Wax Off . . .

Aiden really wanted to take a bath in "momma's tub" last night.

No big deal, right?

Except for last night.

I thought it would be okay to put the sheets I had washed back on my bed while Aiden harmlessly played in the tub. So I brought in some of his tub toys and put bubbles in the water like he likes it and started putting the sheets on the bed. (side note, the bathroom is in my bedroom so I wasn't leaving him unattended by any means)

A few seconds later, I hear, "uhhh moooom?"

So i peeked my head through the door to check on him only to see that he has

SHAVED HIS EYEBROWS!

And on the week that he has school pictures too!!!

See that whole white area?

Eyebrow hairs used to live there.

See that bare patch right in the center?

Is that a scar from a tough bar fight?

Nope, did some manscaping last night.

It doesn't look as bad in this pic but his little face was too cute not to include!

Hope he thinks this story is as funny in ten years when we pull out "those pictures from the year Aiden shaved his eyebrows!"

Duck Walks . . .

The neighborhood I live in is basically a square mile of houses.

We can walk for two miles and stay on different roads the whole time!

One of the areas of our neighborhood has a cute little duck pond and walking trail around it. Aiden loves for us to take him to go see the ducks. It is always really cute to see the little families at the pond fishing or walking their dogs, and since Aiden has a new spider man fishing pole, we thought we would take it with us. (minus any bait or lures or hooks)

Aiden is "fishing".

He trotted all the way around the duck pond, fishing all the way!

He kept putting the pole in the water and saying "I fink i got sumpin!"

These two don't look alike AT ALL....

A nice lady who lives in the neighborhood takes it upon herself to be the keeper of the ducks.

She will question your motives for being at the pond (to see the ducks), ask if/what/how much you fed them (we didn't feed them anything), ask if we let our dog off the leash to chase the ducks (are you serious? NO), she will even tell your 2 year old about the proper hand scooping technique to adequately spread the duck food out to all the ducks so as not to skip any, and let him know if he could put his hand a little more like a scoop. (lady, he is 2)

BUT, he loved getting to feed them and see them all come up to him like they were great friends, and he asks to go back pretty much every day, so I guess duck lady didn't scare him too much!

I know what we will be doing tomorrow! Quack quack

Tamaha Time...

Manly Dress Up . . .

Fire chief Aiden.

Complete with green frog fire boots!

Riding the "fire truck"

Climbing the ladder!

Sticker Face...

Kids are so funny!!

The things they think of to do!!

I might have helped him fill in some of the gaps ; )

First Day at a New School . . .

Vacation Fun . . .

This year for vacation, we packed up and headed to see my sister and her family in Dallas! Dillon had the week off work which was so nice because we usually have split time at home! He is at work while I am home and vice versa. 

Aiden loved getting to play play with his cousins Campbell and Cannon!

We are getting ready to go to the water park! Aiden wouldn't smile, he just kept making binoculars with his hands.

American Idol practice at Campbell's piano.

Ohhhh, some princess lip gloss!!! I think I will put some on! Don't tell daddy!

We went to eat at Firehouse Subs last week and you get this little fire hat with a kids meal. Needless to say, Aiden wore it the rest of the night!

One of Aiden and Dillon's painting masterpieces.

I am praying for fall!!!

Peenting . . .

I have to admit, Aiden is pretty artistic!

He loves to color and paint.

He REALLY loves to have me or Dillon sit next to him while we paint things, then he paints right where my brush is! He just slides his paint brush right on top of mine!

He says, "Momma, what's that?"

I say, "It's a dinosaur!"

He says, "Yeah....(insert sliding paintbrush here) a dinosaur!"

Then he hijacks whatever I am painting at the moment!

He is concentrating very hard!

He has such a big attention span (if it is something he likes!)

"Momma, sit dooowwwnnn!"

Big Cheese

Too Hot!!!!!

It has been so hot outside, we have really been inside most of the time.

When we are outside we don't take the old camera for fear of it seriously melting to my hands.

So here are a few more from the Fourth!

Summer Fun . . .

We have had so... much.... FUN this summer!!

This is the first year that I actually feel like we even get a summer because of always being in borderline panic mode trying to keep Aiden from overheating and triggering another seizure. It has been a year on June 6th since his last one and we have just felt so blessed that hopefully he has outgrown that stage!

We have taken full advantage of the warm weather and spend at good amount of time outside everyday that we can! We are either playing in the yard or watering the flowers.

Our other fun thing is to go to the pool! Aiden really loves to swim! He took a swim class at Miller Swim School over the spring and we will definitely be going back in the fall, but for now we do our own thing!

I have set up the pool umbrella over the first couple of stairs. That is where Aiden is most of the time and it just helps keep him from getting crispy!

It is so funny how much Aiden can look so much like me in some pictures and just like his daddy in others. I think I am winning this one! :)

Daddy wins here!

He really loves to throw the ball in the pool for my parents Lab, Lexy to jump in and fetch!

She is relentless and will retrieve for hours if we would let her! Aiden is dodging her splashes! She bursts out of the water and brings lots of water with her when she gets out of the pool!

Lost the umbrella!

Photo shoot is over!

Aiden said, "Brella fall down, an be more careful."

Maybe I say careful too much! Ha!

Happy Father's Day . . .

Happy Father's Day to the wonderful father's of the world!

Especially my dad, who I get the privilege of working with every day,

and to the love of my life,

who rides the FUN SLIDE at small town carnivals,

a grand total of 12 times,

just because his son wants him to.

What a great daddy!

Aiden played the game where you pick up a duck and win an animal.

We walked away with Mr. Alligator!

The main walkway at the carnival!

Massive, I know.

Aiden rounding the bend at GG's cabin after the cat.

Planting some flowers!