Mommy and Aidan had a great week while Daddy was in Sweden at a conference this week! Of course, we missed Daddy, but things were much easier this year than when he was gone at conferences last spring.
We book-ended the time with two weekends in the Catskills with Grandma and Grandpa Ruane, and Aidan was elated to be with them. During the week, Aidan had an extra day of daycare on Monday (as well as Tuesday and Wednesday), and some babysitting Thursday and Friday morning, and then we drove up to the Catskills at naptime and saw grandma and grandpa thatnight. So, all in all, Mommy had backup with Aidan every single day that Daddy was gone! It was great.
It was a rainy week in Manhattan, and on Thursday, Aidan learned from an older (6 year old) boy named Sebastian how to make really big splashes in puddles! He was transfixed by watching Sebastian go round and round and round again, making gigantic splashes, and asked him to "go in!" some "more!" again and again. And then he tried it out himself, and had a blast soaking himself through, too! Puddles are awesome.
In the Catskills, Aidan was a complete Grandpa-magnet. He followed him around, helping him water plants, dig up weeds, walk up and down steps, make sure the tractor could hold Aidan's weight (he loves sitting on that tractor!), and just in general was thrilled to be near him. While we were up here, Aidan mastered a couple of important pieces of vocabulary: "Gampa! Come!" and "Mama! Go 'way! Go in!" at one point, he said, "Mama! Go in Gama's house!" (he didn't want his Grandpa time cut into!) He also had a blast with Grandma, helping her water plants, playing with her throwing stones, and just being with her.
We had a nice dinner on Saturday night to celebrate an early Mother's Day, together with lots of family: Alex's cousin Tim and his fiancée Ulrike were up with their family (Tim's parents and grandparents) for the weekend doing wedding planning, so we all went out for dinner at the Downtown Cafe in Kingston. The food was delicious (Mommy had trout with a strawberry sauce, with crème brûlée for dessert), and Aidan had a blast throwing bread and sticks into the nearby river, and watching ducks (who loved the bread) and boats. Thanks to passing thunderstorms, we all also got to see a beautiful double-rainbow (very auspicious for Tim & Ulrike)!
On Sunday, Aidan debuted his first ever "Aidan do it!" statement while in the bathtub (he wanted to be the one who held onto the move-able shower head). It made Mommy remember all of the "Abbi do it!" stories from when she was little! Aidan is definitely her son.
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