Aidan goes ice skating!

Cyndi and I took Aidan ice skating for the very first time this weekend. I knew it would be a total hit or a total miss. Well a hit it was!

He could actually walk in the horrid plastic skates, but the ice was a different story.

Aidan had a great time having us drag him around the rink. Luckily Cyndi and I didn't fall either but I was worried that Aidan would fall and clip our skates and we would all go down in a heap. Nope! We did have to switch sides every so often so each arm could get a rest for awhile. There were times that I barely had to hold Aidan so maybe next time he will be able to balance by himself a little more. I think the problem is that he has no fear and is TRYING to skate (or do what he sees other people doing with their feet) so he doesn't cautiously glide on the ice.

But he was able to just stand there on the ice for a minute with no help!

A helmet may be necessary - or a couple hats!

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Then we went for an early dinner and Aidan slept over at Aunt Cyndi's house! Thanks Cyndi!

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I love it when the kids entertain each other!

So Monday night, Jim was in Portland and I was on my own with the kids - not a fun prospect these days with Aidan being...well...3 1/2.

Dinner started off well and Aidan decided to do anything to make Makena laugh.

Here is a video from dinner - is there anything better than the laugh of a toddler?
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Of course, it all fell to pieces after this when Aidan started his normal snarkyness and ended up in bed without being able to watch a show.

Good times!

Fun on a crappy weather day

This past Sunday we had the strangest weather here - woke up to unexpected snow that turned to rain that turned to hail and wind on and off all day. So what do you do with kids on a day like that? JUMP HOUSE!

Luckily our bonus room is big enough to put up the jump house inside. So we got it going and threw the kids in. Makena would just sit there while Aidan jumped and made her bounce. I got better shots on the video camera than the still.

Later that day we had our neighbor Sasha over to play as well. The kids had a great time! Of course Aidan had to wear his Spiderman "suit" and Sasha was in her tutu. What other attire to jump? Aidan was also the perfect gentleman helping Sasha up the slide to get in.

Then we had a bit of a scare when the kids left the stair gate open and Makena fell down the stairs. All is well, she only has a little bump on her lip but boy was I in a panic and shaking for at least a half hour! Lesson learned to make sure all visiting kids remember to shut the gate and that Aidan remembers as well. '

All on a Sunday!

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