a healthy dose of random for your wednesday.

*teehee, I just now realized 4 hours after posting this, that it is in fact, Thursday. oopsie.


~fun at cherry creek mall. we wanted to take kaden to the zoo and we insisted we go to *mall* instead. he gets that from mommy!


~getting revved up to do one of his fancy pirouettes.


~kaden was slightly OCD about this bike, due to the fact that Snow White was one of the princesses featured on it. He talked about the bike for the next 2 days.


~grubbin down on our peanut butter/banana sammies while watching the snow melt away.


~peanut butter teeth.


~we made this pink playdough for vday. I have tried a few other playdough recipes that I didn't love, but this one was perfect!


~completely obsessed with escalators.


~love this!


~ridiculously random. made me smile!

xoxo
jenny

happy love day.

~my valentine.

One of the pleasures of parenting is being able to reconnect with the wonder of things through the eyes of a child. I feel like each new holiday that comes along offers a new magical experience for all of us, and I am looking forward to what's around the bend...

happy love day from us to you!

*a few little twists and turns*

~brave boy taking a turn on the "scary slide" at monkey bizness, holding on for dear life to his precious little reindeer.

This past week we have made same little and big changes, and we are about to have a few more twists and turns along the road! It's no secret that I haven't been super crazy about Kaden's daycare since he started going there 5 months ago. I wanted to give it a chance and see if things got better, and I felt guilty about pulling him out after he had had such a difficult time adjusting in the first place. Finally we decided to try something else this week, and it turns out it was an awesome choice for the little man! Kaden is incredibly smitten with his new place and his new friends. So much so that he doesn't want to leave when it's time to pick him up! The kids are all very sweet and the women that cares for them is incredibly nurturing and amazing with kids, I feel like he is in such good hands and learns so many wonderful things. His vocabulary has improved so much just in the week that he has been going, and he can't stop talking about how much fun he has there. Along with two little rescuse bunnies, they have a dog and are working on getting some chickens and a dwarf goat for the backyard, kind of like a little urban farm. Kaden thinks it's Disneyland!

We also found a new place to live! We kind of stumbled upon the new place (which is only about a mile from where we are now) and we move in two weeks. So happy to be moving out of this unsafe neighborhood and leave behind frequent calls to 911 and the fire department. Our new place is ginormous, has a finished basement, washer/dryer and huge yard! We are really hoping that after a year or so we will be more in a place to buy a home, but for now it just makes more sense for us to rent. I think it will be a really good move for us and we are super excited about it!

Kaden is putting together the sweetest sentences. Everything that comes out of his mouth makes me smile. My favorite thing that he said earlier today...deep thoughts by Kaden Redwood.

"Mommy, Dopey nice, not scary guy. Mickey Mouse too. Unk Brah too."

some *linky love* for your friday....some blog crushes and fun things I have stumbled upon!

First off, check out my incredibly talented cousin's latest photoshoot, so much fun!

I saw this and I desperately want to copy this in our new place! How cute!!!!

I shared this article with a few parents I work with, but I thought it was too good of an article to not share with you all!

Kaden and I are going to make this banana bread when we get home from our playdate this afternoon!

And this is such a fun twist on valentine's day treats! YUM!

and please do stop by and check out my friend Kelly's blog The Six of Us! She is an old friend from long ago who I adore who has an incredible knack for writing, and her blog is inspirational and a fun read for all!

and can someone please fill me in on who this is? This video constantly pops up when we are watching sesame street videos on youtube and kaden has a mad crush on her (must be the pink hair).

happy weekend everyone!


stolen from the amazing notebook doodles.

*our weekend in photos*

~helping little simon find his *cozy spot*



~enjoying a superbowl snack.





I had truly forgotten how much fun winter could be! Ask me in April if I still feel lovey dovey about it...


~his first run down the "little hill".




~scoping out the "big hill" with the big boys.




~cousin jack giving kaden his bath. jack is kaden's super BFF.


~justin bieber hairdo.



Kaden had his first breakfast at Cracker Barrel. To my shock and dismay, he had no time for the hashbrown casserole OR the fried apples. what?! Oh but the checkers...YES! he was smitten.

silly daddy.

This video got cut off a bit at the end, but it was too cute not to share...

a case of the ickies and linky love.

Poor little Kaden has been feeling icky all this week. A gnarly cold ear infection and a fever equals not a happy little man and LOTS of Disney movies. We have watched Snow White a skadillion times this week, and I'm at the point where I feel like a horrible mommy for ever letting him watch it in the first place! What a scary movie that is! He talks incessantly about "the scary guy" who tries to stab snow white, and becomes deeply concerned when Snow is "hurt" at the end of the movie. I have tried to introduce him to Alladin and Cinderella, but he is not having it. He likes the terror of Snow White. Thank goodness for Mamaw who brought over Jungle Book yesterday....that seems to be running a close second to Snow and I'm hoping it will push her out of the top spot soon enough.

Earlier this week (before he was feeling horrible) we took him to the Museum of Nature and Science which is becoming one of my favorite spots in Denver!



~how fun to have THIS guy's job!


~kaden wasn't too sure about him at first, but slowly warmed up to the dinosaur.



~playing in the space station.



~snack.


~not too happy about TRex disturbing his peaceful snack time.


~reading his new favorite book *The Napping House*

It got soooooo COLD this week! We had temps around -12 at night. It was so cold we had a snow day from work, not because of the snow, but just because it was so brutally cold!

~the inside of our windows even had snow and ice on them!



~helping daddy "dust off his car".

This video makes me smile...there is something about his sweet little voice saying skeleton
that gets me every time.






and in keeping with my new friday tradition, here is some linky love!

This guest post on one of my favorite blogs is so perfect and spot on! I wish I had read this when kaden was a mini nugget....I think I was incredibly caught up in the anxiety of being a new mommy and trying so hard to get it *just right*.

I am trying so hard to be frugal and not buy new random treats, but if i could I have a moment of weakness I may absolutely have to splurge on this and this!


and in the yum-o department, I made this the other night and it was fabulous! Annie is becoming one of my go to's for tried and true tasty recipes! I also made this for nugget as he was feeling so under the weather, and it was was SO good! I will definitely make this one again soon, perfect for the cold weather! And I'm making this for the superbowl, it's becoming my go to recipe for shindigs, so yummy!

I love this DIY Valentine printable from Naturally Sweet. Such a sweet idea!

happy weekend everyone! cheers to tasty superbowl treats!

random wednesday.

~I realize xmas is over, but how could I resist this face.


~jam session with unk brian


~who says that the fun of buying a GINORMOUS tv is the tv itself?




~"tack down"...his favorite word for body slams.




~doing puzzles on his "boat".


~blown away by the balloon guy at cherry creek mall.


~such a kaden face.

recent random kaden-isms
~hands are toad mommy! (toad=cold)
~suhmmmmmore peas. (some more please)
~ 1.2.3.4.5.6.14 ( not sure where he learned 14 from, we haven't gone higher than 12, but kaden is extremely confident that 14 comes after 6 and it MUST be said in a sweet singsongy voice)