Catch Up Time

Lets me see. Many things to catch everyone up on, so here we go!

Aiden celebrated his 5th birthday in April. He had a Phineas and Ferb themed party and invited all of his friends. (Jimmy, Janya, Joon, Ellie, Brayden, Brison, Sam, Aubrey,Paxton, Austin, Kallie, Talon, Gavin and Olyvia). I think the kids had a blast! They played in the backyard for about 10 minutes waiting for everyone to arrive. They had to write their name and decorate a bag for their loot in which they would later take home. There were a few different maned stations. Since Phineas and Ferb are adventurous and enjoy using their imagination and inventing things that is what we did! The stations were: make your own slime and choose your own color, make your own playdoh with your favorite color, molocule fun: using mini marshmellows and toothpicks they created their own designs, magnifying station-different items were laid out and each child was given a magnifying glass to look at the items, sand art in which they filled an item, magnet station 1:they had to find certain items in the sand only by using magnets, magnets 2: boat races, make your own snow. After the stations we played pin the hat on Agent P aka Perry the Platapus. This was followed by a pinata and a diet soda rocket set off with mentos. The kids later enjoyed Dr. Doofensmirf's ice cream sundanator ice cream bar. They got to choose their own toppings. The party was a hit!

On May 9th 2011 Aiden lost his first tooth. We had steak that night, and later that night the four off us went out shopping. Aiden looked at me, and I said hey look at me again. In a high pitched voice I said, "what, when did that happen"? Of course he had no idea what I was talking about. Todd ran over to see if everything was ok, and asked what was going on? I had Aiden smile and both Todd and lost it. When did you lose your tooth buddy? I think Aiden was shocked, because he had no idea. Long story short, he lost his tooth. Actually he probably swallowed it while eating dinner. Aiden's main concern: well, if my tooth is missing, how will the tooth fairy no I lost my tooth? We ended up writing her a note. She must have found the note, because the next morning a most excited boy woke up to a golden dollar next to his head!

In June Aiden graduated from Pre-K. He attended Stand By Me since he was 2 years old. The school had the younger kids come out and sing about how much they will miss the older kids. Then the pre-K kids came out said the pledge, and sang a few songs. Then they showed what they new. They each wore a cute puple paper hat with a yellow string tassel. When their teacher Ms. Kim said his name, he ran up to her, jumped up, and gave her a big hug! There was a slideshow and of course cake.

World's Best Big Brother-WBBB

Now that things have settled SUBSTAINTIALLY and Aiden is once again himself, he is the World's Best Big Brother, (WBBB). He wants to help out in every way that he can, except to change his sisters diapers.

Aiden had a fantastic Christmas! We bought him ski lessons over holiday break. That was comical! He is interested in monster trucks, superhero's, loves to help cook, pirates, lego's, and he reads almost every night before bed. He can identify all upper/lower case letters, and knows about half of the letter sounds. He can write his name, but needs work on the size and spacing. He enjoys being a big brother. January 2011 brought a lot of snow, almost 40 inches in 3 storms. We build an awesome sledding trail down the hill to the backyard. It reminds me of a luge!

Aiden's Feelings

Aiden completed a book project at school that talked about what makes him feel certain ways.

He feels excited when: I go to the 99!

He feels angery when: there are bee's around.

He feels happy when: the sun is out.

He feels sad when: he gets a splinter.

I think this is cute enough to keep. Who knew the 99 made him excited. I think we have only taken him twice.

The month of October has been a busy one full of family activities. We went to the World Chili Championship held in Manchester. It was unbelievable! Aiden actually likes chili now, go figure.

We also had the opportunity to go to the Ipswich MA chowderfest with Nanny & Grampy. They had fun free games for kids, and each game kids played they received a prize. Aiden could not ask for anything more! We also enjoyed going apple picking with Aiden's friend Jayna and pumpkin picking with Chip and his family. Of course we went to the annual Pumpkin Regatta in Goffstown. Again, soooo many free activities for kids. Aiden painted a pumpkin and took it home for free, carved a pumpkin, made a face mask, and watched pumpkins being catapaulted into the river. All of this and it's not even Halloween yet:)

Life was a WHIRLWIND and now the dust is settling

Aiden went back to Pre-school two weeks ago with his new teacher Miss Kim. Thank goodness for her, as she keeps him in line. Since he returned back his behavior has begun to settle down. It's almost as if I have the 'old Aiden back'! Wow, how he tried everything and anything to get our attention the past two months, since Gwen was born. That is something I will remind him of when he gets older.

So the other day as he was getting a jacket for school, I told him to wear his vest. His response, no joke was, "I can't wear that to school. My friends will laugh at me." I was speechless. What four year old cares what his friends will think? Does it really begin this early? Today he asked to go for a walk with me. While walking I began singing a song by Rick Charet and replaced Aiden's name with the name in the song. Innocent right? Well, you and I are both wrong. We began to walk past a random lady who was sitting outside her house. Aiden stopped walking and said, "mom, please stop singing that. You are embarrassing me!" Again-what the hell do you say to a four year old. Hence I was speechless. I love my little man who only weighs a whopping 32 pounds.

Current favorite tv shows:

1. Phineas & Ferb
2. Tom & Jerry
3. Any superhero show

Life is like a Rollercoaster Ride

Well, Aiden's little sister was born on July 22nd. He loves her to pieces and is very careful around her. My how tables have turned towards his mom and dad however. He is definately having a difficult time adjusting to this new transition. He stayed with Nanny & Grampy the night before Gwen was born and kept asking to go to the hospital. When he arrived at the hospital we could hear him coming down the hallway, he was so giddy. So we were able to get a snapshot of him coming into the room. Too cute-he literally ran into the room, hugged mom & dad, and went over to meet his sister. A week later the family took a camping trip to Papoose Pond in Maine and enjoyed the weekend. We were entertained one evening by Rick Charette (the children's singer). Aiden volunteered to go on stage and dance!