Jayden and this season we call Christmas

Jayden and I are kin when it comes to this time of the season. We both love it. First it started with the decoration of the house with the lights and then the decoration of the Christmas tree in the front window. I must say that Jayden and Kallee did a great job with the decorations.

Jayden also loves to play in the snow. The cousins invited Jayden to go sledding this year and we ended up at Canyon Lakes and were out there for almost 2 hours. He went up and down the hill and had a great time. We got him a bigger sled this year and he has been sliding down the slop on the side of our house. He also takes his quad out in the snow and drives it around the yard.

He tried the bike on the ice, but that did not work as he fell 3 times and was mad at me. He is already pretty much mastered the riding of his bike without training wheels so when the sun is out again he will be ready to go(side note, he had Grandpa Lee out riding the bike yesterday). But now that the snow is here and still here, it is all about breaking icicles, and making snowmen, and playing until daddy is had enough.
This year was a unique one in terms of Thanksgiving as we had to move it back until Saturday. Alison was not feeling well so we had our first Saturday Thanksgiving. It went very well and was the first for Wyatt Dean in our house. He did a wonderful job sleeping. The kids had a great time and the food actually turned out very well. Jayden did a great job eating this year as he liked the Jell-o and the apple pie a lot.

Jayden had a Thanksgiving play and it went very well and Jayden was one of the bright spots. He has grown up so much in the past year as he is not as squirrely this year. But he is still one of the world’s worst dawdlers. It takes forever for him to get ready and it is worst as the winter months hit with all the extra clothes. He constantly has to be reminded to get ready and get his clothes on and get his coat on,,,, etc….. Plus right now it is a fight to get him to school. Jayden is a very sensitive child, so I am worried that the kids are picking on him because he is worried that the children will “make fun of him”. Yet when he gets there it is a trial to get him out, so I am hoping this is just a phase.
But even that has yet to deter from my sons good attitude. He always seems upbeat and loves to spend morning time with his mommy. On the weekends, Jayden and Mommy spend some time together while my daughter and I sleep. (at least that is what my guilty conscience says).
The things that I will remember about Jayden at this time are many. He loves to set up all his hot wheels (and I mean all of them) in a certain order and then leave them out forever if I do not tell him to put them away. He wants to use the entire train track when we build things. He always likes to take out everyone of his toys in the garage. It is almost like he feels sorry for the ones that are not being played with. He loves the Quad and burying it in a snow drift so that he can pull it out. He has my growl and uggh down as well as his “okayaay”. He says “Holey Moley” just like his mom. And he takes good care of his little sister Kallee. He likes ricola cough drops and loves his mommy’s pancakes. He loves watching the Christmas specials and he goes to his room to play on the computer at pbs.kids.org and cool-math games.