Felt Fun

We had a nice relaxing morning today just playing hanging out enjoying our time together. Asher took a nice long morning nap and that left Aiden and I to hang out. Aiden surprised me today by drawing faces....really well! He does it all by himself, much like everything he does these days! Complete with hair, eyes (2 of them), nose and a mouth. Don't forget there is a cookie in every picture too! : ) I don't know where that came from. http://www.learningdesign.com/Portfolio/DrawDev/kiddrawing.html

Then this afternoon after the afternoon naps we had a visitor...Grandma Debb! There is always going to be something fun then! Of course a NEW PROJECT.....FELT FUN! Aiden made the requests as Grandma Debb cut away at the felt. After making the felt board of course. Felt boards remind me of Sunday School. You can see a few of Aidens creations with the felt pieces in the pictures.

Then I made some pizza dough and we did mini pizzas for dinner. We all created our own pizza. Aiden did his...how else, ALL BY HIMSELF! Somehow Aiden ended up with hotdogs on his. Ewwww. I know! He doesn't like pepperoni. Oh and at dinner, Grandma counted and Aiden prayed 8 times! Mostly before every bite! I think that was his way of cooling off his bites....with a quick, "Dear God, thank you for this food, please bless it to our bodies, in Jesus name, Amen."

After that Grandma brought in a special BIG CARS puzzle that Aiden completed again...ALL BY HIMSELF! I took everything in me not to help him...patience!

Another thing Aiden does ALL BY HIMSELF is dress. He picks out his own clothes (unless we are going somewhere) and puts them on ALL BY HIMSELF! He also changes outfits several times a day!

Now Aiden and Grandma Debb are upstairs reading some books and getting the "I'm not tired" boy to sleep....as he yawned!

And Asher, well he was just content along for the ride today. He is walking more and more. He did have an interesting dinner....it looks like caviar...but really just some black olives! Oh and a few bites of pizza and some artichoke heart and chicken casserole. And a jar of carrots. A hungry boy!

Romans 10:9

A couple more videos we were just hanging out at home last night and Aiden was performing for us. Don't mind that they are the Naked Brothers Band. You can't see anything so I think they are safe for the blog. Hard to keep clothes on these boys!

1. Singing some tunes.

2. Bible Verse Andy taught Aiden right before he turned two. "That if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9. He threw a bit of another prayer in there too! : )
Right after Aiden had learned this bible verse we were getting loaded up in the van and I was putting Asher in his carseat and Aiden was back buckling his car seat up and he said to me, "Mom I am going to buckle this up so 'I will be safe, Romans 10:9'" : )

Be Careful Little Eyes

I need to work on my videography skills but here are a few videos of Aiden.
Singing in his church Easter program last sunday. The first song is the one we practiced a lot! :) The second one I didn't even know! I didn't post the first video because it was too all over the place because I was waving!

Kids say the darndest things...

While I was folding laundry this morning Aiden puts on one of my bras and proceeds to go find baby Asher. I hear him in the play room in his sweetest voice, "Hi Honey, want some milk (as he pulls up his shirt with a bra on) from my tummy?"

Seriously I should write a book! This kid comes up with the funniest things.

You might think a simple closet organizer would not be that interesting. Ah, Contrar (SP?)....today it was a shield, a jail cell, a ladder, a weapon, a stool and a drill just to name a few! The imagination of this kid is exploding and keeping me on my toes!

He sang at church this weekend too for Easter and I have video I need to put up. He was so good. He was so excited and spoted me before the song started and jumped up and down waving and yelling, HI MOM! THAT IS MY MOM!!!!! : ) So funny! Ironically the song we worked on and downloaded from ITunes and played/sang several times a day with the actions to practice he just stood there for and put his hands in his pocket not saying a word. The other song he knew all the actions! (Didn't practice that one a bit...couldn't find it on ITunes) : ) He is one of the younger kids up there. I am impressed he even goes up. He did it without any hesitation this time, Christmas time he wasn't so sure. Our church is big so I would be more scared than him!

Sick Sick Sick

Well we are officially the sick team. First Aiden was diagnosed with bronchitis and HATES to take his medicine, he told us he would just take his other medicine he likes. Then Asher was diagnosed the next day with double ear infection and upper respiratory infection. He takes his medicine like a "big boy"! : ) And I got to go to the orthodontist and am now wearing Invisaline on my bottom teeth since their permanant retainer malfunctioned, er.... I feel like a teenager all over again...and I have a nice lisp that comes along with it. I have to wear it for a month, although it is removable....and I will be taking it out in public....but my teeth really hurt! Ouch! We are longing for that sunshine so we can open our windows! I feel like no matter how many times I clean it just doesn't feel fresh! And I just can't seem to catch up. We are on the lookout for Easter Outfits and are having horrible luck. Checked, Old Navy, Children's Place, Gymboree, Target, Walmart, Twice is Nice, Ebay.....where else is left? Man. But, of course, there are 100000000 cute girl dresses. We did get some nice Grandpma Debb time today! Doing lunch and shopping!

We have been REALLY busy lately! Last friday we took a day trip to the Des Moines zoo. We had a lot of fun! Aiden and Asher loved it. Aiden told me his favorite animal was the snake. I think it must have been the most memborable, because he was terrified of it when we were there.

Easter Eggs

Aiden colored Easter Eggs today. I don't what Easter Eggs have to do with Easter really....so when I asked him if he knew why we were dying Easter Eggs and he said no why....well I realized, I don't know! I was quick on my toes and said we dye Easter Eggs because Jesus Died on the cross for our sins. Well, he is two...so hopefully I can become more knowledgable of these silly traditions in the future. But we had fun!