Chaperoning

We had a lot of fun visiting with people this week, although we've had to bundle up and play mostly inside (it's been COLD!). On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning we hung out with Uncle Gabe, Aunt Karen and cousin Miya, who were in town for work. Daddy and Aidan took them to the Natural History Museum on Wednesday morning, and Miya and Aidan loved the African Mammals, Primates, and Dinosaurs exhibits. Mommy and Daddy loved catching up and seeing how big Miya has gotten since we last saw her!

Later in the week we had playdates with local friends. On Wednesday, Mosissa came over to our house, and he and Aidan had fun playing in the ball pit and sitting on Daddy's chair while spinning round and round. On Thursday, Aidan's friend Grace and her mommy Sara came over to visit, and Aidan and Grace ended up hugging and kissing and laughing about it! (There is a reason why we call Grace "the kissing bandit"!!! ) And on Friday, we went over to a playdate at Mosissa's house, where Aidan commandeered Ignacio's push toy, ate lots of cookies, and played with Mosissa, Sebastian, and Ignacio. (Check out the videos for the week's highlights!)

Aidan is using a whole new set of sounds this week - he is now talking to himself by repeating over and over "dub, dub, dub, dub". Mommy thinks it is hilarious! It sounds kind of like the Flintstones ("yaba daba doo!"), and it makes Mommy laugh. The first time she heard Aidan say it, she laughed for a couple of minutes, and then used signs and words to ask "more, please?" - Aidan got all embarrassed and shook his head, no. But then, after a minute, he repeated "dub, dub, duba, duba", and Mommy clapped and said "yeah!" and we kept that up for at least 10 minutes! Now he is saying it all the time, but it still makes Mommy smile.

This week Laurie babysat Aidan twice (Tuesday and Friday), and on Friday, she said that Aidan didn't cry at all! They got a pastry at Gideon's and then played with Aidan's toys in the house while avoiding the vacuum cleaner the rest of the time, and everything went well! (Aidan has become obsessed with the vacuum cleaner and throws a fit when he wants to take it out, because he wants to push it around the house - !!!) Mommy is so happy that Aidan is getting used to Laurie!