Aiden Writes His Name

I got Aiden to write his name on a picture we were coloring today. I had to post this, because, as I watched him do it, it actually was close to correct! He knows how to spell his name, but I didn't really think he would try to write it without any help from me. The top picture is his attempt and the bottom picture has been "Mommy enhanced".




You can see that he didn't get the loop and the stick connected for his letter "d". Still, I think this is pretty good for a first try. He's still only 2, after all :-)

This Week for Aiden

I think I should have named this Aiden's Blog, since everything seems to be about him. However, that's just the way our life is right now :-) I do have pictures of Aiden in the snow, and will try to get them posted soon. I had to share these tidbits before I forgot them, though.

I) Aiden's first prayer "all by himself". I loved this: "Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for our day. Thank you for our house. Thank you for our letters and our numbers. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Isn't it nice to be reminded that sometimes we should just thank our God for all his good gifts to us (even letters and numbers) and not ask for anything in return?

II) Aiden's first story. This one happened today:
Once upon a time there was a mommy pig and she said to watch out for the bad wolf. The wolf blew her house down and said "roar". The end.

III) Watching out for Daddy:
We were cooking in the kitchen and Joe took one of the pieces of food he was working on and tossed it into the air like a ball. Aiden said, "No, Dad. Don't throw. You make bad choice. You go time out!" I loved it. We told him he was right and that if daddy threw the food again, he would have to go to time out. :-)

I'll try to get some pics posted soon!

Classic Aiden

Aiden often asks me to draw things for him, and since I have no artistic ability at all, the results are always interesting. This morning's theme was numbers. Some people might think that you don't need art skills to draw numbers, but they would be wrong.

First, Aiden tells me which number I should draw. Then he calmly tells me that the number needs eyes, mouth, and feet. (Thank you Math Circus!) This morning, I was asked to draw 1, 2, 5, 3, 0, and 4 (in that order). I thought the results were pretty good.

Then he threw in a new hitch; each number needed arms! After drawing arms on all the numbers, he told me that each number needed a baby. With a little more questioning, be told me that the 2 needed a baby 2, the 1 needed a baby 1, etc.

This explains why I never seem to get anything done around the house!