Kaden Hard at Work

Kaden adores his Daddy, as all little boys should!  His favorite thing to do in the whole world is 'help' his Daddy.  Jeremy is learning the patience it takes to get things done with a little ones 'help'!  Kaden definitely slows the process down, but it is so fun to watch him get excited about working with his Daddy and being a part of what's going on.  We are trying to foster that helpful attitude, so maybe it will stick around awhile!

Moving the chair out of the way so we could set up the photo studio.

Helping push the wheelbarrow!  His arms are spread out almost as far as they can go.

Using a pickax to dig out the old pond that we have now turned into a sandbox.

Shoveling gravel out of the garden area.   

He was very serious about making sure it got into the wheelbarrow.

Hooray we did it!  Kaden is always up for giving himself a hand.

Kaden decided that he was all grown up and didn't need to 'help' Daddy anymore.  So he got his own wheelbarrow and started filling it with gravel too!  It never got any fuller than you see in the picture, and as soon as he started trying to push it through the yard it tipped over and all the rocks fell out.  It was awfully cute to see him imitating his Daddy though.

'Helping' Leo wire our new pump for the well that he helped dig a long time ago!

Our across the street neighbors absolutely adore our children and are always letting us know they would be happy to babysit if I ever need someone, or even just watch the kids for an hour or so if I need a nap.  It is incredibly sweet of them, but I don't think I know them well enough yet to leave my children with them!  They do love to have Kaden come visit though, and Leo always has Reeses Peanut Butter Cups to give to Kaden.  He says that when he gets older he is allowed to come visit anytime, but he has to look both ways before crossing the street.  If he doesn't then he won't get his candy.  Leo is also already talking about taking Kaden on fishing trips.  They had a couple of sons, but no grandsons, so he seems anxious to adopt my son.  Lyllian loves to come over and hold my Kindi girl.  They have a new grand daughter who is a couple of months older than Kindi that they have never seen because she lives too far away.  She is always bringing little gifts over for my little ones.  They even started coming to our church!