Something to make you laugh---ARGH!!!

Aiden loooves all things of the pirate nature. He has a pirate ship that he plays with every day, and any of his shows that have pirates in them become instant favorites. It's something about the hat, the sword and the eye-patch that just gets him hook, line and sinker I guess!

The other day we were driving to the store and Aiden looked over into the car next to us. It was a couple of younger guys, who had a LOT of tattoos. One of the guys had his feet up on the dash and you could see that his legs were all tattooed also. Aiden stared at the guys for a minute (we were at a red light) and then exclaimed, "Look Mommy! Those are PIRATES! Argh! Argh!"

I guess having a lot of tattoos qualifies you as a pirate in the eyes of a 2 year old! Lol.

Through the eyes of a child

The kids and I have been going for a walk every morning when Chuck leaves for work. It's a good thing to do to kill time before Ava's nap, and it's about the only time of day when the heat is bearable!

This morning Aiden saw a car that was covered by a tarp. A little bit of the quarter panel was sticking out, so you could see that the car was yellow. Aiden said to me, "Look at that yellow car Mommy! That yellow car is sleeping, he is fast asleep." It took me a minute to realize what he meant--the car had a "blanket," so of course it was sleeping! How easy it was to see after he pointed it out to me.

Sometimes we all need to be reminded of the wonderful innocence of childhood. How simple and black and white everything is. I miss those days (I barely remember them!), but I'm happy to be able to experience them again through my children. I think that is one of the most wonderful gifts that children give to us--the ability to experience things again in a new light, to remember the innocence that we've somehow lost along the way.

Some new pics

Ava all tuckered out

photo shoot
sitting like a big girl
having fun playing
Aiden getting in on the action!

Kids say the funniest things...

Aiden has been a real chatterbox lately. His sentences are getting longer and his imagination is getting more creative. Here are some of the funny things he's said to me in the past few days:

While playing with his race cars from the movie Cars:
"Mommy, McQueen hit King. Timeout McQueen! Hitting not nice! I sorry King. Ok, all done timeout!"

While in the wagon on a walk:
"Mommy, where is that doggy? I hear it, I hear that doggy! Is he in that house? Is he behind that car? Oh--I see him!! I see him, there he is!! HI DOGGY!! WOOF WOOF!"

To Ava (in her bouncy seat):
"Here you go Ava (picked up pinky bear and gave it to her). Aw, so cute! Mommy, Ava's a princess! So cute!"

At Walmart, after he saw a Cars (the movie) shirt with Lightning McQueen on it:
"Mommy, I want to wear a cars shirt. I want that Lightning McQueen shirt! I want to buy it....pweeese?"

Friends are fun!

Some new pics of Aiden and his friend, Henry. Aiden really loves his weekly playdates with Henry and talks about his friend all the time. I'm excited for him to start school in August and get to meet a lot more kids his age!