Caden — March

March was a fun month for Caden.  Between Kamy’s birthday, seeing family, and playing outside, it’s been busy!

One afternoon we went to the Mineola Nature Preserve with our homeschool group and explored.  It was a beautiful area and the kids loved getting to run around and play with their friends.  The setting was pretty awesome too!

He’s been loving his preschool 2 gymnastics class and can’t wait for it happen again.  He really likes his coaches and it has been amazing for his flexibility, movement, and self awareness.  He is always walking on handrails and climbing trees.  Caden still uses the little trampoline we gave him at Christmas on a daily basis.  One day in class they had a handstand challenge.  All the kids had to do a handstand against the foam wall and see how long they could hold it.  Caden stayed up(side down) for more than a minute and ended up in second place!  He immediately burst into tears when it was over because he said he arms hurt, but he was fighting to try to win it!  I don’t usually see a lot of competitive spirit from him, so I was proud of how hard he tried.

While Kamy and Daddy ran the Fresh 5K, Caden, Granpops, and I cheered them on at the finish line.  After the 5K, both kids ran in the Little Freshie 1K race.  Caden didn’t quite realize how far 1K is, and as he hadn’t been practicing, he was disappointed when he wasn’t “first” and had to walk a couple of times.  He did power through it though and got a finisher’s medal too.

Caden is a singer!  Now, I wouldn’t say he’s a prodigy at this point, but he loves to sing.  Where?  In the bathroom.  Because that’s apparently when you do your best singing — in the potty!  It’s usually when he is washing his hands, but inevitably we’ll hear him singing from the bathroom.  =)  Speaking of the potty, Caden has started wearing undies at night!  I’m taking him to the bathroom a few hours after going to sleep, but he’s staying dry for the most part.  Maybe we’ll get out of the last few diapers eventually!

Caden has been enjoying the 1000 books challenge at the Tyler Library.  He loves writing his name on the shapes to put on the wall when they reach the next 100 book threshold.  He’s grouped all the shapes in one area, so it is a swarm of “Caden” at the top of the trees.

Emotions continue to be a little bit of a struggle for Caden.  Four is a tough age, and he’s having to learn how to deal with frustration in particular.  It’s usually driven by something Kamy did (or didn’t do), but I earn my fair share by enforcing those pesky house rules.  He’s doing better, but that little temper has a tendency to flare up and end with slammed doors.

Lastly, Caden had a blast at the Easter egg hunt.  He filled his bucket to the BRIM and was tucking suckers in on the sides just for more capacity.  Then they both had a blast hunting for eggs in and around the yard.  Caden being the sweet brother he is, gives candy to Kamy and lets her have some of his eggs if he ends up with more than her.  For all his little temper flares, he still has a super sweet heart and is incredibly giving and thoughtful to Kamy.  He’s my sweet boy!