The never-ever-ever's

Welcome to the ever changing days of toddler hood. One day I have the little boy who's playing with imaginary friends, and the next we have the never-ever-ever's. Here are just some examples of our over dramatic three year old:

1.Take for instance Aiden's bath time the other night with Dave. Dave goes to put on his jammies and Aiden's response: "No I won't put them on, I want to be cold forever and ever and ever!"

2. Getting dropped off at Grandma's and refusing to let go of the toy he brought from home. This is fine, no argument from the parents, oh but that's not enough for Aiden, he still has to get his point across. Yelling at Dave's car he says, "I won't take this back to Dada's house, not ever, ever, ever!"

3. Even the simplest things such as his plea for chocolate milk over regular milk. "No I don't like regular milk (a lie), I will never-ever-ever drink it!"

Oh the joys of being three.... ;)

"Now I'm back to Aiden" (and his wild imagination..)

This week has been very exciting indeed. First of all, I have been off from school and finally allowed the time to play properly, that I have so missed this entire summer. It couldn't have come at a better time! Aiden's imagination is soaring right now. I've already posted on Sarge and Jumpy Joey, which have become a great use to us, especially when it comes times to eating tricky foods. For example, the lines "What's that? Oh Aiden I just heard Jumpy Joey say he'd like some broccoli" has been used and with (knock on wood) desired results.


However, today came another imaginary friend into the world of Aiden. Upon another reminder to go back to bed during nap time I heard him yelling from his room, rather upset "No I told you to go to bed! I said it's your nanite time!" First thinking that he was talking back, my initial reaction was to go talk to him about using nice words with mommy or face a time out and then nap time. This did not happen. As I walked into his room, there was Aiden sitting on his bed, talking down to it. I asked him what he had said and his response came out without a seconds thought "I'm telling Hoe Hoe to go to bed!" First of all, seriously, where does he get these friends names??? Secondly, the initial shock is not nearly as entertaining as what follows. I learned that Hoe Hoe came from our car, he has yellow (blond) hair and blue eyes (which of course prompts Aiden to tell me he has red hair from God and green eyes from Mama), and he needs a nap. I tuck both Aiden and Hoe Hoe into bed, when they wake up, both insist on a shared snack of peanut butter and jelly crackers. Now here's where it gets good. As Aiden eats his snack I fold laundry, when I turn my head to check on him, he's covered, I mean arms, tummy, legs, and back, in jelly. Not that there was a lot to begin with (I'm very stingy with jelly on stuff, too much sugar), but you can be sure there were none left on his crackers. I immediately ask the question "Aiden why is there jelly smeared all over your belly?" His response: "Hoe Hoe did it." Fast forward an hour and there we are at Target, chasing Hoe Hoe through the store as a very upset Aiden is directing me where he has run off too. Thank goodness Aiden decided to strap him into the shopping cart with him after the third time. LOL.















The third and final big jump in imagination has been Aiden's ability to transform into different things (hence the title). While we occasionally get Aiden the superhero, Aiden the dinosaur, or even Aiden the little baby, Aiden's biggest transformation is into that of a puppy. I wish I could describe how adorable Aiden puppy is, barking at little sounds, eating his food face first, I swear he gives Tops a run for his money at being a dog. And each time at the end of his transformation he declares "And now I'm back to Aiden!"
































Beyond his great imagination I have become convinced that Aiden will be voted "Class Clown" one day. He goofy behaviors and fun loving attitude will be enough to convince anyone. He truly is the funniest kid I have ever had the joy of knowing.






















































Hope this blog finds everyone well, much love to you all! =0)

Birthday Fun Part II

Just a couple of shots from Aiden's actual birthday dinner at Grandma's House. I can't tell you how blessed we feel to have so many people who love our little guy!













































































































































And if you're wondering, yes, the evening did end with all of the kids being "Cornholio" - this is a weird family... =0)

Camping/Birthday Fun

I know it's been about a month since his birthday, but I thought I'd share our camping adventure. We had such a good time playing in the stream next to us, enjoying camping food, and just taking a day to completely relax. So sit back and enjoy the multitudes of pictures!

<---I call this shot the Mud Monster

Sarge and Jumpy Joey

I know I still need to write about Aiden's fabulous birthday, but I couldn't risk forgetting this one...

Over the last few days Aiden has continuously mentioned the people that live in his belly. At first we thought the only seemingly normal thing - that he connected a rumbling in his tummy to a concept that made sense to him. This is not the case. We finally gave in today and asked him about these people, to which he declared "There are two guy people in my tummy." Ok... (it gets way funnier!). So then of course we asked the only natural next question, do they have names? Without hesitation Aiden responded "Yea they names is Sarge and Jumpy Joey." Oh my. Apparently not only do these two guy people live in his tummy they also come out and play. Imaginary friends? Perhaps. However, since these conversations he goes to lengths to lift up his shirt to show us them, and also has declared that they eat the food he eats. I'm offically confused and yet strangly delighted by his growing imagination.... as long as it doesn't get weirder than this lol.