Swim Class!

Aidan started swim class tonight! He LOVES the water so we thought that he should learn the basics early! Alex is going to be gone the next few weeks so he got to do the first class while he was here! It was a lot of fun to see them enjoying class! Aidan was the only kid that didn't freak out, he was quite the opposite! Laughing and squealing the whole time!

Smithville

Smithville is a cute little touristy spot with lots of shops & boutiques! We went this past weekend while waiting for Grammy & Poppy to get here! When I saw the sign for 'Smithville Zoo' I was very excited! Unfortunately it was just a toy shop (not that Aidan cared though!) They had a nice little pet shop with all its rhinestone studded collars & what-nots! But they had these 2 four week old kittens that they were giving away for free (they were even giving food, litter, litter box, and carrier!) These cats were SO cute and tiny that we were actually considering taking them with us! But thankfully reason won out and we decided that it would just be too much work, especially since Alex will be gone most of the next 2 months!

We did however ride the train and carousal! Although he kept a very serious face the whole ride, he LOVED the carousal! When it stopped he didn't want to get off & tried to make it keep going by bouncing up and down! He was getting really tired by the time we rode the train, and although he didn't throw a fit or anything, he didn't seem like he cared one way or the other about it.
Mom, Dad & Luke came down for the weekend. We had lots of yard work & dad brought his chainsaw! The holly tree, although a very nice tree, is GONE! No more prickly leaves all over the yard! And Aidan's poor little feet will finally be smooth again- even if they'll always be covered in dirt! Alex is also in the process of getting the sprinkler system back up and running. And by the looks of it it has not been used in years! Dad and Aidan had fun playing in the water!

playing with fridge pieces

While watching me sweep the kitchen Aidan figured out that the molding to the fridge is not attached! And now one of his favorite things to is carry it around the house, usually talking up a storm.

patroling the bike path

We took the bikes out this afternoon on one of the bike baths near us. We just got this trailer for Aidan the other week & I've been really enjoying taking him around the neighborhoods! So far he has been a really good passenger too!
Today he would not go down for a nap, no matter how hard I tried! And apparently the smooth vibrations put him right to sleep, because he slept for 7 of the 8 miles we rode! I only wish we could have reclined his seat for him or something! He looks so uncomfortable!

best buddies!

My roomate from college has a little boy, Conor, who is 5 months old! I love being back on the East Coast to be able to see my friends & their kids!

Conor was Baptized the other weekend & we made the trip up to Staten Island for it! It was a nice, although full, ceremony. They Baptized 10 kids! That's a lot of babies! But everything went smoothly & they had a nice BBQ afterward. Aidan was addicted to the pool, but neither Alex or I had our suits so he had to settle for just dipping his toes (well I dipped a bit too far so he was wet up to his shorts!) The house it was as is definitely a grandma's house who has lots of grand kids! There were tons of toys & Aidan had a blast!

We can't wait till Conor is a bit bigger & can play too!

Out for a paddle

We took the boats out for a short paddle Sunday morning. It was the perfect time to see how the little mister would do out on the water & also get some good low impact rehab for Ned! Aidan did great! He did, of course, try to climb out of the boat so he could swim & splash in the water! I had to convince him he could reach just fine staying IN the canoe! He did a bit better in the kayak with Alex- I think the confined space helped him not climb around so much!

There is a CG morale float trip this week and the plan is to take Aidan along... we'll see how that goes!

AC Aquarium

We went to the Atlantic City Aquarium over the weekend. Although it is very small- it was perfect for Aidan! There were tons of touch tanks and he loved running around pointing at EVERYTHING!

fun at the park

We missed playgroup the other day because Aidan slept till 11! Crazy huh!?! Well he had been up for hours in the middle of the night and it was 4am by the time he finally went to sleep!
Anyway... We went to the park for some playtime! He was more interested in the kids that were splashing around in their pool at one of the near by houses- but we still had fun! He loved swinging in the tire swing with me! It's been years since I've been in a tire swing- I had fun too! And he LOVES the slide! I'd love to get one for the house!

Wild Man!

This is what the WHOLE day was like!

Veggies & Summer fun!

We'd left the cooler full of beer and partly melted ice on the porch. Turns out Aidan was hot and dove right in!
Nell's veggies are a little out of control, though we can't wait till harvest time.

Blueberries!

For fathers day we decided to go pick some blueberries. Turns out that Hammonton is one of the major producers of it in the country, and we picked the perfect time to get them!
It helps that one of Aidan's favorite foods is blueberries.
Though I never knew it, since I hadn't ever had 'fresh' blueberries, I really like them too (still don't like the store ones so much).

Though I think we went slightly overboard (we picked 20 lbs!) we should be eating some good pie, and be full up of frozen blueberries till next year!

and... we're Baptized!