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Caden’s Christmas Program

22 Dec 2010 by Kristen

Caden’s school had it’s 2nd annual Christmas Program.  This year they decided to hold it at an elementary school’s gym to accomodate all the parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, aunt, uncles etc….you get the idea.  All of the classes (except for the infant room) had their time in the spotlight and sang a few Christmas Carols. 

Caden got all dressed up and his teacher’s grandmother knitted each of them a beanie hat.  His class was definitely the loudest out of all the classes. 

They entertained the crowd with:

Santa Claus is Coming to Town (As Santa was coming in to greet all the families)

Jingle Bells (Desert Edition).  This was a cute rendition.  Here are the lyrics:
Driving through the sand
With his jeep well in command
Over the rocks and brush
Santa’s in a rush.

Most towns have white snow
But Phoenix has hot sand
But that won’t stop ole santa claus
Four wheeling is his plan

Jingle bells, lizard tails
Hot and sunny day
Santa’s here in desert town,
But he cannot stay.

Jingle Bells, lizard tails
Hot and sunny day
Santa’s jeep is packed with toys
So everything’s okay

Santa rounded out the evening and water and cookies were available for all. All of the grandparents came and saw Caden.  This will be his last Christmas Program with Goddard, but next year will be Connor’s first!Â

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Connor is walking!

20 Dec 2010 by Kristen

Connor started walking officially this week.  He can semi-easily walk across the room without falling.  It’s just a matter of time now until he starts running!

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Caden – Otter Graduate

13 Dec 2010 by Kristen

Caden has been taking swim lessons for a couple of months.  There are so many people in AZ that have a pool (my father-in-law included) that I really felt that Caden was unsafe by not knowing how to swim.  After much research and contemplation, we decided to put him in EVO Swim School.  The introduction class was called the “Otter” Class.

The first few weeks were stressful and full of tears (Mom had a couple as well).  However, it was in Caden’s best interest to learn to swim.  After 2-3 weeks, the tears were gone and Caden went from not even being willing to go in the water without holding on to someone with a death grip to gliding through the water to the instructor.  Before we knew it, he was swimming from the wall to his instructor, Larry,  and rolling on his back twice.  It was simply amazing how much progress he made in the short period of time. 

So, now he continues on to the “Seal” Class.  After the seal class, he will be considered a safe backyard swimmer.  After Seal, it will be up to Caden if he wants to continue or not.  I’ll just be happy that he will be able to go in the pool and have fun with his cousins or friends..  Of course, supervision will always be required, but at least I don’t have to get in the pool with him if I don’t want to.

Here is the link to Caden’s graduation announcement on EVO’s website along with a picture of him and Larry:

Caden Meliska, Otter Graduate

My child is a Seal at EVO Swim School

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Happy Thanksgiving!

27 Nov 2010 by Kristen

We’re so thankful for family this holiday.

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Hat day!

24 Sep 2010 by Kristen

It was hat day at school.  Caden wore a Diamondback hat and Connor wore a Marquette hat.

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1st test

17 Sep 2010 by Kristen

Caden’s teacher wanted to start challenging him a little more.  So, she started giving him spelling words to memorize on Monday and have a written test on Friday.  We are so proud that he got a 100% on his first test!

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No more helmet!

16 Sep 2010 by Kristen

Connor finished his treatment with his cranial band this week!  We were a little concerned that he might have needed a 2nd helmet, but the technician was happy with the progress that he made. 

It’s so nice being able to cuddle and hug him and not his helmet.  It doesn’t seem like he realizes it’s off either.  So, everyone’s happy!

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Look Mom…no bumpers!

04 Sep 2010 by Kristen

Caden’s coaches at bowling came to us saying they thought he might be ready to move up from bumper bowling to no bumpers. We decided to take Caden bowling to see how well he could do without bumpers. The goal was to get somewhere around a 30. Surprisingly, Caden surpassed our expectations and got a 37!. So, he has officially moved up to a fully sanctioned league bowlier!

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Connor’s sitting!

10 Aug 2010 by Kristen

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First Day of Kindergarten

09 Aug 2010 by Kristen

Caden started his first day of Kindergarten at his current school!   The school has an official Kindergarten class that is recognized by the school districts.  His teachers, Director and Owner of his school has identified that Caden might be better challenged in the Kindergarten room. So, we decided to allow them to move him up a year early.  We couldn’t be more excited for him to start!

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