Fun with Friends...and Odds & Ends

Aidan, as you're getting older, you're also becoming more of a social butterfly. You used to acknowledge other children, but now you're really into playing with them, especially your best bud Brady and your awesome little pal (and next door neighbor) Luke.

Here's some evidence:

You're always pretty excited to see Luke! The other day we were at the park and Luke and Tammy came a little later. You saw Luke coming and you ran up to him to say hello! Then you put sticks on his head. No friendship is perfect.

You're also getting along great with Brady! You guys play together, hang out, and encourage each other to be silly...and get wet.


...Very wet...


You guys were so dirty (and wet) from the park, that you even bathed together. What? Friends do that, right? I took some video, but I'm not going to post it here, as the video went from G to R rated pretty quickly when Brady decided to stand up.

But there were some funny moments in your growing friendship.

Brady, standing up, turned his backside to you and bent over. You turned to us and said what anyone in your situation would say: "Meow."

Also, you thought it was very hilarious to continually pour water on Brady's head. You would pour it, then laugh. Pour it, then laugh.

But when Brady tried it on you, you got upset.

So, yeah, friendships need to be fine tuned; but you're off to a great start at learning the basic tune!

Here are the odds & ends:

1. You've been watercoloring with your Mommy, and the results are great!

2. You've been talking a lot more, and trying out new words: especially names.

You now know my name, "aaahn" and Mommy's (hall). And your own ("adn!"). You're working on family and friends names too. You called cousin Kobi "koko," you're working on "Bekka" and have "BG" (Uncle BJ) and "kai" (Kari) pretty much down. Of course, you know Mi and Yaya and Pop too!

3. You're amazing us with your Nursery Rhyming.

Your Mom worked with you pretty diligently one day to get you to fill in the blanks on "Humpty Dumpty". You say 'wall,' 'fall,' 'men,' and 'again,' at all the right places, very excitedly!

But, the other night, we were reading you stories and decided to try some more fill-in-the-blanks, and without any reminding necessary, you new the words to "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat" which you now request by your name for it: "Been" (since you love to say "been"). We were floored by this development!

"been" "queen" "there" "chair" --- you're quite the rhymer...and really surprised your Mommy and Me by pulling that out of your hat!

4. DANCING!
The other day we heard some street musicians and you just started to bebop and dance all over the place. I helped you out by calling dance moves: clap! snap! spin! drum! (and you beat your hands on the ground). I tried to get  video of it, but by the time I got the camera out, you had found a nearby puddle to dance in. But that was cute too...and still involved some really top notch dancing.



Now you love dancing! Whenever your Muppets songs come on, especially your current favorite ("Life's a Happy Song", which you request by brushing your teeth...trust me, it makes sense), you dance, dance, dance!


With friends, and dancing, and painting rhyming, life really is a happy song (although there are a few cadenzas of Grade-A tantrums). We're ecstatic to sing along with you!