{241/365} 6:20 am

I looked over and caught a glimpse of Aiden watching tv.  Squatting down, chin in hand...slowly waking up. He just looked so little with his paci, blanket, diaper (all of which he now only uses at night).  I just wanted to remember this sweet, quiet time when he's a teenager and I am most likely dragging him out of bed at 6:20 am!

{240/365} Zoo Party

 We had a birthday party at the zoo today.  On our way down, we stopped and got pho for breakfast.  Aident said he wasn't going to eat...and downed his entire bowl.  We ran a few errands and then went to the party.  We ran into Gram and Papa who were downtown for another event. Aiden thought this was the best!  Even though he finished pho about 2 hours prior, Aiden managed to eat a piece of pizza and a cupcake. 

 After a craft, we all headed to the giraffe feeding, something Aiden had never done before.  Fun!

 We got to hang out with Abby and her mom which was lots of fun.  Aiden and Abby raced a cheetah.  Aiden wasn't concerned about going super fast but he used some fancy footwork!

 We saw lots of animals including the new baby elephant.  So cute!

We also rode the train, the carousel and went the to the dolphin show.  Aiden passed out before we even left the parking lot.  A super fun party- thanks Brody!

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This is becoming a bad habit- not taking pictures at least one day a week and only posting one day a week.  Being a full time single working mom can be hard.  Especially when it's the first full week of school with kids.  I'm going for two posts this weekend... Anyway, a few pics of our week.


Sunday we headed to the pool for a few hours.  Trying to take full advantage of the few pool days we have left until summer is officially over.

 On Monday we made Hungry Girl's Gimme Gimme S'mores Sandwiches.  Yummy!

Couldn't tell you what happened on Tuesday and I have no pictures to document it. On Wednesday Aiden took a nose dive off the couch and landed cheek first onto the coffee table.  The coffee table has a tile like top with some rough grout and Aiden got a lovely coffee table burn.

 Aiden spent the night at my parents' because I had open house at school on Thursday night.  I took a picture of the bracelet Aiden made me at school.  My first piece of jewelry from him. :)

 We had a low key Friday night.  We did go out for frozen yogurt.  There was a pretty big football game going on- the two rival high schools were playing.  We were able to see "our" team head over to the big game with a police escort.  Three school buses and a police car- made Aiden's night!

Today was gorgeous!  Not a cloud in the sky when we headed to the pool this morning.  We spent almost 2 hours at the pool and then another hour at the playground.  Aiden took a huge nap.  Of course I couldn't wake him up and he slept way too long.  Tonight's bed time could be interesting...and late.  We have a big day tomorrow so I hope he sleeps!

{232/365} Train Park

Our weekend got off to a rough start with a 5:45 am wake up call from a certain 3 year old.  By about 7:30, I put in a movie and went down to do my workout.  Forty five minutes later I came back upstairs and he was sound asleep.  I was so looking forward to an afternoon nap today (for myself).  I knew that was out the window and I couldn't fall asleep after my workout.  Oh well.  After lunch, Aiden said he wanted to go to the train park and go eat at Sang and Ha's restaurant.  Sounded like a plan to me!  On our way there we saw a train.  I was able to pull onto a street right next to the tracks.  It was a good thing we saw that one because not a single train came by the park in the 2 hours we were there.  I guess weekends are a little slower.  We still had fun and Aiden gave me some great smiles.

Well, he gave me some great smiles until he was done.  This is his "NO MORE PICTURES" scream.  Got it little man!

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The first pictures pretty much sums up the exhaustion level around here.  The first week back to school is always tough.

 So tough that I honestly didn't even pick up my camera for 3 days.  Oops. Luckily Aiden's new teachers have a website and I was able to swipe some of those shots that didn't have other kiddos in them.  It appears that Aiden's shoe fetish carries over to school.  He had these white tap/mary jane shoes on in every single picture except the ones that were taken outside!

{227/365} Preschool

Aiden had his first day of school today.  He was so excited to go that he willingly posed for pictures. I got lots of great ones but this next one is my favorite.

I called my mom when he got home from school.  I asked Aiden how school was.  With a very annoyed voice he told me, "mom, it's preschool." My bad.  But he loved it.  He later told me it was the best day of him life!  He was split into a class without a few of his buddies but still knows a couple of his classmates.  On Tuesdays and Thurdays he will stay after preschool (which is 9-11:30) until the 3 in the daily discovery program that he was in last year.  He will be with more of his friends then. Hoping for a really good PRESCHOOL year!

And because I'm feeling sentimental tonight, here's a look back at his other first days of school.

September 2009 (Mother's Day Out at our church from 9-1 on Thursdays)

 August 2010 (New School-Daily Discovery Program (kind of a pre-pre school) two days a week from 9-3)

 And today, August 15, 2011- my little boy is growing up!

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This was our last weekend before school starts.  We tried to fit in lots of fun! Friday we did a little horsin' around at Connor Prairie and then had lunch poolside.

 Mommy also fit in a girls night out at a wine and canvas event and Aiden had a haircut. 

On Sunday, we met Devon and family downtown.  We hung out in the Artsgarden and went to the drum museum.  We also had Aiden's meet the teacher night.  He sobbed the whole way home because he wanted to stay!  Guess he's ready for preschool!