Aidan's Tattoo Parlor

I (C) got home from a coaches' clinic today and saw that Aidan had colored the better part of this right arm with black ink. When I asked him what happened to his arm he said,

"I saw a picture of my basketball guy and I saw that he had colored his arm with black stuff so I thought I would color my arm with black marker...and a crayon wouldn't work."

Rest Time

Aidan has had 2 full weeks of school now and has made great friends with the other 3 boys in his class, and the girls too! The hardest thing for Mommy is getting all 3 kids dressed before 7:30, when we leave to walk to school. Overall, Aidan has a had a great time. We did have one morning last week when he woke up not wanting to go to school.
So, I sat down with him and asked, "Why don't you want to go to school Aidan?" Aidan answered, "Oh, I don't want to go because I don't like rest time."
Mom, "Why don't you like rest time?"
Aidan, "Because I am not sleepy and can't play."
Surprise! Surprise!
Grammie Laura will understand this, since Aidan is just like his Daddy!
So, I told Aidan to ask the teacher if he could read a book or have a small toy to play with quietly during that time. And off we went to school.

Later in the week, I was chatting with his teacher's assistant before school one day and mentioned his disdain for rest time. She then told me.....

"Yes, Aidan is the only one that doesn't fall asleep so we make him lay quietly until the other kids are asleep and then take him to another room so he can play."

Ha! Goof Ball! You have some pretty nice teachers buddy!

Aidan's First Day of School

Aidan had his first day of 4 year old kindergarten today. After waking up early and having muffins (per his request) for breakfast, we dressed in our uniform and off to school. Aidan's is going to St. Phillip's Lutheran School, which is just down about 8 houses on our block, so we walked of course. We also have videos which have to be edited yet, so we will let you know when those will be ready. But here is a few pictures.

Ready to GO!

Brother and Sister are Excited too!

Walking to School!

Breakfast table at school.

All done with day one! Look how exciting it was!

A Message from Aidan and Davis...

If you know (or don't know) what they're talking about, call us...

That Could Have Gone Better

Aidan was driving Kate crazy tonight and eventually worked his situation to the point where I get to step in. I picked him up and carried him into his bedroom for a spanking. When I got into his room I realized I did not have a place to sit down and carry out my parental duty. I decided to sit on Davis' bed - the lower half of the bunk bed he and Aidan share. As I sat down Aidan was facing over my shoulder and I smacked his forehead into his own bed. I could not bring myself to deliver on the threatened spanking after that.

When he calmed down, I apologized and we talked about his behavior. I got around to saying something about him going to school now and he has to be a big boy all the time. To this he replied, "But Daddy, I'm not five yet!"

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A couple thoughts from Aidan this past Sunday at church...

After I pointed out the pastor to him, "That's the guy who tells us truth things."

When the organ started playing the first hymn, "Daddy, it sounds like a scary movie."

Love and Marriage

We have been reading our newest kid Bible (which I got at Goodwill) - The Step By Step Bible - and tonight we finished Abraham and his almost sacrifice of Isaac. Aidan asks me (C) what tomorrow's story is about and I tell him it is about Isaac getting his wife. So I ask Aidan if he will ever get married...

"Yeah, when I'm a grown up. When Halle is a grown up, then I can get married with her.

I then ask Davis if he will ever get married...

"Yeah...with you and Aidan."

Happy Birthday Halle!

Our little lady bug turned 1 on Sunday, July 27th! Wow, I can't believe she is 1! We had a fabulous party on Sunday with family. Thank you all for coming and thanks for the gifts! Halle was actually quite reserved with her cake at first, but got into it eventually. Enjoy the pics and videos!