Kisses for Kiana

A couple of cute happenings from this week:

One day after Aidan was having a time out (for throwing cars), and Mommy was cuddling and talking with him to help him calm down, I asked him:
"Aidan, is there anything you can do when you are mad that would make you feel better? (other than throw cars?)" (Yelling? Honking? - since he does that when he is upset - Taking deep breaths?).
Aidan replied: "Yes! going on a train!"
"Anything else? NOT a trip?"
Aidan got quiet and looked up tenatively: "Kiana."
"What?" (I didn't understand.)
"I want to give Kiana a kiss."
"You want to give Kiana a kiss to make you feel better?"
"Yeah."
"Ok. You can do that, buddy. Let's go."

Another day, while I was nursing, Aidan came up next to me and Kiana and said, "Uh-oh!" "What?" I replied. "Uh-oh!" he said again, "A little girl needs a kiss!!" and kissed her on her head and toes.

(So sweet!)


In other news, Kiana is showing glimpses of smiles! She loves being entertained now, which means that time with Aidan totally enchants her! She has great eye contact, laughs in her sleep, and gets more beautiful every day. :)


Aidan is totally wonderful with her: he has been having a particularly wonderful time playing peek-a-boo with her! They both lie down on his bed, and Mama or Daddy put a sheet or blanket over both of them, and they both (mostly Aidan, but Kiana helps too) kick or punch off the blanket. In between each time, Aidan leans over and hugs and kisses Kiana on the head. Kiana seems to love it almost as much as Aidan!


This week, we had a fun playdate with Cira and Mary on Friday, went to Fairway on Saturday, and then Daddy cooked all afternoon Saturday and Mommy cooked on Sunday to replentish our frozen food stores (Daddy went all out on Saturday and made Laurenza meat and pepper sauce and basil cream pesto, Mama made terriaki chicken on Sunday afternoon). Our freezer is stocked again! Saturday morning, we also went to Olivia's third birthday party at Bennett park. Fortunately, the weather was great for the party, and a downpour held off until the afternoon to come through! Then, Kiana napped and Aidan and Daddy put together Aidan's new (birthday present) puzzles. We had a nice weekend.