Playing with Aidric...

Conversations similar to this one happen all the time, but I jotted this down verbatim right afterward. He likes to pretend the rings from a toy are cookies and tells us they are very hot when he hands them out. He had 3 of them lined up in front of him:

Aidric: Which one you want, mommy?

me: the orange one

Aidric: You don't want the orange one. Which one?

me: the green one

Aidric (in a sing songy voice): noooooooo

me: umm, the blue one

Aidric: OK!

He just cracks me up. I mean, why couldn't he have just given me the blue one from the beginning?? =)

Happy Halloween!!

Before heading out for the party and trick or treating, we took a few shots at home:




OK, more than a few pictures. We took a lot and these are the outtakes.

Do you think they are done with me?


Aidric going in for a kiss and gets a hand to the face instead:


After she hits him, she looks all innocent, with her little finger in her mouth.


Off to the party!
Aidric with his 2nd cousin, Raquel. Raquel was a witch, but is also wearing part of her twin brother's wizard costume =)


Jonathon, the wizard, makes an appearance here...


and then Juliet joins the action, but is much more interested in the fireplace behind her


a quick family shot


We headed out for trick or treating, but it was already dark, so I didn't get any pictures. Aidric LOVED it though. We were with a big group and he inched his way up to the front every time, saying "Trick or Treat" in a loud voice. After he received his candy, the giver was usually busy handing it out to the rest of the kids, but Aidric would say, "Thank You!" and if he/she did not answer him with a "You're welcome", he just kept repeating himself until he was acknowledged!

and a devil

I love this picture so much, it's the only one I'm putting in this post; and I'm even including the black and white version. I've got one more coming with the two of them together and just a few from the party.

An Angel

(this is SO much better...I complained to Mollie about my horrific editing attempts on these pictures and she worked on this one for me. SO SO much better than the version I had up before. Thanks Mollie!!)

Boo!

Aidric, Juliet and I made these footprint ghosts yesterday. I added the faces and words this morning and we hung them up. I wish we would have done them earlier so we could have enjoyed them longer! (Aidric's on the left; Juliet on the right.)

Tonight, we're going for a Halloween Party at Chris's cousin's house. Afterward, we'll be trick or treating in their neighborhood. Of course, that means lots of pictures of all the cute kiddos coming soon!! (I might manage a sneak peek during nap time)

I need you

I woke up around 2:30 am this morning to hear Aidric sobbing and yelling "mommy". I went in to see what was wrong and he immediately stood up, handed me his blanket and reached out his arms for me. I scooped him up and then laid down on the bed with him. (The guest bed is in his room).

Here was our conversation:

me: Aidric, tell mommy what happened.

aidric: I cry for mommy.

me: Yes, but why did you cry for mommy?

aidric: I want mommy come to my room.

me: I know honey, but WHY??

aidric: I need you.

And that was all it took to settle in a little deeper and cuddle for a good 10 minutes. I mean, he needed me. What else did I need to know??

splashin' on the roof

We had an absolutely gorgeous, if not a little too hot, day yesterday. After a quick trip to the "Pumpkins in the Park" event, (too crowded and way too hot) we came home and filled up the kiddie pool for some water play up on the roof deck. I didn't bring my camera up, but it reminded me that I forgot to post pics of the last time we did it. So, these are from about a month ago.

(Blogger is being really difficult- there are 3 other pics I am trying to upload, but it won't let me and I give up! These two will have to do!)