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Last night we enjoyed our very first trip to the Barnum & Bailey Circus with Aidan.
I won the tickets through submitting an entry form through our local newspaper. I was so excited to have won the four pack of tickets, especially since I hadn't known if Aidan would like it or not and if it turned out we would need to leave early, I wouldn't feel like we lost money. Turns out I never had to worry about skipping out early...Aidan LOVED it!
We got there early enough to walk around the concourse a bit and check out the ridiculously overpriced, and slightly dangerous, light up toys and other circus memorabilia. We took our seats (nice lower level unobstructed seats) and watched the clown's pre-show. Aidan was in awe of the lights, clowns and sounds. He just stood in front of the seat staring. Once the show began he took a seat on my lap and really enjoyed the initial parade of animals and actors.
His eyes never left the floor until intermission when he showed interest in the little girl sitting in front of us. His favorite parts of the show were those with the animals, real or costume. He shouted for the "cat" once the tigers began to retreat to their cages backstage after an unbelievable show. He wanted the "dogs" aka these crazy looking Chinese New Year-esque costumed things left the floor. And he kept looking at the curtain hoping the elephants would return (so did I, they're my favorite!). He was fascinated by the acrobats and every other sight and sound. Luckily he has no fear of clowns either.
It was a fabulous night and we can't wait to take him to another show soon. {fingers crossed that we, or one of the other four family members that submitted an entry, win tickets to Elmo!}
My thoughts on life right now:
Yay for the circus!
The elephants are awesome.
Family time is the best.
Happy 22 months Aidan!
The next stop on the trip was to Cedarvale Winery. We tried at least six wines there. It was smaller than the last place but quite cute. We got a bottle of peach wine there.
Our third stop was to Wagonhouse Winery. They don't usually do tastings, except for on Wine Trail Weekends, but it was a lot of fun. The couple was so down to earth and totally fun to hang with for a little bit. We tried a ton of wine there, including two that haven't been bottled for public consumption yet. I can't wait until late May when their "Shore to Please" mango-peach wine comes out. That was so delicious! We got three bottles there-Fallen Quaker, Jersey Girl, and Sundance. They were so fruity and yummy.
It was a really great day with awesome company.
My thoughts on life right now:
Our family is great.
So are our friends.
Love is so important.
Thanks to another snow storm I got a snow day today, which meant time at home with Aidan {and Sean, but he works}. Aidan slept in until 10am which gave me time to shovel a potty spot for Toby out back and take care of the first round of shoveling the sidewalk and driveway out front. Huge appreciation to the neighbor who used his snowblower to take care of the bottom of the plowed in driveway. Once sleepyhead was awake it was a day full of books, cartoons, playing, and running around. We had breakfast and lunch, and even made banana muffins. We made a lot of trips upstairs to see "Da". He also had fun in the ball pit that I was finally brave (or bored) enough to open. Aidan would like to thank Aunt Meg and Uncle Colby for being crazy enough to get him that for Christmas. He had a lot of fun throwing all 120 balls out and then running around to pick them up and throw them back in. Thankfully he cleans up after himself. Tonight after dinner he emptied it and then was doing flips and rolling all around in it! It was pretty funny.
The snow today wasn't just snow, which stunk because it was less pretty to watch. It was a mixture of sleet and rain and then snow. Which makes for tough shoveling since it's so heavy. I went out twice and Sean went out when he was done work. Hopefully it will switch to all snow soon and won't be as heavy.
So tonight I had to go into the attic to put away a couple of small Christmas decorations/gifts that were lingering and get the Bumbo for a friend who'd like to borrow it. Since Sean was out shoveling I figured the safest spot for Aidan for a few minutes was his crib. I put him in and he was interested in what I was doing with the pull-down steps (he can see them from his room). He was pretty content for the few minutes I was up there. As I'm at the top of the steps figuring the safest and best way to get down them carrying the Bumbo, out of his room pops a very happy and excited Aidan. Yes, you got it folks, he climbed out of his crib. The look on his face was absolutely priceless. Quite hilarious really. It was the biggest smile in the world. He even threw his arms out like "Here I am Mom! Look at me!" I couldn't believe it. All I could do was laugh. I asked him if he climbed out and he just replied with a smile and a "mmhum". I put him back in the crib to see if he'd do it again and even took video on my phone. No climbing out though, just an attempt. So, do we switch the crib to a toddler bed now? Or do we just hope it won't happen again for a while? What I do know is before he goes to bed tonight I'm really making sure his room is safe just in case he gets out.
My thoughts on life right now:
I love snow days.
I hate making up snow days in June.
My 21 month old climbed out of his crib!!! Holy crap!
Over the weekend we had yet another big snow storm. This one was so crazy they called it a blizzard! The wind whipped around on Saturday and the snow fell throughout Friday night to Saturday afternoon. Sean and I each took a turn shoveling, but Sean definitely had the heavier stuff. He did a great job of clearing our driveway and walkways.
Sunday we all ventured out for a little play time in the snow. Cait even came over and joined us. Aidan absolutely loves the snow! He was so happy to be outside, and even happier to be able to help shovel. Unfortunately at one point he was helping Sean clear a path to the drain in the street to get rid of the huge puddle at the end of our driveway and ended up falling head first, in slow motion, into the puddle. All we could do was laugh, and immediately remove his dripping wet hat and mittens. Luckily we had reserves and put them on right away so we could continue the fun.
The picture of Aidan is him standing just past where snow has been plowed to the side of the culdesac. Our neighbor cleared a path with the snowblower because no shovel was getting through that easily at all. He thought that was the coolest hiding place ever! After a little walk we put him in his sled and let him sled down the plowed snow hill at the edge of our yard. He wasn't sure about it at first but had fun. He really enjoyed throwing the snow at us!
My thoughts on life right now:
Yesterday was fun!
I wanted to be productive this weekend but it was more fun to hang with my boys.
We're expecting more snow this Tuesday/Wednesday. Might be a lot! Fun!
