12-12-05

Cayten turned 4 on December 12. I am amazed at how brilliant and wonderful he is. He is ahead in many areas. He does things kindergarteners do and thinks he is so big. He now says "I am 4, I don't fight" or "I am 4, I clean up!" He is such a great helper and a cuddle bug. He loves to just snuggle when we are watching movies and stuff. He is so sweet. He will just stop what he is doing and turn to me and say "mom, you are the bestest mom I have ever had" or "mom you are beauiful!" He is constantly giving me compliments and saying things we say all the time. I love him so much and love having him in our home. It wouldn't be the same without him! He had a wonderful birthday. He woke up to presents on the floor. He thought they were for Christmas but I explained to him they were for his birthday. He was so excited. I wanted him to wait til after breakfast to open them but he couldn't wait, and neither could I!




He is OBSESSED with transformers right now. I don't know why, he has never watched the cartoon and only watched the movie once! He got 2 transformers, snowboots, sandals for next summer, and an outfit.

We bundled up and went sledding around noon. He loved EVERY minute of it and we can't wait to do it again!

Birthday Presents

Here is a video of Cayten opening his birthday presents at Cris's parent house after ELMO! We opened them there as we were going to get a HUGE snowstorm (which we did . . . like 18 inches of SNOW) and they wouldn't be able to make it up (even though they still came)!

Elmo Live

For Cayten's birthday Cris's mom took him to Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows up! I was able to tag along and it was such a blast. We went down to West Valley and wanted to find a good pizza place . . . we couldn't find one at all so we decided to go to Smashburgers. It was really YUMMY. And Cayten ate 3/4 of an entire burger along with nearly all his fries. I was so happy!


WHAT TO EAT? I can't decide! (Just kidding, he was just being funny!)


Cayten and Grandma at Smash Burger


Cayten sitting in his seat just before the show started. We were in row 5 so we were really close and it was just plain fun!


My new favorite picture of me with Cayten. Moms aren't in the pictures very often and this one turned out GREAT!


Our first look at Elmo and Big Bird


Almost the whole crew!


I have a TON of pictures like this . . . Cayten couldn't take his eyes off the show!


Cayten being silly!


Cayten getting to shake Elmo's hand!
During intermission Cayten told Grandma "I dream to hug Elmo" We were lucky enough to get him to be able to do that. I was so excited! They run away so fast though so this was as good of picture as I got!

The end of the show!

It was so much fun. I don't think I have had that much fun in a very long time! I am sure Cayten had the time of his life as he can't stop talking about it!

Trains and Lights

Cayten has recently become obsessed with trains and transformers. He thinks Santa is bringing him a transformer . . . this Santa didn't so we shall see what happens! We were able to take him on Frontrunner the day after Thanksgiving to see the lights go on at Temple Square.

Sorry the pictures are blurry. I took my point and shoot camera and I really haven't figured out how to use it very well. All the pictures I take are blurry. I guess it doesn't help that this train was moving quite fast!

Getting ready to board!

Cayten with Auntie! He was SO excited!

The whole crew minus mommy, grandma and grandpa Chinen. (are moms ever in pictures?)


We got to the entrance of Temple Square right as the lights went on. It was pretty neat. We were able to listen to the story of Christ's birth but there were SO many people that we didn't get the full effect. I would like to go again but I don't think we will get the chance.





Rysa was so cuddled up and warm. After the lights we hopped on TRAX and headed to eat dinner at a Hawaiian restaraunt called L&L's. It is oh so ONOS (yummy).

After eating we got back on TRAX and headed to catch the Frontrunner. We had to wait for 35 minutes or so for the train to come. My mom and sisters and Jen's kids were in Salt Lake too looking at the lights. They didn't ride the same train up but as we were getting ready to get off the train, my mom yelled my name and voila . . . they were on the same train as us only we sat on top and they were on the bottom. Pretty Crazy!