The many faces of Jaiden....Nov 2008

Jaiden has really been into games lately. We went to the store and picked out a couple and here is him and dad having fun learning how to play...

We have been enjoying the fall around here. We have a few trees in the backyard that dumped tons of leaves on our lawn. So, Jaiden and I used our new leaf blower to blow the leaves into a big pile and Dad put them in the yard waste bin. We didn't jump in them, due to the icky spiders around here. Can never be too careful. He was such a big help as you can see.

At daycare, Jaiden has been working on his art skills (drawing, painting, using materials to make crafts, glueing, etc...). Here are some of his recent projects for fall.

This last project was REALLY cute. They made a placemat for Thanksgiving. They read books and talked about Thanksgiving, then they took quotes from the kids and put them in the left corner. Jaiden said..."Turkey comes from inside (of what I don't know), cooks turkey with a pan, I am going to have chicken nuggets with turkey. Momma is going to cook it." What a riot!

Here are the faces he's been making of late. I don't know where he gets them! ;)

The life of Jaiden

As of late, Jaiden has been, well......, a handful. Of course, I'm sure that it is just that he is getting closer to three and his language has taken off, and that he is smarter than your average monkey... ;) Lately, he has been into putting things on his head and walking around. Last week it was his trick or treat bucket. Yesterday he was entertaining us with this....

In addition to these antics, he has been jumping on his bed and flying over his railing, much to my dismay. Jamie and I decided after this and other gymnastics that he's been trying that it was time to go to another, less risky bed. So, we went shopping today. Here's the end result... which will go nicely once we get to painting and putting up the decorations we bought for his room a couple months ago.

His Christmas present from us just got a lot smaller! :)