There are lots of things going on right now, but one thing that Mommy has been thinking about recently is how proud I am of us as close to equally-sharing parents. Both of us contribute about equally to parenting Aidan: of course we don't do everything identically or half-half, but overall, it feels pretty fair. One of the benefits of this split is that Aidan can rely on both of us and enjoy being with both of us pretty equally. Of course, there are some things which he would rather pick one of us than the other (only Daddy let's him do "Daddy ladders", where Aidan climbs from Daddy's toes up his chest, onto his head! And Aidan usually wants Mommy to put him to sleep). However, for many things, he treats us like we are almost interchangeable. In fact, he frequently even refers to us interchangeably as "Mama-Dada" or "Dada-Mama", asking for either us to "Yook! [Look!]", "Hep! [Help]", "Pay choo [play with trains]" and so on. Mama thinks that this is quite a complement to our partnership in parenting!
This weekend was Father's Day, and we drove to Boston to celebrate. We drove to Hopedale on Friday night, visited the Southwick Zoo with Grandma on Saturday, and then drove to Boston Sunday morning to visit Chris & Jim and see a Red Sox game. Despite a gloomy forcast, the game didn't get rained out, and despite it being in the middle of Aidan's nap time, Aidan had a very nice nap cuddled up with Mama in the Ergo carrier. And, on top of that, the Red Sox played a fun game and ended up winning, 6-5 on a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning! We had a great Father's Day.
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