Spring weather

We're getting some great spring weather around here. Lots of outside time! I recently read a post on a local mother's forum, a mother of a child around the same age as Caiden was asking for advice on what kinds of toys she should get to encourage her kid to spend more time outside. I got a chuckle out of that... all we need are rocks, sticks, and a puddle and Caiden could literally be outside all day long. A soccer ball doesn't hurt either.

Pondering life over a Lara Bar

We're starting to get back into our old Saturday morning gym routine. I go to class at 7:30, Dan and Caiden meet me there afterwards, and then Caiden and I hang around and play outside while Dan works out with the 8:30 class. We found a marsh behind the gym, and a pile of rocks not too far away. Caiden spent a half hour straight walking back and forth, picking up rocks, throwing them in the marsh. Splash, laugh, repeat. He learned that he could throw the smaller rocks further, so any big rocks were handed over to me for "Mom's turn"

When Dan is done, we get to goof around on the exercise equipment

 Happy that Dan is done!

This picture shows Caiden's preferred hugging style- cheek to cheek. If my hair is in the way, he will brush it out of the way to make room for direct cheek to cheek contact.