Girls and "guys"

Aidan quote of the day:  "Mom-mom, you are a girl because you have very floppy hair."

It's done!

Our basement bathroom was the last thing to be finished and it's finally done.  We ordered the mirror from a furniture store b/c bathroom vanity mirrors looked too small.  This coloring and size is just perfect - we love it!  It's the best bathroom in the house.

Aidan and the "packpack"

Aidan quote of the day:  "Mom-mom I am your best friend."

Happy Birthday, Aidan!

Aidan quote of the day:  "It's everybody's firpday today!"

Tree - Week 3

Carnivores and Herbivores

Aidan:  "Mom-mom you want to be a carnivore so you can eat meat."
Me:  "Really?"
Aidan:  "yeah.  Herbivore eats the leaves."
Me:  "Okay."

"Dada is my very special guy."

Great day for the zoo? Head to the Museum!

Today turned out to be a beautiful day to go to the zoo.  So we headed to the Children's museum.  It's a Monday, so no field trips and the sun was shining.  It was pretty empty.  We headed to the caves and tree house climb first and Aidan did okay.  I put Isabella on her butt and pushed her through since she wouldn't crawl and Aidan was going fast.  Aidan also did the "wiggly bridge" but we ran into many children who wouldn't wait their turn and that made the good time turn bad.  Next we headed to the ball area where Aidan played and Isabella crawled around.  Went to the infant / toddler area to play and Aidan played the music and the ball ramps while Isabella climbed up the steps and around to the slide.  Aidan was not into the water today so we headed over to the construction area to shovel up rocks and use the hammer and "nails" on the buildings.  It was a great time - both kids had a ton of fun and no one complained.  Isabella made it all the way home awake! 

Today I decided to scramble up an egg for Isabella.  She loved it!  Ate it right up.  This will be a great way to get some protein into her diet.

Our tree - one week later...

WOW!  What a difference one week makes in the life of a tree!

Sounds all around

Aidan has always been sensitive to sounds.  When he was born, he was born so quickly that he didn't spend enough time in the birth canal and was born with fluid in his ears, failing his newborn hearing screenings.  At some point, the fluid cleared up and he could hear.  He hated noises.  Hated water running, squeaky doors, doors slamming, velcro, etc.  While Aidan has gotten so much better about noises, he's definitely still very sensitive to sound.  We can be on a walk and he'll tell us the train is coming, a good 10 minutes before it gets to us.  Sometimes we think he's wrong, but every time the little guy proves us wrong. 

We've gotten so used to Aidan's sound sensitivity that sometimes we forget.  This weekend was a big reminder that while he can cope most of the time, sometimes noises affect him.  We knew the air compressor would be a big deal so we talked to him about it and closed doors between him and the air compressor.  At night, we took a trip out and on the way home it was raining.  Aidan kept asking "what's that?".  We couldn't figure it out.  Eventually he demonstrated the sound and we realized he was hearing the sound of the water on the road under the car.  Sensitive little guy!

Aidan quote of the day:  "Dada you better get out of there.  It's gonna be so loud, Dada."
(Mark was using the air compressor and finishing nails to finish the baseboards in the basement bathroom)

Our tree is blooming!

Aidan quote of the day:  "Thanks for smiling at me."
(We were at Outback and the ladie at a table next to us was smiling at him and waving.  When they left they said goodbye and that was Aidan's response)

Milestones

Aidan quote of the day: "Look Mom-mom, I did it all by myself.  This is a by myself day."  (Aidan had just done the whole bathroom thing by himself and was excited because today he will be going to gymnastics by himself in the 3 year old class.)

And then there were five

We've made it down to the last 5 containers of milk frozen from Isabella's surgery.  I have more frozen from after that, but it's a little crazy to think we made it through all that milk!  We had so much, we had to buy a new freezer for it all!

Aidan quotes of the day:  "And now the Mister Bunny could go on Dada's side and go to Kroger to get the red new car for my basket."  (Aidan really wants a red car at Kroger and I told him that maybe the Easter Bunny would bring it for him)

"But but but look.  That guy did build a fence and now no friends can come in my house today."

Last day in 2 year old gymnastics

Aidan is growing up so fast.  Today was his last class in 2 year old gymnastics.  He's such a wonderful listener and rule follower that he's moving up one term early.  Got some great shots of his last class today.