Rainbow

On Sunday night at bathtime, Aidan was playing with his colored bath recorders and xylophone, and he finally managed to name all of the "rainbow colors" (including red, the one he hasn't managed until now)! According to Aidan, that is: "yet" (red), "oh-age"[with a soft "g" - or a hard "sh"] (orange), "yeyo" (yellow - his favorite color without question!), "geen" (green), "boo" (blue), and "peep-oh" (purple). He sat in the bath tub after Mommy had let the water out, engrossed in naming and playing with his colored musical instruments for maybe 20 minutes! He is so cute.



This week, Daddy got sick (a flu - but not the dreaded Swine flu, as far as we can tell) and Aidan was very worried about him. Mommy let Daddy sleep in in the mornings to help him recuperate, and each day, Aidan would run into Mommy and Daddy's bedroom as soon as Mommy would let him to say hi. He would then run back and forth, getting as many of his buses as he could, and giving them to Daddy, to make it easier for Daddy to wake up. After all, Aidan loves waking up with his buses, so his giving the buses to Daddy was both very good sharing and also very empathetic! It was really sweet.


On Wednesday, Aidan walked or ran 13 full city blocks! After visiting J. Hood Wright Park on 173rd Street after daycare, Aidan wanted to run and walk, so we took our time going home, and he didn't stop until the bus-stop by our house on 187th street! By 181st street he had slowed down, but was still interested in "tagging" the little fences next to the trees on the side of the street (we touch each one and say "tag!" and then do it again for the next fenced tree). But he kept going the whole way! Mommy could not believe it. It was a full 3/4 of a mile! That's a lot for a not-even-two-year-old! Almost even more amazingly, Aidan did not pass out asleep as soon as we got home, but instead went to sleep at a normal (late) time. He did sleep really well that night, but not unusually so. The only major difference is that ever since then, he has been asking for massages - Mommy rubs his back or legs, and he stretches out, gets a bit glazed, and repeats over and over: "moah - moah" (more, more), every time it looks like she is going to stop! Poor baby - he must be sore!


On Friday, Daddy left on a "big adventure" for work (he is going to Sweden for 11 days). After having a playdate with Aidan's friend Cira (a friend from daycare who adores him and treats him like a little brother - they are very cute together), Mommy and Aidan had our own "little adventure": we drove up to the Catskills to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa Ruane for the weekend. Aidan slept basically the whole way up (a great afternoon nap), which made the drive easy. And we had a wonderful weekend. Mommy made curry, and Aidan spent almost the entire time with either Mommy, Grandma, or Grandpa, throwing stones into the stream. He is definitely right-handed, and is already working on that baseball throwing arm! On Sunday, we drove home during his nap time again, and it was again an easy trip. Mommy is happy that everything turned out so well, and is looking forward to next weekend in the Catskills as well.