Aidan Learns The Rules

This morning we were leaving a hotel with an arcade and promised the boys we would stop to play a few games before we left. As we tried to figure out who had spare change to pay for the games, Aidan started asking for money to play games. He tried Mommy first and she sent him to Daddy. Daddy sent him back to Mommy and he uttered the following,

"Mommy, money starts with Daddy."

Later this evening it was time for Aidan's haircut and the bartering that always accompanies it...

"Aidan, time for your haircut."

"I don't want a haircut."

"If you let Daddy cut your hair, I'll give you jelly beans."

"I don't want a haircut."

"If you let Daddy cut your hair, I'll give you ice cream."

"I don't want a haircut."

"If you let Daddy cut your hair, I'll give you ice cream and jelly beans."

"I want jelly beans in my ice cream."

"Done, let's go."

Aidan and Angels

I got home late the other night but in time to finish my bedtime responsibilities with the boys. After our first song Aidan told me the following...

"Daddy, Daddy. I have 1-2-3-4-5 angels that sit on my bed at night and help me not be afraid of when it gets dark. Davis has 1-2-3-4 angels that sit on his bed too. The angels come through my window and it's really bright. Then they stay under my bed until I am ready to go to sleep. I see the angels yelling at the clouds to stop lightning. Then they take the lightning and they smash it and they throw it through my window."

When I asked him what the angels look like, he told me, "Elephants."

Apparently Aidan combined the following into one story...

1. The episode of Barney he and Davis had seen earlier in the day highlighting elephants.

2. That night's Bible reading highlighting the angels announcing Jesus' birth to the shepherds.

3. Mommy reassuring him that he did not need to be afraid of the dark because God will protect him with angels.

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The next day when I got home from school, Aidan showed me the bracelet he had made in Lamb School while Mommy was at Bible study. I asked him to explain it to me and this is what I got...

"This is black, I don't know what that is. This is red, it's for blood! This is white, that's clean. This is green and that's grow. And this is yellow...I don't know what that is either."

When I walk him through the colors again, he says, "Oh heaven is yellow! Cool!"

Christmas Vacation

We had a wonderful Xmas break this year with lots of snow fun and family up in northern Wisconsin.

Thank you family for all the wonderful gifts you blessed us with.

We also celebrated Davis's 2nd birthday on New Year's Eve!

The Saint and the Sailor

On nights when I (C) have basketball until 6:30, the boys eat early without me. Tonight Kate sent them to their table to wait for their food. She overheard the following...

"Okay Davis let's pray."

Aidan proceeded to thank God for the food and for his brother and his Daddy and his Mommy and his little baby sister and several other relatives and then for the food again. He pretty much covered all the bases from dinner and bedtime prayers, all by himself. Then he and Davis sang our "Thank You Lord" song we always sing after prayer.

Later when I got home, Kate sat down to eat with me. Davis decided to join us and decided he wanted some of my orange pop. I told him he needed a cup so off he ran to his "cup drawer" and returned with a sippy cup and top. He set it on the table, returned to his seat, and told Kate, "That's a cup! That's a cup right there!" I gave him a little orange pop and he guzzled it down. I was unwilling to give him a refill so he turned to Kate. She explained to him that her pop was rootbeer, not orange. To this Davis replied, "I want beer! I want beer Mommy! I want beer Mommy!"

Aidan's Firsts

I (K) have been meaning to write for weeks, even got a post done and the the computer froze and I lost it all. So..... here are a few Aidan updates.

Aidan spelled his first word! He came running up to me with 3 letter puzzle pieces and spelled "WHY". Thank you to PBS's show Super WHY!

Aidan also wrote his first Letter...."A" for Aidan!

And Aidan also went to his first Bucks' game where he "caught" a Bucks' ball! (Note to Uncle Greg: Aidan is a confirmed Bucks fans and Michael Redd is his favorite player. Also please note that the game was against the Pistons and the Bucks lost by a lot.)

More on the other 2 coming soon.

Aidan's Video Update

Just wanted to thank all of you who voted for Aidan. He got 3rd place! Unforntunatly we didn't win anything. Oh well! The kids are really into making videos lately. I will try to put some on soon.

Vote for Aidan!

On a whim a week or so ago, Kate decided to record Aidan singing one of his favorite songs and send it in to Modern Mom for a video contest they are running. Aidan's video is in the Final 5! He needs your vote because currently he's getting beat by a kid playing drums in his diaper. Vote early and often! (You only get one vote per day per computer, unless you have a computer genius friend who can figure a way to circumvent this!) Vote and tell a friend!

Voting will take place through 12/7/07 at http://modernmom.com/site/video_polls.php?poll_id=1