date day

This may be my favorite Aiden drawing yet.  He rushed to make it after we brought his class fish, Peek-a-boo, home for the vacation week.  He wanted to show that the fish was part of his family (see him in his tank above the two cats in the bottom right)  The circles are where all our body parts enter the clothing - He says, "Here is the spot that you stick your head through!"  He also drew belly buttons for us.

We are super lucky during this vacation to have Gran Gran and Pop Pop in town!  Aiden was so excited for them to come into town.  He's in grandparent heaven and it's so nice for me to take it a bit easier as he rides around on Gran and Pop's backs ;)

To kick off the vacation week, we found a new babysitter!  I was so happy with myself for tracking down a new sitter since I kept striking out with people we already know.  My main goal was to find someone to sit for Aiden while we tour the Alternative Birth Center at the hospital next month.  It is an all day event, so I wanted to test drive our new sitter before the long day and it was a good excuse for a date day.  Aiden balked a bit when we said he was staying at home with Lisa and we were going to go out, but he quickly bounced back when I reminded him of all the fun things he could do with her just like he used to do at home with Rebecca.  He seemed really thrilled with her and when we got home asked if she could stay with us all the time - that's a pretty good review!

J and I went to see a movie at the Avon (which we hadn't been to since before Aiden was around!) called Another Year.  It seemed like it would be my ideal movie - no plot, improvisational style, British.  Well, it turned out to be laughable how much it lacked a significant plot and the characters were just sometimes painful to watch...which was sorta the point of the movie so I guess it was well done?  We also grabbed some favorite falafel on Thayer before heading home.... The afternoon away was worth being sure that Aiden was happy with his new babysitter.

They drew a ton of drawings together - Here are some of my favorites:

 A "quick card just for you" Mom and Dad!

 He said that this was us as super heros "The Super Healers" with our circle capes on!

 This is us floating in outer space - where the planets, comets, and sun are all flying around!