We had a good week this week. Monday was Martin Luther King Day, and we continued enjoying our long weekend in the Catskills with Grandma and Grandpa Ruane. Aidan went sledding for the first time, and had a great time, until he fell flat on his face in the snow - but then he cried! We are sure he will want to go again, though. On our way back, we stopped by Ikea, and bought Aidan a new red table and chair set and a train set. During the rest of the week, Mommy and Daddy have had a blast playing with the trains! Aidan prefers to take apart the tracks, and we have to keep reminding ourselves that the trains are supposed to be a toy for *his* entertainment – but Mommy forgot how much she used to love playing with trains!
This weekend was wonderful. On Friday, Daddy stayed home with Aidan so that Mommy could go to her first flying trapeze class with her friend Jenn. Aidan wasn’t thrilled to not have Mommy around, but Mommy had a blast! (Check out the video.) On Saturday, we all met up with Jenn again and visited the New York Fire Museum downtown, where Aidan was thrilled to check out all of the gorgeous fire trucks dating from the 1800s on. On Sunday, Mommy and Daddy and Aidan visited the Bronx Zoo for the first time. Aidan loved the tigers (we saw two of them, and one was sleeping right next to the glass by the visitor’s viewing area!) and the sea lions (they put on a performance of jumps, flips, and twists in front of us, and one even jumped out of the pool directly in front of Aidan and stared at him for a few minutes!). We also saw lemurs, which are Aidan’s cousin Miya’s favorite animals, and some monkeys.
The main highlight of the week is that Aidan now has a “baby”! Before we drove up to the Catskills last weekend, Mommy asked Aidan if he wanted to bring one of his cool “Ugly Dolls” up with us, and he picked the blue one. Daddy asked Aidan what his name was, and Aidan said “Doh!” and Daddy asked “Dowey?”; Aidan said “uh huh!”, so that stuck. We started treating Dowey like a member of the family: talking with him, having him wave, nursing with him, and playing with him. And now Aidan gives him hugs and kisses, calls him his baby and asks for him “behbeh? behbeh?”), and while being babysat refused to let go of him! Mommy has been wanting to give Aidan something to comfort him when she is not around (currently, Mommy’s hair is Aidan’s security blanket), so she is thrilled!
In other exciting news, Aidan has officially differentiated names for his grandparents! Before having a skype date with Grandma and Grandpa Ross, he asked about “Nana” and “Pop-pop”! So, Grandma and Grandpa Ross now have official names from Aidan. (Aidan calls Grandpa and Grandma Ruane “Boppa” and “Bomma.”) It’s so cute to hear his names for us!
This weekend was wonderful. On Friday, Daddy stayed home with Aidan so that Mommy could go to her first flying trapeze class with her friend Jenn. Aidan wasn’t thrilled to not have Mommy around, but Mommy had a blast! (Check out the video.) On Saturday, we all met up with Jenn again and visited the New York Fire Museum downtown, where Aidan was thrilled to check out all of the gorgeous fire trucks dating from the 1800s on. On Sunday, Mommy and Daddy and Aidan visited the Bronx Zoo for the first time. Aidan loved the tigers (we saw two of them, and one was sleeping right next to the glass by the visitor’s viewing area!) and the sea lions (they put on a performance of jumps, flips, and twists in front of us, and one even jumped out of the pool directly in front of Aidan and stared at him for a few minutes!). We also saw lemurs, which are Aidan’s cousin Miya’s favorite animals, and some monkeys.
The main highlight of the week is that Aidan now has a “baby”! Before we drove up to the Catskills last weekend, Mommy asked Aidan if he wanted to bring one of his cool “Ugly Dolls” up with us, and he picked the blue one. Daddy asked Aidan what his name was, and Aidan said “Doh!” and Daddy asked “Dowey?”; Aidan said “uh huh!”, so that stuck. We started treating Dowey like a member of the family: talking with him, having him wave, nursing with him, and playing with him. And now Aidan gives him hugs and kisses, calls him his baby and asks for him “behbeh? behbeh?”), and while being babysat refused to let go of him! Mommy has been wanting to give Aidan something to comfort him when she is not around (currently, Mommy’s hair is Aidan’s security blanket), so she is thrilled!
In other exciting news, Aidan has officially differentiated names for his grandparents! Before having a skype date with Grandma and Grandpa Ross, he asked about “Nana” and “Pop-pop”! So, Grandma and Grandpa Ross now have official names from Aidan. (Aidan calls Grandpa and Grandma Ruane “Boppa” and “Bomma.”) It’s so cute to hear his names for us!
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