Kaden enjoying the M&Ms store

Nap time

Kaden fell asleep on the train to New York City!

Tales from the dinner table

Tonight at dinner, we had a corn and tomato salad with the grape tomatoes from the garden.  I put a little bit of onion in this salad.  Mackinna (our good eater) takes a couple spoonfuls of the salad and says, "I like onion now Daddy, watch me eat the onion."  She puts it in her mouth then quickly spits it out again and says, "But I don't like that onion."

Kaden (who is not a good eater) had been pulling eggs out of the potato salad but wouldn't eat the rest because he "not like tatoes." Mark told him he had to eat some of his grilled cheese before he took more egg out of the salad.  Kaden said, "It would be good to put egg in the grilled cheese."  I disagreed, but that didn't bother him.  He asked Mark to help him pull apart his "smamich" and inserted the egg, and ate it up.

Dance Videos

I posted these to You Tube a while ago but never shared the links.  Sorry the HD ones don't really fit into the blog template...

This one is from Ballet/Jazz Combo observation week:


The next three are from the show Mackinna did at the end of her "Lets put on a show camp" at Drouin

Kaden's Hair

I came home from work the other day and Kaden's hair was kind of crunchy and sticking up in the front.  I asked him what was in his hair.  He replied, "Lemonade," but gave no further explanation.  So Daddy stepped in and told me he had spilled his cup of lemonade in the playroom, then bent down and licked it up off the floor.  In licking it from the puddle on the floor, he got it in his hair.  It worked like hair gel, you wouldn't believe the hold it had, though I guess it was a little sticky.

More Summer Photos

This batch includes Funtown, hanging at Auntie's, some dance class observation week, The Beach 2 Beacon kids race, gardening, bike riding and baby Tyler.

At Funtown

Riding the train @ Funtown

Hen w/ Katie Jo

Ballet/Tap combo observation week

How grown up is she?

Beach 2 Beacon Kids race

The boys wait for Hen

Here she comes

Little gardener, harvesting tomatoes

Back Cove trail

Resting on Back Cove trail

Back to riding

Hen & Tyler at the park

With Tyler at his 1st Sea Dogs game

Happy Birthday to Kaden

Kaden sings right along with us on his birthday. (He did the same thing at his party)

Kaden Turns 3

We got Kaden a big boy bike for his birthday, which he came down to when he woke up on his birthday morning.  That night was had take out Mac N Cheese (Kaden's request) and ice cream cake- which melted pretty quick since it was so hot.  Then we went for a little bike ride.

Kaden's 3rd Birthday Party

Again this year, we had Kaden's party at Fort Williams, one of our most favorite spots in the world.  The boy just wanted to play "football, baseball, basketball, soccer and tennis" so we declared it a sports party and the best gift folks could give him was actually playing with him.  He had a blast.

Family picture by Portland Head Light

We'll have to start doing this every year

Kaden and Tom

Testing out the new hoop

The birthday boy and his cakes

Ball cakes

Kaden and Dylan

Sports cookies!

Summer in Maine- July photos

I'm sorry I'm so far behind. We've had a busy summer as you can see below. Here are some photos from July for starters- including the 4th of July with the family in Bath, boat rides to Hermit Island and the kids' first road race of the season. Maine in the summer really can't be beat. We are so lucky!

Mackinna waiting for the 4th of July Parade in Bath

Kaden and Daddy at the parade

Mackinna and Jada at the 4th of July Parade

Kaden after falling down the hill and landing in the mud on the 4th of July
                                          

Cousins after swimming at the family cook out on the 4th of July
                                                  

The boys hiking down to the beach

Mackinna on the back side of Hermit Island- She's like a mountain climber

Mackinna and Mommy on Hermit Island

At Fort Williams

Mackinna not napping on the boat

On the boat

Hen swimming in her little pool

The kids first day of "summer" camp at Prides Corner Nursery School.  Mackinna, the pro, took good care of Kaden, including bringing him to the bathroom (entering the boys room)

Stretching before the race

Kaden (and Daddy) approaching the finish line

Mackinna near the finish line of the Yarmouth Clam Festival Kids Fun Run

Mackinna near the finish line of the Yarmouth Clam Festival Kids Fun Run

Crazy kids at the farmers' market

Shortly after this Kaden fell and skinned his knees.