Guess he's been listening to Dad...

Yesterday, Aidan was playing with our Little Tikes ride-in car and was driving around the house. He got out and said, "Wow, I had a hard day at work today."
"Oh really?" I said.
"Yeah, people just kept returning stuff, and no one wanted to buy anything!"
You can tell where his dad works! (Eddie Bauer store manager, in case you are wondering...)

My favorite Gresham word...

Listen to him say "steps" - precious!

My son is 5!

Aidan turned 5 on Tuesday! I can't believe it! He woke up saying, "well, I don't feel 5..." I also don't feel like the mother of a 5 year old!

He had his first birthday party with friends. I wanted to wait until he was old enough for a friend party to actually go well, and we had a great time! We had a castle theme. When the kids came in, the boys made crowns, and the girls made medieval princess hats. I'm not sure what you call those...

We read "The Frog Prince" and then played "hot potato" with a stuffed frog.

We also played "pin the coins on the treasure chest." It was quite funny! Jordan got this castle stone paper at Teacher's Tools, and we made a castle on the wall. I made the treasure chest and "coins" out of poster board.

Then we had pizza for lunch - Aidan's choice!

Jordan organized the gift time, and did a great job! He held up each present, and had the person who brought it raise their hand. Some of the kids made the cards themselves, and I am going to save them because they are so cute!

On Sunday we are celebrating Aidan's birthday and Dad's birthday with the family, and then we can take a break on birthdays for a while!!!

It's a good thing we're not planning to sell our house anytime soon...

Yesterday we had some violin lessons. Between lessons, I asked Aidan to pick up some of the toys that were out. He was all wound up from playing, and was also mad that he had to pick up, so when I heard a crash in his room, I thought that I had better check it out...

When I got in there, he said, "Mom, I think I need to pay you some money."
"Why?"
"Well, because of this hole in the wall."
"Did you throw something?"
"Yes, I was trying to throw this truck at my tool bench, but I missed and hit the wall. I'm sorry. I'll pay you some money to fix it."

The hole is about the size of a nickel, so not too big of a deal. Still, I don't think that Dad is going to be real happy when he sees it... I was thankful though that Aidan was so repentant about it since he usually thinks of a way to make everything not his fault!

Then this morning, we got out crayons and colored for a while. I thought that they were all picked up, but my Gresham quickly found the 3 I had missed and left this artwork on the kitchen floor. It was a much bigger area than in the picture, but I had to get really close to get the camera to pick it up. Thankfully, non-washable crayon comes out with some 409!

Visiting Great Granny Dees

On Wednesday, Jordan's Dad came to visit, and we all went to visit Great Granny Dees! The nursing home where she lives had a birthday party for all of the residents with July birthdays, and so we were able to be there for that. Everyone had a great time! Granny was delighted to see the kids!

Bible Time with Gresham

Everyday after breakfast and bed-making, we have Bible time. Usually I do something super basic with Gresham, like summarize the pictures of the Big Picture Story Bible (a good book by the way), or read one of the stories in that book, or read a Bible themed board book. Today, Daddy was off, and so he did Bible time. I enjoyed listening to it, since usually I am the one trying to explain spiritual concepts to a not quite 2 year old!

Daddy: Who made Gresham?
Gresham: Aidan
Daddy: No, not Aidan. Who made Gresham?
Gresham: Jesus
Daddy: Well, God made Gresham.
Daddy: Last time we read about Adam and Eve. They had to leave the Garden because they disobeyed God. Today we're going to read about Abraham. Abraham obeyed God. Why did Abraham God?
Gresham: Sheep! (pointing to picture)
Daddy: Why did Abraham obey God?
Gresham: Bed. Crying. Bed. Crying.
Daddy: Gresham, listen. Why did Abraham obey God?
Gresham: Aidan
Daddy: No, why did Abraham obey?
Gresham: Jesus
Daddy: Well, that's a good Sunday School answer...

It's okay, we have plenty of time to work with him!

Why...

...does a boy who hates milk or juice absolutely LOVE to drink bath water???