Decorating Easter Eggs with Grandma

Emma was too tired to stay up and dye Easter Eggs, so Aidan go to decorate eggs with Grandma. He was a little too tired as well, but he had a good time.

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

That's a gift that has been thrown into the tree

Aidan's current favorite bed time story is Stuck by Oliver Jeffers. It's a bout a boy who keeps throwing things into a tree to knock down his kite. A few days after the Christmas tree went up I caught him throwing a toy car into the tree. After that it was Emma's hair clips, Puppy, some pens and other assorted small items. This book is not a good influence.

Play date at the park

A mom in Aidan's class organized a play date at a near by park. They had fun and were all over the place. This was the only nice picture I was able to take.

Waiting for Ms. Menaca

Aidan came down stairs with me to wait for Ms. Menaca.

Barista

The barista at Starbucks let Aidan go behind the counter this morning and watch my coffee being made. We also got to watch the guys drive around in  indoor cherry pickers so that they could hang signs and decorations up. The mall is pretty cool at 8:00 am.

Circle the wagons!

Aidan made a protective ring around his snack. It didn't keep Emma out.

Proud of his gap

Now the missing tooth is cool. He likes to whistle through the gap.

My First Selfie

Urkel

Hero Time!

Another gift from Aunt Deni that everyone is enjoying.

The Hero

His Arch Nemesis

If she can't find me...

... then I don't have to share it.

Everyone loves the snuggee

Thanks, Aunt Deni!

Stylin'

It's 'scary'

The Nap Bandit strikes again!

Happy 5th Birthday!

Since it was our spring break, we had a small family get together for Aidan's birthday. We picked Aidan up from his school (where he had a small party) and went to Cheeky Monkey, an indoor play area near our house. Normally he drags one of us along with him so I expected to get lots of cute pictures. Nope, not this time.  He took off and was only occasionally seen. I would have to ask Kiira if he was ok since she say him more than I did. He had a great time but was exhausted by the time we finished.

Taste testing the cupcakes for school

After Cheeky Monkey

Refreshed and ready to play some more

Don't bake with hyper kids

Aidan really likes the way some ingredients puff out when you blow on them.  It was funny when he did it with cinnamon a while back.  Cinnamon hangs in the air, and then he walked through it.  Lots of coughing and watery eyes but he stopped blowing into the mixing bowl.  Apparently he was feeling brave last night.  Flour was everywhere.  I thought I'd cleaned everything up and then found this the next morning.

Super Twins

Aidan thought the matching shirts were "Awesome"!

It's finally cool enough to swim

Swimming in the summer is gross unless your pool comes with a chiller, otherwise it's like swimming in bathwater.  Some beaches have a swift current and the water isn't too bad, but you really have to be careful of riptides.  The beach we like is pretty shallow and not fun to swim in between May and August.  Our neighborhood pool has a chiller, but until now it's been too hot to be outside for too long.  Nobody wants to go swim for 15 minutes and then trudge back home.  Now it's finally nice enough to enjoy the water.

He doesn't enjoy walking home in wet trunks

Pet Store Mayhem

It wasn't really mayhem, but I was nervous about all of the open cases.  Aidan really wanted to pull out a dwarf hamster.  He got a little frustrated with the turtles because they kept moving around when he was trying to look at their faces.

Backyard Fun

It's fun to play outside when it's not 109 degrees out.

The Nettles brought over their granddaughter's sand table.

Rain!  Puddles!!  Yeah!!!