Knee High Naturalists Day

Carey & I took the kiddos to a kids thing in the metro park. They had a blast!







Omg. I bumped a button on my camera, which turned my picture taking into B&W!  Well I do NOT know where that button is.  We had basically just got there so I HAD to fix it.  Whew! I was able to figure it out.  There should be a lock mode while the camera is on.



The Land of Balls.  He found those from a mile away.  I didn't even see them so when we asked to play with them, I said there wasn't any.  Then I looked over and oh, man.  Caden & the two little boys on the bottom right were working together putting stuff in that pink pail.  cute.







They had little critter costumes to put on for the day.  That was cool.



He actually wore his bug antennae for awhile




Ball Heaven.



Ok, bye!  See ya later!
















Having a blast in the sand!







"Great job girls!"  Molly's getting her row on, while Riley gets her pose on.  Caden.  Well, he is just enjoying the ride.




Riley let him practice pushing a stroller, so he can help his Mommy & Daddy when the new baby comes.

Playing in the Driveway

After scraping open his knee a bunch of times and going through 4 band-aids in less than 30 min, I decided it's lockdown wagon time.



Haha! He didn't seem to mind.  We even took a "safari" tour around the Bell Side house.




I like how he is watching where he's going while he backs up.



Chalk & balls! Set to go!








Love this picture :)



Since he was on Lockdown Wagon, I put some of his toys in with him to play with. hehe

Independence Village Kids' Fest

We took Caden to visit his great-grandparents on Kids' Day.




Swifty made him a sword, but he just wanted a "ball"  so he made him a balloon ball as well.  :)

@ marti's pool

enjoying from a far at first.



it's too hot! get in the pool!



splashing with molly & riley

Splash Zone

Everyday has hit 90º here, so we have been doing a lot of water stuff and summer has just begun!  :)  Jimmy & I finally had a day to spend together, so we took Caden to Crocker Park to play at the Splash Zone (named by me).  First he played with the dry-land stuff while we ate lunch.















He was a little hesitant at first but then he LOVED it!  He got to enjoy it for about 10 minutes and then they turned it off for the day.  Lame.
















We will be back another day!

Happy Birthday James & Julia

Caden and I went to James & Julia's birthday party.

He had fun playing and eating of course. Hehe.





That looks like a sticky kid.

Happy Father's Day!

That toy was mine.  I got it for my 1st birthday.  He LOVES it!  And knows where all of the shapes go.  Pretty cool. Next we will master my old Tupperware red ball with the yellow shapes.








Stud. Just like his Daddy.





I told Jimmy to wear a tie for laughs.

Let's go to the Beach!

Ok! It's after 9. I have to wake that little guy up!!!  The day is almost over!



Oh.  I'm sorry.  You don't want to get up?




It was super chilly.  We'll have to go on a warmer day!  But we were just going to stop by today anyway.  We knew we wouldn't be swimming or anything.






stud.

For His Daddy...

Taking this photo shoot alone was a challenge. This boy likes to move!  It was nice to see him sit still for a second here, so I could test my lighting.




Hey Caden! Hold this letter D for me.

Hey Mom! Hold this ball for me!

great follow-through son.





I couldn't stop laughing when I took these.  He cracks me up.