Buses

Buses are currently Aidan's absolute favorite thing of all time, coming in just after seeing Daddy when he comes home from work. Cars and trucks are moderately interesting, but buses are the ultimate! For the last couple of weeks, when Aidan sees a bus, he has grunted excitedly ("hoo! hoo!"), waved his arms up and down like he is trying to fly, and put his whole body weight forward to try to get as near to them as possible. On Monday when Mommy took Aidan out in the stroller on Broadway, Aidan responded so energetically to the buses, that people in the street were smiling and commenting, and the New York City bus drivers smiled and waved back! (*That* is rare!) Mommy thinks that this is great: Aidan is already helping to make the world a better place by giving so many people a reason to smile!

This Saturday Daddy flew to Vienna for another conference, and Mommy and Aidan took Amtrak to Grandpa and Grandma Ruane's for the week. Daddy will be back on Saturday, so it's not too long this time. Grandma and Grandpa Ruane are thrilled for the excuse to see Aidan again, Mommy is happy to have them around, and we are all getting pretty good at this. So, we think it's going to be a good week!