Feet painting

What could be more fun than painting with your feet?

Names

April 23, 2005

Aeden just wants to be called Aeden. We tease him and call him Peacock, and he yells and says he is not a peacock, he is Aeden Gourry.

Look at the camera

Pretending he is actually looking at the camera.

Arm dates

March 2003, Aeden broke arm climbing over baby gate.

March 2004, Aeden broke arm climbing out of a crib.

March 2005, everyone rejoices because Aeden did NOT break his arm.

Bedtime Routine

March 31, 2005

Okay so we have quite the routine going now.
We have made it up and you can't skip any of it without him going ballistic, unless of course he chooses to skip it, then it is okay.

Put dishes in sink; clean living room; brush teeth; put on pjs; clean bedroom; put clothes in hamper; do checks (check off the list of chores); count how many days are left in the week in English, Spanish, German; go through color cards; read story; ***; tuck in; sing sunshine; turn on fan; parent(s) leave room.

Okay the weirdness. Aeden has to, and I do mean has to go through this spiel. You can not interrupt him, you can not ask him anything, tell him to do anything, or whatnot until he has finished, otherwise you will get irritated b/c he isn't listening. Once he starts this, you just have to go with it. I have stopped Eric many times from stepping on Aeden's words b/c it would just end with them butting heads.

Here it is:
Aeden: Mommy watch t.v.? Mommy go night-night? ; Daddy watch t.v. ; Daddy play computer ; Daddy go night-night? "

He has to go through each of those, in that order with the appropriate person answering yes. If you don't answer yes he will repeat the question again. He is so odd.

Easter 2005

At the local Easter Egg Hunt.

I a girl...

March 9, 2005

I rarely tell Aeden he can't have something because he is a boy and it is for girls. The exception is clothes/dress-up. Those I will tell him it is girl stuff. My friend however has a 15 month old and she is always telling him that such and such is a girl toy etc. I went shopping with her last week and she was telling both boys (hers and mine) that. I laughed at her and told her we don't tell Aeden that unless it is clothing.
So fast forward to Saturday. Aeden was on my last nerve at Target and he wanted the Dora dollhouse accessories. Irritated beyond belief (for other reasons), I told him he couldn't have it because it was for girls.

Aeden: I a girl!

Me: No you are not.

Aeden: Yes, I are a girl.

Me: Are you a girl because you want these toys?

Aeden: Yes

Typing

February 28, 2005

You know on the computer games where they set up "accounts" with their names on it, so several kids can keep their games seperate? Like on Dora there are 3 slots?

Anyway, yesterday I typed AEDEN in the first slot and left him to play. When we logged in today I noticed that the second and third slots had AEDENQU and AEDENKJIOEJ .

I, of course praised him on typing his name first before adding the extra letters.

Then he went and deleted them all while I was talking to Eric on the phone.

While I was still talking to Eric, Aeden then proceeded to type/click the letters AEDEN in the first slot with absolutely no help from me.

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa

Second snowman

Aeden made a much better snowman with the help of Daddy.