Singing and Playing

I can't believe it's already the middle of July.  This summer is flying by.  Caden is still enjoying gymnastics and Kindermusik.  The curriculum for Kindermusik this summer has been about animals.  This month every week we pretend to go to the beach, so we sing a lot of songs about playing at the beach and different ocean animals.  Caden has started talking a lot about going to the beach with Wyatt, so he's definitely looking forward to our trip to San Diego next month.

In general Caden just loves to sing.  Lately, his favorite songs are the ABC's, the Itsy Bitsy Spider (so cute when he sings this with his signs...we have got to get it on video soon!), and a Kindermusik song called, "Allie, Allie-Oh" about a zoo train.  I did finally get him singing his ABC's on video.  In this video, he's pretty busy building a "chair choo choo", so he's not really bothered by the fact that I'm taping him.

Yesterday, my two little sous chefs were helping me make dinner.  Caden is pretty scared of loud noises in the kitchen like the food processor and the blender.  It doesn't faze Annabelle at all, but in this video, he's telling me that she was scared and that he comforted her.  They already love playing together; he's silly with her a lot and she just cracks up.  He's tickling her in this video.

Caden still loves watching people cut grass, use weed wackers, and blow leaves.  Mimi and Tia got him a lawn mower and weed wacker.  They were supposed to be toys that stayed at their house, but he just loves them so much, he wanted to bring them home.  He uses them all the time.  We recently tore out some bushes in our backyard and laid some sod.  So now he has grass to cut and edge in our backyard.