Number/Letter Practice

Here are the numbers/letters that Caydin knows just by looking at the computer keyboard.  He had to say the number/letter before he could push the button on the keyboard. :) He wanted to push a lot more but these are the ones that he says consistently! :)  He said Q once but the next time he saw it, he said O.  :)

111111111111111111111111111111
3333333333333333333333333333333333333333
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Wordless Wednesday - Totally into showing the camera his "things"

Pool Party at Grandma's!

After a fun morning at the Science Center, everyone headed home to nap!  Caydin didn't wait till home to take a nap, he started it in the car on the way home! We dropped him off with Grandpa and Uncle Josh, then headed to the grocery store for hamburger meat and buns!  Grandpa got a new grill and after setting it up in the living room, he got it started!

The kids had a great time in the pool! Ava is swimming like a mermaid! WOW! And it was Arwen's first time in the pool!  Fun times!

 Both soon-to-be big brothers had to test out the baby gear! This bumbo chair passed the big-brother test!

Playgroup attacks the Science Center

We were hoping to travel out of town for Labor Day weekend but beach condo's book up fast and it didn't work out. So instead, we spent Labor Day weekend doing cheap (but fun!) things around Orlando.  Saturday morning (September 3rd), we went to the Science Center!  Thanks to free passes for teachers and Andrea's discount card, everyone got in for free! We (I mean, the kids of course......) played and played!  Andrea and the kids went through an earthquake.  :)

 The boys drove a space shuttle!

 OOps, how'd this picture get in here?!?! The preggo ladies definitely did not find a couch and sit on it! NO WAY!!!

 After some play time, we headed to see the animals at the science center.  They had little alligators, big turtles, stingrays and fish, bees, and snakes of course!  Here is everyone checking out one of the snakes!

 After lunch and more play time, we headed up stairs to see the dinosaurs.  Now, you can laugh at me now.... because we had memberships to the science center from the time Caydin was 1 1/2 till he was 2 1/2 and I had NO CLUE that the science center had 4 floors! We've only ever been on the bottom 2 floors.  HA!

Next up, BBQ and pool time at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Daddy's Toy!

Caydin's daddy got a new toy - one that Caydin loves too!  Daddy got a new race car that goes pretty fast outside on the road.  Rob got the idea back when our street was re-paved and after researching and comparing different styles, then waiting weeks for it to arrive, he finally got one!  I love when they sit outside in their chairs and watch the race car, Rob in his beach chair and Caydin in his Lightning McQueen car that he got for his birthday.  Caydin will seriously sit forever to watch daddy's race car! I end up bringing them out cups of water (not that I'm complaining!)

 Lovey gets to watch somedays. :)  Caydin has really been attached to to his lovey lately.  I've been thinking about doing a post just about lovey. :)

 Rob showed Caydin how to use the remote control.  Caydin loved it!

 I was amazed at how big the race car is... not your typical toy race car.  It's actually pretty neat to watch!  I keep telling Rob that I want a pink race car so I can play with one too! HA!

Caydin learns the letter P

Caydin's class studied the letter P last week! 

At home, I found some "P" activities on a Homeschooling website to do.  After dinner one night, we sat at the table and worked on them. 

 I even sent them over to Grandma's so he could practice while he was there!

First, we sorted the puppy cards from smallest to biggest.  He did really good with this one and liked it too! Then we mixed them up and sorted from biggest to smallest.  (Going big to small was harder for Caydin than going small to big!)

 After that, we used cherrios to "feed" the puppy cards the right number of food.  Caydin liked this activity too and did a really good job.  He still wants to count "1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 20" most of the time so this was good practice for him.  When we make him slow down and count, he can count up to 10... but he doesn't do it very often.  I guess "1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 20" is easier! 

 Caydin's art project from Monday.  He got to use a glue stick and had to put the shapes in the right spot.  We don't use glue sticks at home very much.  I brought one home last week to work on a school project and Caydin had a blast just moving the glue stick around on a piece of paper.  He was very interested in why things were sticking to the paper after he put the glue on.  His teachers said that the kids did most of the work.  Caydin told me all about a story they read at class with a puppy and a ball.

 Then on Thursday, Caydin made this interesting little guy.  I had no clue what it was at first and neither did Caydin.  He couldn't remember!  It's a porcupine made out of clay, paint, and uncooked spaghetti pasta.  Interesting, huh? HA!  Caydin was most interested in telling me about the creature's eyes and nose. 

 Caydin worked on this Leapfrog paper at class too.  I put it on the frig and whenever we go in to get something out, I ask him the letter.  He still remembers! Woohoo!  His class must be working for him because "P" wasn't a letter he knew before starting class last week!  I also laugh at his great coloring skills... He is getting better at coloring the picture....

 And finally,  Caydin was given a newsletter and song sheet after his first class.  Leave it to KoBe to eat my kid's homework. LOL!  Maybe I should be more sympathic when my school kids say that the "dog ate their homework!"  His class does a calendar time so we've been practicing the days of the week and months of the year songs with him.  He knows a lot of the days of the week - but only in terms of garbage days! HA! He can tell you that the garbage truck comes on Tuesday and Friday and the recycling truck comes on Wednesday.  He also will tell you that the recycling truck comes on Friday at Grandma's house!  He doesn't know them in order yet :) We're working on that!

3 year Stats

Caydin's 3 year doctor's appointment.... only 5 weeks late!  (I guess thats what happens when you have 1.7 kids!  (Get it.... 7 months down, 3 to go!)

We headed to the doctor on Monday for his appointment.  His doctor looked at his chart and said, "Wow, I haven't seen you since his 2 year appointment!"  I don't think Caydin has ever gone for a "sick visit".  He's always been very healthy - thank goodness! 

Here are his stats:
29 and 1/4 pounds
38 and 1/4 inches!

Still tall and skinny!  I think he was around the 25th percentile for weight.  He has always been in the percentile so we aren't concerned.  He gained 3 pounds and 2 inches in the last year.

Caydin's doctor was very impressed that he is completely potty trained (even at night!)  Of course, we give him the good news and the last 2 days, he has had trouble with telling us when he has to go! He leaks some because he waits to the VERY LAST SECOND.  Urgh! Leaks enough to need an underwear change but not enough to call it a full-blown accident.  We are hoping this is a very fast phase that he is going through!

We talked alittle about the speech concerns I have noticed.  He's made huge progress with speech lately and is very understandable but the teacher in me still hears a lot of sounds that he is not saying or sounds that he is switching with another....  I figured that his speech wouldn't be severe enough to need a therapist but I felt better afterwards just going over it with the doctor.  :)

Our other concern has been bug bites lately.  The last few bites (doesn't matter if its an ant bite, mosquito bite, or bee sting) he has swelled up like crazy and it stays swollen for a few days.  I'm pretty sure he had his first bee sting this past month, not that it bothered him at all.  Hes a tough kid.  It just looked yucky on his leg for a week or so.  The doctor told us to do what we've already been doing so all is good there!

Caydin got one shot and will start his Kindergarten booster shots next year when he turns 4 (so he doesn't have to do all 4 shots when he turns 5!)

All-in-all, a good doctor's visit!

Whats a post without a picture?!?!?!