He's now 9!

Cade just turned 9 and just started 3rd grade and has the same teacher he had for 1st grade. We really like Mrs. Farkas. Cade does very well in school. The first week of school all the kids were evaluated to see what level they were at for reading. Cade was already reading at the level of 3rd grade 8 months. He almost always gets 100% on his spelling tests and he did in 2nd grade as well.
Cade LOVE LOVE LOVES football. He plays flag football and can't get enough of it. He would probably play tackle football but Daddy doesn't want any injuries this young. He is mostly into throwing, catching and running so the whole 'tackle' part of it all doesn't come into play for him. Yes he does pull a lot of flags which is equivalent to a tackle but he really likes to catch that ball and run with it. He is a very quick runner and often outruns the other kids.
Cade likes to eat healthy and he loves to 'work out'. He can't lift weights yet since he is still growing but he can do things such as rope climbs, chin ups, sit ups, etc- things that just use his own body weight. He loves to train like this. And he likes to eat scrambled eggs or peanut butter and celery afterwards. We are teaching him about good eating and how to feed his muscles and not just eat junk such as cereal, which is his favorite food ever!
This past summer Cade did swim team for Gilbert Parks and Rec. He did amazing. You can only enter into a maximum of 3 events for championships. He entered freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly. At prelims he was going against about 60-70 kids and the top 16 go to championships, based on their time. Cade made it to championships for all 3 strokes. Then at the championship race he got a GOLD medal in backstroke, a BRONZE medal for freestyle and a 6th place ribbon for butterfly. He did so great and I was so proud of him I wanted to cry. Unfortunately he likes but doesn't love swim. He would probably swim on a year round club swim team if we put him on it but he wouldn't want to have to miss out on anything football related. The games and swim meets would both be on Saturdays so right now swim team just doesn't work. We will see how he does next summer. He definitely has a talent for swimming though.
Cade loves Cloee so much that he is constantly bugging her. He just wants to be kissing or hugging on her. He also teases her quite a bit. If she would just laugh then it would be funny for everyone but she gets angry and upset and so then we have to tell Cade to leave her alone. Sometimes she will play along but more often than not she gets upset. He just can't get all his love out for his little brother and sister. He loves Cash a super ton as well but since Cash is too young to bug then Cloee gets it all . Cash in gonna start getting in from Cade soon I'm sure. He already kisses the heck outta Cash.
Cade still loves video games, mostly XBOX 360. Someday his kids will think it is so funny that their dad played an XBOX 360. He also likes to play with his legos. Sometimes I walk into his room and land myself in the middle of a battle between lego men.
Cade can say a great prayer and he often has great detail and has asks for some really great blessings. Cade is very obedient, most of the time and this makes life easier for the Mama.