Happy Thanksgiving!

Jeremy, Evelyn and Vivienne came up for Thanksgiving this year and are staying with us for the extended weekend.  Kade and I spent our days off getting ready for them.  Unfortunately Kade-O caught a little stomach bug and it sidelined him for about a day and a half.  He's back to his crazy self now and him and Vivienne are tearing up the place, having a great time together.

There's a new house going up next door and Kade loves to watch the construction.  This picture was taken when he was sick.  He wanted to watch so badly but he was having a hard time standing for very long.  Poor guy :-(

The next day he felt much better and was back to being "a worker man".

They made their annual Thanksgiving headwear at daycare.  This year they were pilgrims!

This picture is kinda blurry but so cute because Vivi wanted to be just like her big cousin.

Just a cute video of the Kade Man saying his bedtime prayers for this week's post.  Amazingly, and surprisingly, I didn't take any pictures of him this past week!  I know I'll more than make up for that next week with Thanksgiving coming.

Enjoy...

Open gym started last Sunday and we made the mistake of telling Kade about it the Wedesday before.  He immediately ran to his room and laid out shorts, his Timberwolves Kevin Love jersey, socks, his basketball shoes and a basketball.  He even laid out a special pair of underwear, only to be worn at open gym!  Then, for the next 4 days he asked, on average, 100 times a day how many "rest times" he had left til he could go to open gym.

Once we were there he stayed on the side and watched Erik and the rest of the guys play a few games.  It was so cute, there was another little guy there and together they ran up and down the court just like the players.  I think Kade ran the full length of the court more times than Erik!  He's getting pretty decent at dribbling and can even do it on the run a little bit!  He also insists on using a full size basketball, just like the "real" players.  So he shoots the big ball at the hoop and, surprisingly, he's pretty close to getting it in!  I think he might've even hit the bottom of the net once or twice!

Last year I had to go along to make sure he didn't run onto the court.  This year I got to sit back and watch him play, rebound his shots and take a few shots myself.  I didn't play in any of the games (that would just be embarrassing for everyone) so now Kade thinks girls don't play basketball.  Looks like I might have to dust off the 'ol Reebok Pumps and show those boys how it's done!  Or maybe I'll just take him to a girl's basketball game this year instead.

I didn't take any pictures of him at basketball but I did get a couple of him rocking out while watching the Country Music Awards.  Here he is being a rock star on his stage:

And, finally, is this kid only 3!?!?!  He looks so big in this picture!

Last year for Halloween we went trick-or-treating to exactly 1 house, this year we multiplied that by 5!  Yep, we went to 5 houses :-)  I think the boys were more excited to ride in the back of Michael's minivan, out of their car seats, than they were about the free candy.  Normally I'm all about walking house-to-house, however it was windy and cold and I'm pretty sure with two 3 year olds and a 1 year old we wouldn't have beat last year's record!

Here's my little cowboy in the morning before going to his daycare party.

By the end of the day the cowboy hat was off and a winter coat was on.  Gotta love trick-or-treating in Minnesota!

I love this picture of Taylor, even though all you can see is his big dog head :-)

Our first stop.  Of course Kade was super shy!  I pretty much had to push him up to the door and hold his bag out for him.  By our last stop he had the hang of it!

I swear they did have fun!  I don't think I got one picture of the 3 of them actually smiling!

Last Saturday was our annual leaf raking day at my parent's house.  Growing up I hated that day.  Kade, on the other hand, is in pure bliss the entire day.  I've said this many times before but I just can't say enough how much this kid LOVES to work!!  I surprised him with new "work gloves" because he wore a hole in his old ones.  He's only 3 years old and he already has "old", worn out work gloves!

He had a sleepover the night before.  Poor Grandma and Grandpa had to start raking sooner than they had planned because Kade wanted to get going ASAP!

Safety first!!!