June 2, 2014
Kaden's 5th Grade Graduation:
He's planning on attending BYU some day to become an artist.
Receiving his 5th Grade diploma from his teacher.
Kaden and his teacher, Mr. Marsh.
Kaden and his friend Arthur.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Head Wound
May 21, 2014
The day after Kaden's birthday, I received a phone call home from the school nurse. They told me Kaden had been hit in the head during recess and would need a new shirt.
I rushed down to the school and Kaden was in good spirits.
---Apparently, a swing had gotten stuck up over the bar and another kid had decided it might be a good idea to try and knock it down with a plastic hockey stick. He threw the stick at the swing and when it hit, the part that hits the puck, broke off and flew right into Kaden's head. Kaden says that he didn't even realize he had been hit at first, but he heard a boom and ringing in his ears. And then he saw the blood! He said that he was "worried he'd have to go to the hospital with all that blood loss".
They showed me the piece of hockey stick that hit him, it was a thick yellow boomerang shape, that looked kind of like a banana. We joked that Kaden got hit in the head with a giant banana. Kaden laughed. ---I decided to run him down to the doctor's office, since our doctor also doubles as an urgent care, just to be safe. He did not need stitches, but they did cut the hair around the wound, cleaned it with iodine and glued it closed. Kaden said the "worst part was the iodine. It stung." And he needed one last shot before starting the 6th grade, so while we were there the pour guy had to get a shot. He said it didn't hurt as bad as he thought it would.
*As of today, June 7th, the wound is almost completely healed and he just has a little bald spot left.
Celebrating 11 Years!
May 20, 2014
Kaden started off his birthday morning playing the new pocket edition Minecraft and then taking a tour of the new middle school, he'll be attending next year.
The school has 2 gyms: The "Wood Gym" appropriately named because of the wood floor...
...and the "Rubber Gym" because of the rubber floor.
The Gym Locker Room:
One thing that Kaden is not looking forward to is dressing down for P.E. He'll have to wear a uniform shirt and shorts. He'll go to P.E. every other day. And he'll have a combination lock code that's special to his P.E. Locker.
The Sixth Grade Hallway. Most of his classes will be held down this hall.
The Library.
His facial expression pretty much sums up his excitement for middle school. Besides the dressing down in P.E., he has expressed concern about an increased homework load and he's worried about managing work from multiple teachers.
The Commons.
Learning how to use a combination lock.
Kaden will have to remember his main locker combo, as well as the gym lock.
Just outside the school we saw a deer.
Kaden was excited to take a picture of it.
After school, he opened his package from Mama and Dane!
Thanks Mama and Dane for the clothes, shoes, game and gum!
(He ate an entire pack of gum in one evening.)
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Snover for the money and cow bank!
For his birthday dinner Kaden requested french toast and brownies as his birthday dessert!
Kaden with his brothers and his friend Nate.
After dinner, Kaden wanted to go to the school talent show.
Thanks to Gammey and Papa for his new scout shirt and handbook. He's excited to join the 11 year old scouts!
Thanks to Uncle Rolley for his new shirt!
Kaden says, "It is so me! Except for the dog and the sister, but other than that!"
---FYI: He's so in love with it, that he actually dug it out of the dirty clothes with a big dirt splotch on front, to wear it a second day in a row.
Thanks G.G. and Papa Western for the nice card!
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Keeping with tradition: On his birthday Kaden officially measured in at 4' 10.5" inches tall and weighed 72 pounds.
He's grown 2 and a half inches this past year.
And he wears a size 6 boys shoe! His feet are as big as mine!
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Keeping with tradition: On his birthday Kaden officially measured in at 4' 10.5" inches tall and weighed 72 pounds.
He's grown 2 and a half inches this past year.
And he wears a size 6 boys shoe! His feet are as big as mine!
Saturday, May 17, 2014
First Scout Campout
May 16, 2014
Kaden all ready to leave on his first Scout Campout.
Although we haven't moved yet, we have talked to the Scout Leader in our new ward in Camas and we will be taking Kaden to scouts out there. They invited him to join the boys on their campout, since he's almost 11. He was really excited! --They hiked up to the top of Beacon Rock and Kaden said the views were awesome! And then they hiked back down, roasted hot dogs and set up camp. He camped in a tent with 3 other boys. He said they were up until midnight snacking and chatting. He had a great time getting to know some new friends!
Kado's Stomp Performance
Kaden's class performing their student designed Stomp routine, called "Crazy Classroom"
Kaden had told us he would be in the back, but as it turned out he ended up being right in the front row.
(Apologies for the video quality and the few seconds of jumbled footage...as Paxton tried to move my phone while I filmed.)
Lawn Boy
May 3, 2014
This cute green guy mowed the lawn at our new house for us. We've been paying him an allowance to help out with different jobs while working at our house. The grass was really long, so he had a tough job. --He's not big on smiling for photos lately, but when requested to smile, he said, "I'll only smile if you tell me when we're leaving."
Final Fun Run!
May 1, 2014 - Kaden's final Fun Run
His goal: 15 laps
Here's his starting sprint on a hot sunny morning.
We had a high of 89 that day.
These two were leading the pack, by several feet...coming around on the first lap.
Kaden with his little brother, Paxton, trying to catch up with him (the little guy in the turquoise shirt). He had no idea Pax had started running behind him.
Kaden coming in for his final lap.
He ran a total of 14 laps!
That's 3.5 miles!
Enjoying a drink of water with his friend Nate.
At their assembly on May 7, 2014, Kaden received the award for Top Boy Runner School Wide! And his brother, Versii (on Kaden's right), won Top Boy Runner for 1st Grade with 10 laps! Great job!
Not the Dentist!
April 14, 2014
You can see Kaden opinion about the dentist in his expression. He was less than thrilled to be there.
Showing off his clean teeth!
They said he's doing a great job with brushing, but he needs to be flossing every day. He had 4 tiny cavities in between his teeth, that they said could only have been prevented from flossing. 2 of the cavities they're not planning to fill, as they said he will likely lose those teeth sometime this year.
New Glasses
April 4, 2014
Kaden had an eye appointment and needed a slightly increased prescription. These are the new frames he picked out. ---Although, the next day after he came home from school he was really upset and wanted to take his glasses back. He broke out in tears as he explained that all the kids were making fun of how big they were and kept commenting on them. He instantly wanted to take them back. It was so sad to hear. After we talked to him about it, he felt a lot better and decided to wear them a few more days before calling the eye doctor to see about exchanging them. The next day the kids barely said anything and Kaden decided he wanted to keep them after all.
Great Wolf - Spring Break
March 27, 2014
We took a family trip up to Great Wolf Lodge over Spring Break. Kaden thoroughly enjoyed the water slides and video games. At breakfast, the next morning, he said, "I wish we could just live here!"
Desperately wishing for all this Minecraft stuff.
Each of the boys were given a set of wolf ears at breakfast. Kaden put them on and wore them the rest of the day...and into the night. This is how I found him sleeping the first night after we came home.
...And he wore them every night for over a week.
Although he called them his "fox ears" as he is a big fan of the song, "What Does the Fox Say?"
Spring Conference
March 13, 2014 - Spring Conferences at school.
"Michael" AKA Kaden wants to be an artist when he is older.
He is really starting to enjoy drawing.
February
February 14, 2014
The boys showing off their new Valentine shirts from Mimi.
February 27, 2014
He won't be thrilled to find out that I've blogged about this, but Kaden getting older and got his first big zit...and he tried to pop it himself, which of course made it worse. Luckily for him, it happened to be on the bridge of his nose and partially hidden under the frame of his glasses. He refused to smile during my documentation of this moment.
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