Some recent adventures and silliness

Here's a series of Aidan at the park:



Playing the piano in her hat:



General cuteness:

Bye-bye

So, last night, we began the bedtime ritual. Clothes off. Diaper change. PJs. Lexa (the dachshund - still for sale, btw) was sitting in the rocker we use at bedtime. Aidan kept pointing at her and saying, "No, no, no" and shaking her finger. We get all ready and Christianne asks me if I would like to put Aidan to sleep. I get Lexa out of the chair and sit down and Aidan starts arching her back and saying "No, no, no" as Christianne attempts to pass her to me. I suggest that, perhaps, Aidan would like Christianne to put her to sleep. So, we change places. I'm talking to Aidan (who has grabbed a book by now), telling her I love her, reminding her to "sleep tight all night" and such. She opens her book and starts looking at the pictures and, without even looking at me says, "Bye-bye."

Okie dokie.

Nite-nite sweet girl.

I never said that Aidan didn't know her own mind.

Christianne took some great pictures of Aidan at the park. We'll get those uploaded soon.

Aidan is finally back in school today, after almost a week out with a stomach virus. I hope that's the end of that for awhile! I took her to our local get well daycare yesterday for part of the day. She really liked it there and had a good time. I'd rather that we care for her when she's sick, but this seems like a great (if expensive!) option if we really need it.

Dachshunds for sale

Anyone interested in two, very sweet, loving dachshunds - cheap?

Dear, lovely pets that they are, woke up Aidan - who was nicely asleep in her carseat and then in my arms when we came home from church. What's the first rule of a home with a young child in it?

DON'T WAKE UP THE BABY.

Then, I almost had her back to sleep when Harley (a very cute double dapple) decided that he needed to take that moment to barge into Aidan's room and roll around on the carpet while making happy dog sounds. Not conducive to Aidan sleeping.

DON'T WAKE UP THE BABY.

I finally put Aidan down in her crib, much to her initial dislike, gathered up the dogs, and left the room. Aidan proceeded to play in her crib (in between brief bouts of not serious crying) for 1.5 hours before FINALLY going back to sleep. Now, of course, she'll want to sleep too late, so I will have to go wake her up, which will then involve more crying and crabbiness until she realizes that she likes being awake. Then bedtime will come and we'll hope she'll be tired again.

So, any takers on the dachshunds?

Better today

Aidan is finally feeling better today. She still had a fever and was up-chucking some, but she kept down dinner last night and breakfast this morning, so we are hopeful. And she's quite energetic and talkative this morning!

She just finished her morning composition exercises on the piano and is now working on vacuum engineering, exploring why the on/off switch only works sometimes (like when it is plugged in!). We have a very well-rounded little girl.

For those who are interested, here's a picture of our new floor:

Sick little girl

You know how when you don't feel well, you want your favorite part of jammies, some comfy slippers, and a cozy blanket? Well, Aidan fell sick last night with some virus that made her up-chuck and this morning she started with a fever. After changing her jammies twice, she decided that the only possible way she could go to sleep was like this:



Now, I tried to cover her up. She would have none of it.

I tried to take off the black, patent leather shoes and every time I tried, this sleepy "Noooooo" would emit from her lips.

So be it. Sleep is more important than appropriate sleep attire.

The doctor said it isn't the flu, so we will just have to ride it out. She's doing OK. Cranky, but OK. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

Crazy daredevil girl

So, last week, Aidan resumed her sliding activities. I had visions of being able to be like the other parents I see: sitting quietly on a bench, leafing through a parenting magazine or talking to another parent, while my daughter attentively climbed up to the slide, sat down with her feet in front of her, and slid down the slide. Yesterday dashed those hopes for a while.

Aidan decided to go down the slide again. The first two trips were great, feet out, perfect. Then she decided to get brave and a little crazy. She spent most of the rest of her trips down the slide coming down head first on her tummy, yelling "Wheee!!!!!!" all the way down. And she loved being caught at the bottom and swung up in the air. Of course, if I hadn't been there to catch her, she would have landed on her face. I don't think she's figured that out yet. I'm hoping next time will be back to feet first, but it also kind of cool to have a little one who is so willing to throw herself into life.

Today's big girl accomplishment

Today, Aidan and I went to the park. On the play structures, there are stairs to climb to get up to the platform where you can then slide or whatever. Today, Aidan held on to the handrail and walked up 6 stairs all by herself - without falling over. It was quite something! And then, we slid down, side by side, holding hands(there were two slides ajoined). It was way fun!

Tonight, she decided that she didn't like having her tray on her booster seat and wanted to sit with her dishes on the table like everyone else. I actually think she decided this a few days ago, but it took me until tonight to figure out that when she was handing me her plate and saying "No. No." it didn't mean she was done eating, but rather than she was unhappy with the arrangement of her tableware. Live and learn is the name of the mommy game, isn't it?