Aidan turned three years old this past Wednesday! We sent chocolate cupcakes to playschool with him to celebrate, and had presents at home (he refused his chocolate chip pancakes with whipped cream birthday breakfast because he was mad about turning off Sesame Street!). We'll have his friends party later (this coming Sunday).
At playschool this week, Aidan showed off his protective big brother side. Each day, his teacher, Miss Nana would ask to hold Kiana when Mama picked up Aidan in the afternoon. And each day after she held her for a few minutes, Aidan looked at Miss Nana very seriously and said, "I'm going home now, so you have to give my baby back!" He's such a good big brother!!!
The weekend of Aidan's birthday, we took Kiana's first big adventure in the car all together up to Grandma and Grandpa Ruane's mountain house to go to Tim (Daddy's cousin) and Ulrike's wedding. There, Kiana met most of Daddy's extended family, and Aidan played with his cousins Rae and Elsey, and all three of them ate LOTS of mac & cheese and hot dogs (their compensation for meeting tons of strange-to-them people, sleeping in the middle of the partying, and dealing with cameras everywhere). Aidan told Peg (who was thrilled to take Kiana multiple times) the same thing he had told Miss Nana earlier: "you have to give my baby back, now!" - we're glad he's looking out for his little sister, even though we know he had nothing to worry about!
After the wedding chaos subsided, we all had a great time hanging out with Uncle Matt, Aunt Devon, and cousins Rae and Elsey, as well as Nadir's grandkids Shane and Skylar, Grandma and Grandpa, and (on Monday and Tuesday) Chris, Jim & Hunter (who is just 1 month older than Kiana!). Rae and Elsey loved holding Kiana, everyone had fun sunbathing and splashing at Pine Hill lakeside beach, and visiting newborn chicks at Marguerite & Nadir's house. Jim even did a photo shoot of Kiana (we can't wait to see the pictures!) The cousins all played wiffle ball, and at one point, Aidan (who just turned 3 Wednesday) solidly hit a ball that cousin Elsey (who is 3 1/2) pitched to him! That was really fun.
All in all, we are really proud of ourselves for pulling off an adventurous weekend! Kiana and Aidan were angels on the car rides up and back, and even though things were a bit crazy with everything going on, we all had fun. :)
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