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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Long time, No blog

For my blog followers: Sorry it has been so long. Adjusting to my new job has taken more of a toll than expected. Aiden is finally adjusting to daycare. No more crying! When I drop her off she waves bye bye and/or blows kisses and when I pick her up, she is all excited and chatty. She has made lots of friends and it is so great to watch her make decisions and play. I just love it!
My job has been more than expected. My work is specifically titled as a "remediation aide" but I'm not doing hardly any aiding. Mostly teaching. I work for Title I most of the day, Team teach math in the morning and teach 3rd grade advanced math in the afternoon. I even get my own classroom for a whole 40 mins. Poor room has been storage all year and now I get to adopt it! Yippee!
As I said we have been so busy:

Kathy had her birthday party up in Indy and a good time was had by most. Dan is not a fan of loud music, but he did humor me and dance. I'm so glad. I LOVE to dance and hardly ever get to. I think I would be totally fit if I could just dance all day!And Aunt Lilly came over a couple of weeks ago. I love that Aidie is finally being social with people. She played with Aunt Lilly and I think she might have popped from all the baby love :-)
Also: My child is incredibly tall and skinny! How crazy is this! And is obsessed with ribbon, particularly this one that once belonged to Caina. Poor puppy has to share everything!
We are in the stages of Halloween decisions: What to dress Aidie as for Halloween. Dan wants us All to dress up in theme. I want Aidie to be a "buffwhy" (butterfly). Suggestions?

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Our First Chilly Play Day!

The temperature has finally decided to drop for a few days and it has gotten rather nippy outside. So we went pants, jacket and finally a hat, once the wind picked up! Aiden was definitely loving it!

Naturally we had to spend a good portion of the time digging and getting as dirty as possible until mom says "okay. New choice please!"

So we practice being a little monkey! I can't believe she can do this!!!

And slide down the big girl slides all on our own (thanks Rachel and Ella for the idea)

And finally trekked out into the woods... (I think she needs a little red cape for this scene!)

To find some some (much loved by the end of the trip) pinecones! I don't know if you can tell just from the picture, but I think she might have taken these home and added them to her favorite toy collection if she could have. Sometimes it's nice to let the park be the bad guy and blame having to leave them behind due to "park regulations". What an outdoorsy little girl!!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

My Shy Little Catepillar has become a Social Butterfly!

**Warning** This post contains an overload of pictures**So it comes to pass that the little girl who once would not let go of my skirt in front of "strangers" (these including her own uncles and such) is now the belle of the ball, entertaining and interacting with everyone! I cannot hardly believe the transformation.

We decided to spend our park day in a large meadow with just a tiny playground and Aidie had a fantastic time running and running the whole morning!

We even found some wild grapes growing. She was VERY interested, but there was no tasting, much to her intense dissatisfaction...


We also tried our hands at fort building. Welcome back to the days when couch cushions were castle walls and blankets were Indian canopies. Aidie thought this was the best game ever! Thank you daddy for the idea.
Then, of course, it was Dan's birthday! Happy 25th! You get to be older than me for a whole two days under 2months... Ugh! A quarter of a century seems so old, doesn't it?
Regardless of the advancing years on us, we had a really nice "Dan's" day weekend. My grandmother's birthday is the 8th. So we had lots of people over on Sunday to my parents' house. And of course, with Aidie's new found socialite personality, it was a lot of fun. You can see her snatched up by uncle John and laughing hysterically.
And she had to help both Daddy and Great-Grandma King open up presents and read cards. She is a very good little helper!

As you can see, my Grandma was pleased as punch for Aidie to be happily sitting in her lap. And of course, there was a little ice cream nibbling during all of this. Mmmm...
She even snuggled with my Aunt Pam and had a few more bites of ice cream. I'm surprised she wasn't wired!
Then, as I went to get water, they turned my child into a biker babe. Can't really say it was forced, from the look on her face.
Uncle John even showed her how to ride a motorcycle properly. Laying on your belly in Aidie's case.
Since Monday was Dan's real birthday, we spent they day with his family. Megan came over with Matt and Aidie was finally willing to play without mommy on constant call. So Aidie and Megan read lots of books.
And Uncle Matt got to wear a pretty lei.

So all in all. A very good Labor Day weekend. Happy back to work everyone, even me. Yes. I'm starting a remediation position with MCCSC probably Tuesday. Thank goodness Aidie decided to turn social!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Don't want to forget

I know that if I don't write these down, I am going to forget them. Hysterical moments of the week:
1. Aidie singing along to "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith. It popped into my head. I'm singing the "na na na na na na na" part and Aidie finished it up. Too funny. Now we can get her sing "na na"s anytime. So fun!
2. Aiden has adopted some strange toys over her little life (ie. mainly "Rosie O' Dolly". Yes. Named after you know who). However, this week she decided to adopt a pair of my pajama pants. She carries them everwhere!
3. I LEARNED HOW TO FRENCH BRAID!!! It finally made sense. Wee Hee!