Playing

Aidan's ability to play has increased by leaps and bounds these last couple of weeks. He started really playing with his wind-up car last weekend in the Catskills, pushing it forward and back and watching its wheels spin with glee. He has started being totally content with playing with a pile of books this week - he pulls them off the shelf, opens each one, carefully leafs through the pages, and then moves onto the next one. (Daddy read the entire "Lorax" book by Dr. Seuss out loud with Aidan like this!) He is also having a blast roughhousing with Mommy and Daddy in bed: for the past week, he has refused to go to sleep at bedtime, and instead tumbled and rolled with Mommy and Daddy around our king-sized bed, laughing and huffing and puffing in excitement! (Mommy and Daddy love this too, but we need to start doing it *before* bedtime!)

This Sunday we all visited Daddy's cousin Tim and his girlfriend Ulrike in Brooklyn for lunch. Aidan was fascinated by Tim's cat (we don't have any animals yet) and toddled determinedly after it all through the house. At lunch, he loved the sweet potato french fries, and afterward we all visited the slides. We all had a good time!