1. Aiden is loving kindergarten! I attribute it to a couple of things. First of all, he is the most social kid ever and school has finally given him that outlet of having many people to hang out with. Secondly, he has the greatest kindergarten teacher of all. We absolutely love her and she is amazing with her 22 little kiddos. Oh and I couldn't not talk about school without mentioning the amazingness of getting to go on field trips! Finally, Aiden has the smartz. We've always known Aiden as quite the conundrum. He's nonstop, in so many different ways, including that big ol' brain of his. He has big ideas, sometimes much too big for a five year old. He thinks about things like the possibilities of gas running out of the world, how to feed all the people who don't have food, and what the word "civic" means because he heard it in a dream (not the car folks, I asked). Now he finally has a place to help him learn more and it excites him a lot. Watching him learn to read, seeing him write things down, it's completely awesome.
2. Aiden is in soccer! Of course right? I mean the kid never stops running, so naturally we thought this would be the sport. LOL. I'm sure time will really tell, but for now we have been enjoying the quirks of what soccer really is at age 5 - entertaining. Don't get me wrong, not all soccer teams are like this. However, for our team, which we've teasingly nicknamed The Bad News Bears, it's just plain amusing to watch. We've got the kid who is constantly acting like a superhero (that would be Aiden). Off in another corner of the field is the one sitting down looking at four leaf clovers, and then of course there's one kicking the ball the wrong way helping out the other team. So we all breathe. They're five and soccer is a fun excuse to wear cool clothes and be part of a team. :)
3. Aiden is a nut! This brings us to the lovely title of this post. I woke up the other morning on a lovely Saturday. Now normally on Saturdays I hear him calling from his rooms that he's ready to start our pancake morning (gotta love the weekends!). Not this day. Instead, I woke up to a little kid whispering in my ear "Koala, koala, koala." Then, I'm receiving what seems like the biggest hug ever. Sweet right? That's when he declares "You've just been koalaed!" Thus starts his new trend of jumping up and latching himself onto me and declaring "KOALAED!" Oh me, oh my!
4. Aiden wants to experience it all and I'm happy to oblige. From trips to the corn maze, the dinosaur museum, movies (from the Imax tornado movie, to Lion King, to Smurfs, etc.), playing at the park, going tot he fair specifically for the ferris wheel (see below), going for hikes, or my personal favorite: going through the car wash just because we can. Yup, you name it - he wants to do it! I love his enthusiasm for going places. So what's next? Ask Aiden and it's the beach... looks like I'll be planning a vacation soon. =0)
On the ferris wheel -->
At the car wash -->
I know it's small, but doesn't he look SO happy?!
5. Aiden likes to conquer fears. This little tidbit is something I keep trying to figure out. I mentioned before how super smart I think he is, but this new development I am only assuming on. Aiden has a fear of snakes. Has he encountered one recently? Nope. However, they had really started to plague little mans mind. He dreams about them, frightening dreams, that just break my heart. So three weeks ago, on library day, he returned from school with a book about what else? Snakes! My thought was something to the effect of "REALLY???" The dreams continue, of course. The next week, once again he returns home with a new book about snakes. Geez kid. Dreams continue, though now he is beginning to ask a lot of questions about where certain snakes live. Then last week, again another snake book. At first I thought he is truly glutton for punishment. However, this week, he's had no bad dreams about snakes, his curiosity about them is still peaked, but it's as though he has worked it all out on his own through learning. Love it.
Alright folks, that's all for now. Sorry it was scattered and probably incoherent. Blessings to all. =0)
