Monday was Valentines Day, and I woke in the most wonderful way! Aidan climbed into bed with us at about 6:45AM and we all relaxed together for a little while. Then, while I was nursing Kiana, Aidan asked Alex: "Daddy, why does Kiana LIKE Mama so much?" He responded, "Well, why do YOU like her?" Then Aidan said, "Because I *want* her, *always*!" It was the sweetest Valentines Day ever!!!
Thursday was my birthday (I turned 31), and it was wonderful! I woke up to a gorgeous day (high in the mid-60s). Then I had a bunch of friends over for a toddler-free tropical brunch of ham croissants, quiche, and fruit (papayas, pineapple, fruit salad), with liliquoi (passion fruit) mimosas and a liliquoi meringue pie! I have been obsessing about the liliquoi meringue pie for a couple of months now, ever since my brother Jon-Michael made one in Hawaii and I heard about it. So, that was the major reason for the party! (I wanted an excuse for that pie!) Fortunately, even though I couldn't hunt down fresh liliquois in Manhattan in February, Alex found me frozen passion fruit pulp (nothing else added) that worked *perfectly*, and the pies (I made two of them) turned out outrageously good! Having such a fun morning made the whole rest of the day feel special, especially with the unusually good weather (it has normally been in the 20s, possibly 30s). For dinner, I made (frozen) ahi in (fresh) coconut milk over rice (my favorite!), and mud pie for dessert. It was a delicious and wonderful day!
AIDAN:
- Aidan's new favorite number is 37,000. This makes negotiations more difficult across a range of situations! (E.g., he wants 37,000 more minutes of playtime before he gets clean in the bath, or before he lets someone else take a turn)
- He has been getting very into EMPHASIS: His frequently now tells us that he is "Su su su sss sss sss sss sss SO" tired/ hot / whatever (!)
- He also continues to blow us away with his aptitude for geography puzzles: We've pulled out our world puzzles, and Aidan has been putting each continent together, state by state, talking with us about key features and doing everything much faster than I can. It's pretty amazing! Daddy loves sharing his love of maps and puzzles with Aidan!
KIANA:
- Kiana can now crawl at high speed wherever she wants to go. We've had to pull out the baby gate, because we are worried about her falling down the stairs from our foyer to living room! She loves being able to get to whatever toys *she* wants (rather than whatever we put in front of her).
- She's had a lot of fun with Daddy games: dancing, having him tickle her with his 5 o'clock shadow, bouncing and getting tossed (carefully!) into the air, and even starting "Daddy ladders" (walking up Daddy while he's sitting down, all the way up to his head).
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