with his cousins and he even spent an extra day down there with his Nanny while we headed home.

Here is Kaiden with his Aunt Diane: Us playing Rock Band which we played most of the day!

More presents (next year I don't think we'll have to get him anything!)

Aunt Donna, Mom Mom, and my Mom:

Mel and Dave with Noah:

Get him Noah!!!!!!

Mikey not wanting me to take his picture:

My cousin vinny (no, not the movie, he really is my cousin!)

Aunt Donna with her grandson Noah:

Christmas afternoon

2009-01-11T11:43:00.001-08:00

My brother and his girlfriend Mel just got a house in October so we all decided to spend Christmas there, being their 1st year in their new house. Kaiden loves anything that has to do with his Uncle Dave so he was excited to go. Plus, more presents for him!
Here he is with his Pop Pop: The present we should've gotten him......it would've cost A LOT less!

His batcave from Mel Mel and Uncle Dave, one of his most favorite gift, Thanks guys!

More presents!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas morning

2009-01-11T11:33:00.001-08:00

So Christmas morning we were able to stay home and hang out for awhile. Kaiden, of course, was up at six asking to come downstairs. The night before he left out some Teddy Grahams trail mix(we didn't have any cookies) for Santa and was excited to see if Santa came and ate the snack and more importantly left him some presents. So after a little while we finally came downstairs with him. He was so excited. Santa made a mess with his snack (I guess he was in a hurry) and left Kaiden a little note. He even dropped some of the presents in the fireplace.
This Christmas was the best one yet for excitement from Kaiden and appreciation for most presents. He wasn't too thrilled to the The Goonies and Gremlins but little does he know that they are classics he will grow to love! He keeps calling last Christmas "the first Christmas" because it's the only one he remembers. It cracks me up every time. Well, here are a few shots of the morning.
Jon chillin with Mack: Kaiden getting Monster Jam for Wii where he can smash cars and race just like the real trucks!

More presents:

Kaiden when he first came down the steps:

Independence!

2008-12-21T19:19:00.000-08:00

Kaiden wanted to be a big boy and get himself some more salad. Jon was cleaning up dinner and I was in the other room. When Jon looked over this is what Kaiden's salad looked like. The orange thing is his bowl.

Gingerbread House

2008-12-21T19:09:00.000-08:00

We decided to make a gingerbread house this year. We just bought a kit where the gingerbread was already made. And let me just say it wasn't easy. This was my first house and also Kaiden's. When I asked Kaiden if he wanted to make a gingerbread house he said, "No." Then I showed him a picture from a store insert and he was all into then. He saw the candy and he was in. He tried eating it the whole time and still to this day needs to be watched when he is around the 2 week old icing and candy. Well, anyway, here is the final product.

Crayola Factory

2008-12-21T18:50:00.000-08:00

My friend Katie and I took our boys to the Crayola Factory on December 1st. It was more fun then I remembered it being when I was here years ago. Kaiden and Daegn had a blast! There were many things for them to do and create. I especially LOVE the Crayola Store. I has everything imaginable for Crayola. I could've walked around there(without Kaiden) for hours. This was canal museum that was included with the ticket. The boys loved making their boats go through the different areas and pick up coal.

Making a giant sandwich:

The balls went up a thing, then through a tunnel and then down this thing.

Kaiden liked drawing on the glass with markers.

Halloween

2008-12-21T18:45:00.000-08:00

I realized I never posted Halloween photos. Kaiden was a red Power Ranger. He said he wants to be this again next year. Even if he stuck with that idea we wouldn't even save money because he put a big rip in this costume. He really thought he was a Power Ranger.

Thanksgiving!

2008-12-21T18:27:00.000-08:00

I know, Thanksgiving is long over but I said I would update so if you're interested then this is for you.

We went to the Yorgey's first. That's where these pictures are taken. Then we went to my mom's, where I forgot to take pictures. Oh and he made that shirt at school and LOVED it so he just had to wear it on Thanksgiving.

Kaiden with his cousin, Leanda. Kaiden was helping to decorate the cake celebrating his great nana's 80th birthday.

His favorite soccer game that he LOVED playing with his Oma.

Slacker!

2008-12-12T06:30:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, I have been slacking on my blog. There are many things I have been meaning to put on here and I've just been so busy that I haven't had the time to upload the pics and such. I will make time in the next couple of days to do just that as my camera is probably running out of memory.

Stay Tuned!!!!

"Welcome to the Jungle"

2008-11-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

We had some errands ot run today and were on our way to Target. In the back of the car, out of nowhere, our son starts to sing "Welcome to the Jungle" He only knew that line, from where I don't know....I don't recall listening to Gun's N Roses anytime recently, but anyway, we decided he needed to know a few more lines. We taught him, "We got fun n games, We got eberything you want." Well, he thought that was great and just kept singing it over and over. So we're in Target and he kept singing it loud enough so that those close by could hear. Everyone just kept laughing at him which only made him sing more. Well, we were amused by it as well.

More 4 year old pics!

2008-10-30T14:37:00.000-07:00

Fake Laugh

2008-10-30T14:08:00.000-07:00

Kaiden's Uncle Dave is probably one of his most favorite people. Mostly because he is pretty much a big kid and makes Kaiden laugh constantly. One night Kaiden played throw the sock with his uncle for about an hour and had the best time. Well, recently, my brother and his girlfriend Mel, took Kaiden to dinner followed by a Halloween parade. Kaiden had the best time and came home with some of his uncle's weirdness. Dave taught him how to do the "fake laugh" and here he is doing just that and thinking it's hilarious, which it is, atleast to me and of course his Uncle Dave.

AHHHHHHHHHHH

2008-10-26T17:10:00.000-07:00

So, I've been trying to upload a post and some photos for quite some time! I've tried to upload the photos ATLEAST 6 times and every time I am getting an error. SOoooo I guess I'm just going to try again another day. I really did make an effort to update this thing. Well, hopefully I will have better luck tomorrow. GOOD NIGHT!

4 Year Old Pics

2008-10-26T12:57:00.001-07:00

I wanted to try and do Kaiden's 4 year old pics myself this year because I finally got my awesome camera. Well, here are a few of the best ones I got. I wanted to get there earlier so the sun wasn't right above us but we ran late so some are a little over exposed.

Some pics!

2008-10-26T12:33:00.001-07:00

Here are some pics from the 1st day of school that I never put up. He was SO excited!

Preschool Part II

2008-10-26T12:28:00.000-07:00

I thought, while my pics are downloading, I would update about Kaiden in preschool. Well, we put him into his daycare full time and he LOVES it. He wants to go there everyday. He even gets upset some Saturdays because he is not going to school. Which kills me but, I mean, I should be happt he's in a place he loves. He just is such a social child that him being around other kids more often is like living a dream for him.

We are also going to put him into Kindergarten next year and see how he does. I think he'll be fine because he loves to learn and loves being around other kids. I don't see any reason to hold him back a year if he can be successful.

OK, so I've been slacking!

2008-10-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

Ok, it's been a crazy, busy couple of weeks and I haven't been able to find time to sit down and blog some of the stuff we've been doing. I'm uploading pics now and trying to get reorganized. I promise to have some stuff up within the next couple days. So stay tuned, I have not forgotten!

Preschool

2008-09-13T17:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we have decided to put Kaiden into preschool full time in the event he would be ready for Kindergarten next year. We are struggling with whether or not to put him into Kindergarten next year because his birthday is so close to the deadline. His birthday is August 13th and the deadline is probably like September 1st. We don't wanna put him in before he's ready but we also don't want to wait a year if he would have been fine with starting at 5.

So in the event he may be ready next year we have put him into preschool fulltime. We asked him what he wanted to do and he actually wants to be going to school everyday instead of going to his Nannys. He is such a social kid that he just thrives on that time he can spend with other kids. It will be a change for him since he's used to going to Nannys 2 days a week and it will also be a big change for Nanny not to have him there but we are hoping this is the best thing for him.

I guess you never really know, though. You try to do everything right for your kids but every decision has the potential to be the wrong one. So in the end, we have, for the time being, decided on preschool fulltime and to take him to Kindergarten registration next year and see what those teachers think. I mean, I am a teacher but I'm NOT a Kindergarten teacher. If he's ready we'll start him when he's 5. If not, no biggie we'll start him when he's 6. I guess, really there's no for sure way of knowing whether he's ready or not. He's a bright kid, I think, but I'm also biased.

If anyone has any thoughts on the issue, comments would be greatly appreciated. Well, thanks for reading!

Flea Market

2008-09-07T12:23:00.000-07:00

So today was the semi-annual flea market at my alma mater, Muhlenberg. I got many things together for this glorious day of getting up at 5:30 to sell all my old crap that I don't want anymore. I brought Kaiden with me because Jon had to help out his dad but thankfully he came right after he was done to rescue Kaiden who was all over the place. He also decided that all of the toys of his I was selling were his new favorite toys. He did tell people to "take what you want". LOL

So anyway, we get there at 6:30 to set up which I thought was pretty good considering it wasn't SUPPOSED to start until 8:00. No sooner had we unloaded the things from the car people were looking through it before it was even set up! I guess that where the saying "the early bird catches the worm" comes from or at the very least that's what these people thought. Don't you think it would be better to see what we have if it was actually set up?

Well, once we got set up it went well for awhile but started to really get slow aroun 12 so we started doing whatever we could to get rid of things. There was still plenty left but I didn't want to bring that crap back to my house so I dropped it ALL off at Goodwill. I wanted a clean slate, to start over!

Now, I am beat and sleepy and ......

New School Year!

2008-08-28T18:04:00.000-07:00

So, we have 3 school days into the new school year (only 177 to go till summer) and it is going WAY better than last year. I feel so much less nervous and more confident in my skills as a teacher. Now that I have one year under my belt things just seem to be going smoother all around.

I'm not sure just how my class is going to be yet because they have all been so quiet. Just wait till they come out of their shells.....then I'll know just what kind of class I have. They seem like a nice group though...only one is standing out thus far as one who may challenge my every decision (gotta love those). Now matter what I say he tries to think of a way to get around it.

The last few weeks I've been dreading going back to school but now I feel like I'm back in the swing of things. I actually like going to work and the days go by so fast. Plus we had school 3 days this week and we already have a 4 day weekend. One of the big pros of being a teacher....lots of days off throughout the year to spend with my family!

More Boobies!

2008-08-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

Ok, today my mini boob man was laying on me and giving me a hug. I love when he cuddles up with me. Well, his head is on my chest and his hand is around me. Before I know it his hand slowly slides up and completely covers my boob. Which I just think, "Ok, he's doesn't realize where his hand is he is just giving me a hug." I couldn't be more wrong. And how do I know that wasn't was he was doing? He tells me! "Mommy, I am touching your boob!" What the heck! He's obsessed!

Boobies!!!

2008-08-23T17:07:00.000-07:00

I stopped getting dressed in front of Kaiden about a year ago when he became obsessed with my boobs. This occured after he asked to touch them one day. He did ask nicely. He said, "Mommy can I please touch your boobs?" To which I promptly replied, "No!" Atleast he asked first and didn't dive right in. Well, after he was denied access to the sisters, he then asked if he couold lay on them, which, normally wouldn't be a problem cause I love my cuddle time with him but the fact that he asked led me to believe he had another motive.

Well, the other day I was getting into the shower (our bathroom doesn't really have doors you can close). I thought my child was downstairs with his father. So I come out of the bedroom ready and headed for the shower. To my surprise, Kaiden was standing at the top of the stairs. Well when he saw my boobs in full light for the first time since he was way little, his face lit up like it was Christmas morning. I couldn't believe just how excited he got, I had to laugh! I quickly covered what I could but the damage was done. He screamed in delight as I ran away back into the bedroom. I guess my son is definitely a boob man and I definitely need to be more careful.

I normally like to include pictures in my blogs entries but I thought I would spare everyone the torture.....lol!

Kaiden's 4th Birthday Party

2008-08-10T19:29:00.001-07:00

Kaiden's birthday party was a success. Yesterday we gathered close friends and family for a fun day in the hot sun! To our surprise, it was one of the nicest days I think I've ever lived through in August! Kaiden had a blast. He was swimming, playing with his friends, and running all over the yard. He kept telling everyone that this was the best party ever! He was so excited and loved having everyone over. He especially loved all his monster truck gifts! We are so thankful to have had such a beautiful day and the people we love be able to spend the day with us. Here are a few pics from the festivities!

Here is the cake that I made. Kaiden thought it was the coolest. I thought it was pretty cool myself. I was quite proud.
Here he is trying his hardest to blow out those darn candles. There was a little spraying going on!
He loved opening his gifts. Although when it was clothes they were immediately passed on to me. I loved them though.
Another present opening picture with Jon peeking in the back.

Worst Day

2008-08-10T18:55:00.001-07:00

The Reading Fair was this week. On Thursday they were going to have a Monster Truck show. Kaiden loves Monster trucks so I thought with it being his birthday soon we would surprise him by taking him there. So it was all planned, Jon and I, Katie & Deagn, & Kaiden all went to the Reading Fair. Throughout the night there were a series of events that made it quite difficult to have a good time.

1. Got lost on the way there.....that's ok not a big deal....whatever.
2. Locked my keys in the trunk of the car......Katie had AAA so atleast we didn't have to pay but they were supposed to get there right when the show was supposed to start so one of us would have to miss out.
3. Monsoon....it was supposed to rain but we couldn't let it ruin our night but it really poured and thunder and lightning. We of course had to take cover under the lizard stand (where you can actually win one to take home)....as I look up the tent is made entirely of metal which is great when you are stuck in a monsoon.
4. We go to sit down for the show hoping they are still going to have it considering the amount of rain that we just had. Daegn had to go potty and when Kaite came back she was carrying a trash bag which I thought was odd. Then she was like "We gotta go, Deagn just threw up in the Port O' Potty." ewwwww...I won't even pee in those things let alone stick my head in to puke.
5. They make an announcement after we'd been sitting for about 20 minutes. They told us that they were going to try to get the big puddle taken care of and they would start the show.....in 30-45 minutes.....well, we were there already so of course we were going to stay....we were commited.
6. They start the show...we watched one truck....Kaiden was freaking out! He hated them and wanted to leave ASAP! They were too loud. I didn't realize just how loud they'd be. Oh well, you live and learn. He just got one some more rides.
7. On the way home, we got pulled over because JON was speeding. Luckily, they were looking for seatbelts. Click it or Ticket!!
8. Fast forward to 4 a.m. I know, you think the night was over once we got home but NO. Kaiden puked then. And then when he woke up at 7 he had the runs.

The one thing we got to do BEFORE the monsoon. The monsoon:
The rainbow after the monsoon:
Kaiden smiling BEFORE the monster trucks started.
So Kaiden informed me he likes monster trucks but just on T.V.

Dorney Park

2008-08-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

Well, another season at Dorney Park is coming to an end. For the past 2 summers, we have gotten season passes to a park around here called Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom. We mostly go to Wildwater due to the water aspect. Kaiden LOVES water and I think he would never go to the other rides if it were up to him. I enjoy the waterpark too! Whenever you get hot it's very easy to cool down.

Here is Kaiden showing off. (He knew I had the camera out!) There's those shades again!
Waterslide!!!!!

This turtle was his favorite part. He would, literally, spend hours there. Just jumping onto it's back and sliding down!

Zoo pics!

2008-08-05T15:48:00.000-07:00

Finally! I got the images to upload. Here is Kaiden and Daegn at the zoo. They really had a great time seeing all of the animals. Kaiden and I in front of the cool fountain.
Kaiden sitting on a fake snake!
One of the awesome animal pictures that I took with my new wonderful camera. I love it!!!!
Kaiden having a blast brushing away at the animals in the petting zoo.

Philly Zoo

2008-08-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

On Friday, I took a trip with my friend Katie to the Philadelphia Zoo. Having just purchased the camera that I have been wanting for over 2 years now I was ready to get some great shots. I was so excited to have finally gotten my camera. I couldn't wait to put it to use on our trip to the zoo.

Now, I am very upset because with this post I have tried to upload some pictures to go with it but it seems that for some reason those have decided NOT to load! AHHHHHH!!!!!!

Now I can't share with everyone the wonderful pictures that I took with my brand new camera and I'm getting sick of trying to load them so I will just have to try again tomorrow.

Anyway, we had a great time. Kaiden got to see his favorite animal, the giraffe. He also enjoyed brushing the sheep and goats. I tried to get him to ride the camel but he flat out refused. Oh well, maybe next time!

Wipeout!

2008-08-03T18:20:00.000-07:00

Here is a video of Kaiden from the beach getting wiped out with all smiles! I tried to upload with all the others but it did not want to cooperate.

Pics

2008-08-02T21:46:00.000-07:00

Here are the promised pics. One of my brother's friends is like a computer expert and fixed my computer. Yay!!!
Here is Kaiden in the ocean.....loving every second! He doesn't go anywhere without his sunglasses....he is very sensitive to the sun.
Yummy ice cream. By the end this ice cream was EVERYWHERE....on his clothes, on his toes, on his shirt, and on the ground.

Ocean City, MD

2008-07-29T15:52:00.000-07:00

Hey all! We've been plenty busy lately and I just haven't had time to update. Besides that all of my photos are on my laptop and for some reason the internet connection has decided to cease to work.
Anyway, July 12th we headed to Ocean City, MD for a few days. In prior years Kaiden has been petrified of the beach. He wouldn't even play in the sand. But this year was great! We walked down to the beach and with no coaxing at all he was down in the water and rolling around in the waves. I was completely surprised. He didn't waste any time. When the occasional BIG wave would come up and knock him all around he would get up and run back down ready for more. I was thrilled! In years previous we would go to the beach and end up leaving within the hour because it was just no fun when he wouldn't do anything. Now, he was upset when we left.
He also LOVED the boardwalk with it's numerous treats (that he doesn't normally get to have), and games and rides all of which he LOVES! Needless to say he wasn't much to happy when we had to leave a mere 4 days later! He has already been asking when we are to return to this wondrous of places. He also got to spend a lot of time with his cousins Mikey and Noah which he also enjoyed.
When I tried to take him for his yearly Old Time Photo that he has been getting since he was 11 months old, he outright refused to get the picture taken. I tried to explain that it was just like Halloween. He was even going to get to be a pirate. He very calmly explained that while he enjoyed this wonderful holiday with its candies and dressing up, he DID NOT want to dress up no. Oh well, I'm not paying all that money for a forced, crying photo, so I guess that tradition is atleast skipping one year.
I'll be sure to upload some pics as soon as my computer and internet decide to work together as a team!

Mario Kart!!!!

2008-07-09T05:59:00.000-07:00

When we got Mario Kart we were pretty excited. We've had the other versions from the original Nintendo to Super Nintendo to N64 to Gamecube. So it was no surprise that when it came out on the Wii we (ha ha, I said wee wee!) had to get it. At first Jon and I just played it and Kaiden would get really excited and beg us to play....A LOT!
Then one day, Jon had an idea! Kaiden was so good at driving his gator in the yard, why not let him try Mario Kart. So he did....and that was the last day we have NOT heard the words Mario Kart come out of our son's mouth. He asks to play pretty much every day and at first would freak out if we said no.
He's actually pretty good....he makes 2 laps for every 3 we do and sometimes even gets to the final lap. He actually finished a race and beat someone once when we played online. He gets so excited when he gets to use the special things that are associated with the game especially the bullet.
Here is a pic of him playing Mario Kart with Daddy:

Mini Golf

2008-07-07T12:53:00.001-07:00

We took Kaiden mini golfing for the 1st time last night. He wasn't sure what we were talking about when we told him what we were going to do but it didn't take long for him to start putting on his own. Every hole the ball atleast stayed on the green which, I think, is quite an accomplishment for a 3 year old! And according to him, he won. I guess he goes by whoever gets the highest score!

Fireworks!!!

2008-07-07T12:45:00.001-07:00

Kaiden had his 1st up close and personal fireworks experience. Our neighbor had purchased some very nice, very loud, and very illegal fireworks to set off for the 4th. We were excited because Kaiden had never really even seen fireworks, i mean beside sparklers! And we thought we don't even have to go anywhere!
The fireworks started and Kaiden immediately wanted to go in. I, personally, LOVE fireworks and wanted to see them. We had some friends over and Melissa suggested holding on to his ears. (Why didn't I think of that?) Well, I did and he calmed down and started laughing and smiling. At times, I would take my hands off to clap and Kaiden would clap the fastest I've ever seen anyone clap and then put my hands back on his ears.
He did end up loving them though! You do what you gotta do!

Soccer Class

2008-07-02T09:36:00.000-07:00

So Kaiden has been waking up everyday for the last month asking to go to a soccer class. I wasn't sure what exactly was offered for his age so I told him I would look into it. When he would ask I would say, "Let's go out in the yard and play soccer!" Well, silly me, that wasn't good enough. He simply responded, "NO, Mommy soccer CLASS!"
Well, a friend of mine takes her son to the rec center. They have a class there for 3-5 year olds. So I signed him up and last night was his first class. Needless to say he had an absolutely wonderful time. It's was the first class of the season so only 3 kids showed up (apparently there are usually 20-30)
Me being the controlling mom was upset cause they couldn't really play and Kaiden was getting left out due to the fact he was the youngest. So Jon went out to play with him and he was informed that he needed to go back to the bench cause Kaiden wanted to do it "All himself." He dribbled down the field and kicked into the goal about a 100 times and would've have gone longer except for the class was only an hour.
Well, Kaiden had a great time and he wouldn't have cared if they ignored him the whole time, which they didn't. When it was time to
go he was very upset and asking to come back another day. I guess we will be going every week! I'll be sure to take some pics next time and post!

Dancin, dancin, dancin!

2008-06-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

Kaiden has decided that he really loves dancing. He plays his music and dances all over the living room. If you ask him to show off his moves will really bust out the good ones. He has a one foot spin, a on the ground break dance look alike, and some really strange hand action. When we were in Florida we were staying with Aunt Ruthann in the villages. In the town square they would have dancing. Kaiden would get up there and wouldn't be shy about showing off all of his wonderful moves. And if you laugh, he says, "What's so funny?" because he wants to know so he can be sure to do that move again.

Florida Vacation

2008-06-30T11:14:00.000-07:00

Kaiden getting soaked @ Sea World April, Jon, Kaiden, and myself at Sea World
Aunt Ruthan, me, Kaiden, and Jon @ Magic Kingdom
Buzz Lightyear Ride!!!!
Kaiden at the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse

We just got back from visiting Aunt Ruthann in Florida. While there we went to the Magic Kingdom for a day and to Sea World(courtesy of April). Kaiden had a fatastic time. When asked about his favorite part it was definitely Disney. He LOVED the Buzz Lightyear ride the best because you got your own little laser to "shoot the bad guys not the good guys."

While at Sea World we sat at the very back of the "Splash Zone" thinking this is WAY too far away to actually get splashed. Well, it's a splash zone for a reason because Shamu flapped his tail and a huge splah jumped right over everyone in the 20 rows ahead of us and right onto our laps. Well, Kaiden was not pleased because he seemed to get the brunt of it. He was soaked from head to toe.

Well, we had a great time too. Vacations have changed since having Kaiden but, I think, for the better. It's so much fun to see him experiencing things for the first time. Somewhere during our vacation Kaiden decided he was not going to leave Florida. I guess that says a lot about how much he truly enjoyed himself.

Welcome!

2008-06-30T10:40:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our blog....I thought I would try doing this since most of my family lives elsewhere. A friend of mine started and it seemed like an easy way to keep everyone informed on how we are doing....and mostly how Kaiden is doing. (which is all most people want to know anyway) And also my dad can get off my case about sending pictures to all the family spread out over the country.