Thanksgiving

This year we motored up to Hanover (NH) for Thanksgiving. It was a great holiday! Caiden loves going up to see Grammy Judy and Grandpa Hank. Several other family members came over for Thanksgiving dinner. They arrived just as Caiden was waking up from his nap, so he was pretty unsocial for a while. Eventually he warmed up and had a great time playing with Meghan and Henry (Dan's cousin's kids).

He was so enamored by them that he spent the next day demanding to look at their school pictures, which he spotted in the kitchen.

We stayed up in NH until mid-day on Saturday, then headed home for another Thanksgiving dinner with my mom and sisters. Caiden is a lucky little man to have so many doting family members.

Halloween

Caiden still doesn't understand Halloween, but we dressed him up anyway! He was the jolly green giant. The Saturday before Halloween I was helping to run the Acton Family Network (AFN) Halloween Party. Dan brought Caiden over for a little while. He had fun running around, but he was most captivated by his friends Pete and Charlie who were dressed up like Woody and Buzz from Toy Story. He talked about Woody! and Buzz! for the rest of the day. I've showed him this photo a few times, taken at the party, and he exclaims "Woody! Buzz!" whenever he sees it, even though they aren't in the photo. His memory is growing!

On actual Halloween, we dressed Caiden up but it didn't last long. He helped give candy to a few trick or treaters, but with a 7pm bedtime he missed most of the fun. I think next year he will get more into it.

Before the trick or treaters hit the street, we needed to fix our broken doorbell. Caiden "helped" by using the screwdriver all over the house.

Great Brook

We recently took a trip to Great Brook Park in Carlisle. They have a little farm, much smaller than Drumlin, but they let you feed the goats and sheep. Caiden loved it. He kept asking for more feed to give them. He enjoyed petting them too.

We indulged in a little ice cream treat too

We thought we might try walking around some of the trails, but Caiden spied water. Nothing beats throwing rocks and sticks into ponds.