{365/365} Last Day!

 So far we have had a great last day of 2011.  Devon babysat while the adults got to go to a movie.  Then we met Libby and her mommy at the mall (I forgot to ask if I could use a picture on the blog...thus the beautiful Libby in the background of this picture!).  Aiden is so overtired but managed to have a great time- we even got to ride the mall train (because saying no wasn't worth the meltdown at this point).

After the mall we got some pictures taken and then headed out for pizza.  We came home, ate cake and are now relaxing in front of the television.

I can't believe another year has come to an end.  I have really enjoyed having a so many pictures of Aiden the past two years.  I missed several days this year but did my best.  Not sure what 2012 will bring for this little blog. I guess my tens of readers (okay, I think I have 20-30 on a good day!)  will have to stay tuned.  Hope you all have a wonderful New Year!

{364/365} Happy Birthday, Heather!

We headed south to help Heather celebrate a big birthday and to ring in the new year.  Aiden is having the time of his life with his beloved Devon!

{363/365} Listen to your Mother

I told him he should have taken a nap.  Some day he'll learn!

 He did make it until 7:50 so I'm hoping he'll sleep through the night!

{362/365} Medal #5

This medal was for hockey.  Miss Megan always gives a nice little speech about each child as she hands out the medal.  Aiden scored a goal this week and she thanked him for his listening ears and for helping his friends.  That's my sweet boy!  The next sport is track and field. 

I realized as I was typing this that we started going to gymb0ree 3 years ago this week.I have brought up stopping gymb0ree a few times with Aiden....it never goes over well.  He insists he wants to stay at gymb0ree forever.  He truly loves it and how do I say no to that?  Not to mention that the teachers are all amazing.  He still loves Miss Melissa (his teacher for 2 years) and he also will talk about Miss Megan, Miss Wendy (sitting next to Aiden below) and Miss Eileen.  He loves them all and is so comfortable with them.  They are pretty amazing teachers and I am thankful to have them be a part of our lives for the past 3 years!

{361/365} Snow!

 Yesterday morning we got our first snow that actually stuck.  The flakes coming down when we first got outside were HUGE (you can see one on Aiden's glove)! 

 We didn't get more than an inch and a half but it came down fast.  It was also very wet which made for great snowballs and snowmen!  Glad I was on break so we could play outside when the snow finally came!

{360/365} The Day After

1 1/2 hours of Play Gym + Lunch Date/Another hour of play time with the BFF+ the fact that it is the day after Christmas= A Very Tired Aiden! 

He slept for 3 hours on Monday afternoon!

{359/365} Merry Christmas

 Santa delivered!  Aiden was thrilled to get his very own jackhammer!  He also got a new rescue her0 which, like I said in an earlier post, is the newest craze!

 

 After a lazy morning we prepared for a late Christmas lunch.  Chef Aiden wanted to help!

 Kelly, Collin and Chloe came over and they brought Aiden another Rescue Her0.  He was thrilled!

 Kelly and I figured we should have 15 of these pictures in front of the tree.  Collin was 4 when they started coming over- crazy how time flies!

We headed home around 5:30.  Aiden fell asleep in the car after no nap but woke up as soon as I brought him inside.  He wanted to know if Santa came...and he did!

 

 The Christmas aftermath...Christmas 2011 was definitely fun and memorable!

{358/265} Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve started with one last trip to visit Santa.  "I want to make sure he knows I want a jack hammer".  Why not?  Turns out the mall was not crowded at all- we got a front row parking spot and walked right up to Santa.

After church we headed to my parents' house for our annual pizza party.  There were fun and games to be had by all!

 Aiden didn't get the memo that only the last shot was a "silly" one!

We hung our stockings with care and then Aiden melted down so no pictures of the Twas the Night Before Christmas reading- he cried through the whole thing.  He wanted to go sleep at home.  Poor guy. It was after 11 and he was tired...but once he calmed and it was just the two of us laying in bed he got very excited, anticipating the arrival of Santa!

{354.355.356.357/365} Gearing Up for Christmas

We made several goodies this year (a first for me!).  I thought it would be fun for Aiden.  It was.  Until he lost interest and told me, "I'm too busy to help anymore."  Yeah, he looks super busy.

 The local farm equipment store (there's still corn in Indiana afterall) has a HUGE light display every year.  We drove through it on Wednesday.

 Aiden's favorites were the train and the giraffes boarding Noah's Ark.

 Hanging out, watching his Rescue Her0es DVD. 

 Today we went down to the children's museum.  It was super busy but we managed to get right in line for the yuletide slide.  We spent 4 hours there- Aiden wanted to do it all!  He melted on the way out but fell asleep pretty quickly.  Still working on not getting so upset when it's time to go.  It's not going so well- I'm open to suggestions!

 Ice Skating and Ice Fishing

 Aiden is still big into writing.  I think he found every place that had some sort of coloring/writing involved and spent lots of time there.  He also could have spent hours "digging" for the terra cotta warriors!