IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT I SHARE A STORY WITHOUT A PIC TO GO WITH IT, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE JUST WANT TO SEE THE PICTURES, ANYWAY. RIGHT?

WELL, I DIDN'T WANT THIS ONE TO GO UNTOLD. I HAD MY FIRST...MY TODDLER OPENED HIS MOUTH, AND NOW I WANT TO CLIMB UNDER THE DESK MOMENT.

WE ARE LEAVING FOR VACATION "CATION," AS AIDEN WOULD SAY ON FRIDAY. A 16 HOUR DRIVE (I THINK WE ARE CRAZY DOING IT WITH A TODDLER; I WILL BE SURE TO UPDATE HOW THAT GOES). ANYWAY, SO I TOOK THE CAR IN TO HAVE IT LOOKED OVER, OIL CHANGE, & TIRES ROTATED. AIDEN AND I WENT IN TO GET THE KEYS AND PAY. I AM STANDING IN LINE, AND AIDEN IS SITTING ON THE CHAIR SWINGING HIS LEGS LIKE AN INNOCENT LITTLE GUY, OF COURSE NOT SITTING STILL AS HE NEVER SITS STILL. THE MECHANIC COMES OUT, AND AIDEN YELLS ACROSS THE ROOM AS I AM ONLY LIKE 3 FEET FROM HIM. "MAMA, THAT BOY HAS EARRINGS!" THEN HE LOOKS AT THE MECHANIC AND SAYS, "ONLY GIRLS WEAR EARRINGS!"......IN A SASSY VOICE.

I APOLOGIZED TO THE NICE MAN AND EXPLAINED TO AIDEN THAT THOSE WERE BOY EARRINGS, AND MAMA WEARS GIRL EARRINGS. AS I'M TYPING, I CAN JUST SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO.......AIDEN IS GOING TO ASK ME TO BUY HIM BOY EARRINGS. HE ALREADY REQUESTED BOY CHAPSTICK!

I WILL BE SURE TO POST "CATION" PHOTOS!! FRIDAY CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH! SORRY FOR THE ALL CAPS......MY LIL' MISTER JUST BROKE THE SHIFT BUTTON. UGH!

Summer Fun ;)

HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU THINK FIT ON THE TRACTOR? THE MORE, THE MERRIER! :)

SPLISH, SPLASH...OUR 1ST SWIM OF THE SUMMER!

IT'S HOT OUT HERE!

UH OH! YOU GOT CAUGHT!

NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE SAD FACE IS ALL ABOUT. I HAD TO SHARE IT, BECAUSE IT IS A CUTE PHOTO! THE NEXT PIC IS AIDEN'S USUAL MOOD WHEN PLAYING IN THE BACK YARD.......WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME OUT THERE THESE DAYS!!

Here Comes Peter Cottontail 2011!

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny! Aiden gave him a big hug and tugged on his tail (lol)! When we saw the Easter Bunny in Effingham only 1 week later, he wasn't so fond of him. He said, "he needs to take his teeth out so he doesn't bite!'

Ready for the egg hunt!!

Riding the tractor, Aiden's favorite thing every time we go to Ekert's!

Easter Sunday

A little of this and that!

Yes, once again there has been a gap in post. Sorry, we have been busy playing!!

I have been potty trained for a few months now!!! WHOOO HOOO! (monkey see, monkey do)..whatever works!

Me reading to my buddie Maddie; or maybe she is doing the reading.

Finished swim lessons in May. Loved it!! Crappy photo, I know....it's the best Mommy could get through the glass. My favorite part was jumping in and going under. "OH, AND DON'T CATCH ME TILL AFTER I GO UNDER" That is what I consistently tell mom and dad.

Aiden decided that he no longer likes going down for naps, so, I broke out my trusty book after a long napless afternoon and a crabbie toddler "Healthy Sleep, Happy Child" Aiden request to read it! Hmmmmm, good suggestion.....I let him go ahead and read! I will let you know if it works. I look at this photo now and think; he doesn't even look in the least bit tired!