Aidan is really loving to hit the baseball lately. He and Daddy, and sometimes Sissy, get out there in the front yard and practive America's favorite past time. It's fun to watch them and even hear them from the kitchen! Rick says Aidan has a good arm. Could he be a bit biased? See for yourself and enjoy the video. Oh, and don't forget to mute the sound at the bottom of the page, then you won't hear the music. :)
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Party Boy!
Aidan has been partying for the last two weekends!! And he has been loving it! This seems to be the birthday time of year for the kids in his class. He has had lots of invitations. Unfortunately we haven't been able to make all of them, but for the past two Saturdays we made the time for two.
The first was for a set of twin girls in Aidan's class, Bethany and Jadyn. He adores these girls and they are sweet. They came to Aidan's party and they returned the favor by inviting him to theirs.
Their party was at the Explorium. This is Lexington's Children's Musuem. It is fun and while Aidan had been there when he was a baby, he certainly didn't remember and this trip was all brand new to him!
He LOVED it! He absolutely ate it up. He wanted to do everything! I am not even sure he had a favorite section of the museum - he did it all. He was moving so fast I could hardly keep up - upstairs, downstairs, in this room and then that room.
The party started with a craft (making a drum), then cake, then play time. He was a bit crabby at first because he just wanted to get to playtime,
but pretty soon he was enjoying making his drum and visiting with friends. It was really well done and I think we are going to have his party there next year!
This past weekend Aidan was invited to his best friend Luke's party, again at the Explorium. This time, he knew the ropes and knew exactly which parts of the museum he wanted to go to and in what order. And, of course it had to be with Luke. Those two were joined at the hip!!
The craft for Luke's party was a magic trick. Well, not really but the kids thought it was. It was taking certain substances and mixing them together to come up with something new. They made slime and snow. It was so funny to see them mixing it up and not following directions!! Aidan, and most of the children, ended up putting all of the ingredients together so they had blue snowy slime! It was cute!
Playtime was fun. He discovered the bubble room and the Dino games on the computer. Aidan also enjoyed all of the waterplay, and he didn't even get that wet!
So, that's the story of Aidan's big weekend fun, times two. Things are gonna slow down for him this weekend - I wonder if he will notice!?
The first was for a set of twin girls in Aidan's class, Bethany and Jadyn. He adores these girls and they are sweet. They came to Aidan's party and they returned the favor by inviting him to theirs.
Their party was at the Explorium. This is Lexington's Children's Musuem. It is fun and while Aidan had been there when he was a baby, he certainly didn't remember and this trip was all brand new to him!
He LOVED it! He absolutely ate it up. He wanted to do everything! I am not even sure he had a favorite section of the museum - he did it all. He was moving so fast I could hardly keep up - upstairs, downstairs, in this room and then that room.
The party started with a craft (making a drum), then cake, then play time. He was a bit crabby at first because he just wanted to get to playtime,
but pretty soon he was enjoying making his drum and visiting with friends. It was really well done and I think we are going to have his party there next year!
This past weekend Aidan was invited to his best friend Luke's party, again at the Explorium. This time, he knew the ropes and knew exactly which parts of the museum he wanted to go to and in what order. And, of course it had to be with Luke. Those two were joined at the hip!!
The craft for Luke's party was a magic trick. Well, not really but the kids thought it was. It was taking certain substances and mixing them together to come up with something new. They made slime and snow. It was so funny to see them mixing it up and not following directions!! Aidan, and most of the children, ended up putting all of the ingredients together so they had blue snowy slime! It was cute!
Playtime was fun. He discovered the bubble room and the Dino games on the computer. Aidan also enjoyed all of the waterplay, and he didn't even get that wet!
So, that's the story of Aidan's big weekend fun, times two. Things are gonna slow down for him this weekend - I wonder if he will notice!?
Friday, May 1, 2009
Battle of the Books Y'all!!
"We are the champions, we are the champions, no time for losers, cause we are the champions . . . of the world!!!"
Well, at least - the city!! Olivia and her all girls team (3 girls including Liv) WON the Battle of the Books competition yesterday! It was an amazing accomplishment. I am SO proud of her and her team mates.
It all started way back in September when Olivia decided that she wanted to join the Battle of the Books. The students read 20 books in 8 months. The book list was determined last Spring by the librarians in the County school district.
Once all the books were read, the students took a test on the books content. The top 12 score holders were then subjected to a mock competition contest to see who could buzz in the fastest and who could answer with the most accuracy. Olivia made it to the top 6 and then to the top 3. The top 3 were on the team the remaining 3 were the alternates. It was kinda funny that the top three were all girls and the other three were all boys!! Go girl power!
After a few days worth of practice, the girls had their first competition. They won! It was awesome to see. The girls were so fast on the buzzer and they knew almost every answer. They KILLED!!
Yesterday was the second competition. Based on the county wide competition from the week before, we were down to four teams competing. The event was held at the County Central Office in their fancy auditorium.
It started a bit wonky. Some of the adults that were running the show did not seem too organized, but it got better as the event went on.
Cassidy seemed to be having some trouble at first. They weren't buzzing in fast enough. But, because the other teams were missing some of the questions, the girls were able to catch up and then win the first match. Yay!
So, the two bottom teams were eliminated and it was on to the final match. It was so NERVE-WRACKING!!!! The girls came out of the corner swinging. Buzzing like crazy, answering questions left and right!! The other team was almost as fast. In the end, they had to answer 5 tie breaking questions - and, CASSIDY WON!!!
I was bursting with pride. I can't even describe it. Go Livi!!
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