Saturday, March 21, 2009

Cousin Kaden comes to visit

Chris' brother Mike came with his wife and son from Texas to visit us for a couple of days. The kids were so excited to finally meet their only cousin on the Mattson side. Kaden is about a year and a half and we all fell in love with him immediately. He is so happy and full of smiles. Here are the kids being crazy with Uncle Mike and Kaden.
Amber wearing her "Ho Ho" pajamas and playing with Uncle Mike.

Tuesday was St. Patrick's Day so Sarah painted all the girls' nails green.

Jared especially loved having Kaden around because it meant he wasn't the only boy. Kaden thought Jared was hilarious and would laugh at anything that Jared did.
Clarissa climbed right up on Mike's lap the first time he sat down and was in his lap every time he sat down after that.
In the afternoon we went to Pandapas Pond for a nature walk.
We took a break to blow and catch some bubbles.
The Mattson cousins.
A family picture.
Mike's birthday was on the 11th and Clarissa's is on the 18th, so I made a cake and they each got to blow out a candle.
Although Kaden took to the kids right away, he was a little more cautious about me and Chris. But, he did let Chris hold him before they had to leave. Isn't he adorable?

4 comments:

Jo said...

He is cute! Looks like a lot of fun. You have some great pictures. I can't believe how old Jared and Clarissa are getting, and her hair, it looks so dark.

Nicki said...

I love the pictre of your kids sitting in a row.

Jo said...

In response to your comment:
I used my big butcher knife to scoop and pat the candy to the sides of the cake. It's not pretty until I'm all done and have the cake plate cleaned up :)
I can't wait to see Clarissa's cake

Sarah said...

Awww...looks like lots of fun! Cousin fest's are always my fav.