He must have been really hungry...

I went to run errands one day, leaving Aidan at home with Bryan, and when I got home, they showed me this picture:

Busy Day

Aidan and I left the house at 10:00 this morning and went to Edventure, where we played for almost two hours. After that we went and ate lunch at the new Chick-Fil-A in West Columbia, where Aidan was excited to find out that they had built a toddler playplace with steps that he could actually climb. He played for over an hour and I`m pretty sure he forgot I was there. When we left Chick-Fil-A we went up to Babies R Us and then on to Target, where Aidan had the worst meltdown of his life, and four childless women stared at me until I got him calmed down. Target didn`t have what I was looking for, so I went to Kohls and found it there, and then we went to Publix to get Bryan`s birthday cake. On our way home, I realized that both Target and Publix had overcharged me and Aidan was grumpy, so it`ll have to be dealt with another day. We came home and sang Happy Birthday to Bryan and gave him his Gamecock flipflops to match all his new USC shirts. We were gone more than eight hours, the longest I think Aidan has been out and about in one day, so the single meltdown was probably a miracle. After about ten minutes of trying to keep him awake on the way home, I gave up and pulled over, laid his seat back and he was asleep in less than 30seconds. It`s no surprise, though, with all the time he spent running around at Edventure and Chick-Fil-A.

First trip to Edventure

A couple weeks ago we got a family membership to Edventure and took Aidan for the first time. There are so many things for kids to do. It is an amazing place. Aidan wanted to do absolutely everything and had a blast.

Recent Happenings

AIDAN:

-Learned to count and say his ABC`s
-Learned to say lollipop and I`m going to get you.
-Loves birds, trees, Dora, and Nascar.
-Does not like flavored milk.

and today, for the first time, ate his fair share of dirt

KELLY:

-Began reading the Sherlock Holmes stories.
-Decided that I am over having a sewing needle break off in my foot four years ago and am now ready to sew again.
-Discovered that sewing is not something a lot of people my age do anymore, making it hard to find what I need to make Aidan a toy bag for church. FRUSTRATING!
-Became addicted to Happy Town.

BRYAN:

-Has begun summer school.
-Lost 20 pounds.
-Redone Grandma`s flower beds.
-Taught Aidan his ABC`s.

Graduation

Bryan graduated from Midlands Tech last month. Woo Hoo! He`ll start business school in the fall. We are so proud of him. He has worked so hard!

Aidan loves...

any baseball hat. He wears one every day.

Aidan`s second birthday

Aidan`s second birthday party was on April 17 at Virginia Hylton Park. We had never been there before, and Aidan and all the other kids had a lot of fun exploring all the new things to play on. It`s a good-sized park. The party was jungle themed like last year with an awesome Madagascar cake. Aidan loved all of his presents and being able to play with family and friends.