It's the Journey...: February 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

A Trip to the NC Zoo!

Two weekends ago, we went to the North Carolina Zoo, the third largest in the country! There were over 5 miles of walking trails and lots to see! This was a cute playground at the zoo that had bugs, vegetables and leaves to climb on! We had trouble dragging Ayden away to go see the animals!

We were lucky to see this Elk up close! They are such huge animals!

Does this photo look familiar? I believe Ayden posed in this same car (different location) two Summers ago when we were staying in Santa Monica and visiting the pier!

We had a great time and got lots of exercise while looking at all the animals. We will have to go back in the Summer when more exhibits are open, but it was a great trip!

Valentines Day!

On Valentine's Day each year, we don't pressure ourselves to have the romantic dinner out and all that with candy and flowers, we just had fun making Valentines for Ayden's class, which he had a lot of fun handing out to his classmates! They had a little party in class with healthy treats, imagine that! I was also inspired to make some heart shaped biscuits to go with our dinner that night (Pancho is holding one in the photo and Ayden is eating one!) These are the simple pleasures we enjoyed this year. :)

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Potty training!!

For the last two weeks at preschool, Ayden has managed to stay dry all morning. On Wednesday of last week, he even stayed dry through his nap at preschool. Throughout this time, he did not want to go at home except for before getting in the shower for some reason. His teacher said at the end of last week that she thinks he is ready, he can do it - going consistently that is. We had two accidents that week outside of school, not bad at all! So, we went home on Monday of this week from preschool and didn't stop going potty until bed time when we put on a diaper. We haven't stopped yet and it is Wednesday! Until today, Ayden has refused to try going poo-poo on the potty, he would only go pee-pee. This morning before preschool, I somehow convinced him to go poo-poo on the potty and he was so excited that he did it that we took this photo! It was a big day for him!! We all got to go out to ice cream after dinner to celebrate!

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Rough housing with Daddy

They say the cutest things...

10.09 - Teacher at preschool: "Ayden, where are you from? (during Celebrating Cultures Week at preschool)

Ayden: "I am half of a Puerto Rican!"

6.1.09 - Ayden over dinner tonight, "I love these Rolly Ollies!" (Ravioli's)

1.22.09 - Ayden: "Mom, upstairs I heard God talking in my heart!"

1.19.09 - Ayden: "I am a scientist at legos cause I have a creative brain to make them."

12.21.08 - Ayden: "I am a really good expert!"

"Israel is not in the United States, but it is still on the Earf (Earth)!"

"When baby Gabriel was born from your tummy...let's be grateful that God gave us a baby!"

6.6.08 - Ayden:"Spiderman and God have special powers...they can control the earth!"

I love how I have filled his head with the power of God! :) He (God) comes out in his thoughts as right up there with Spiderman. :)

5.13.08 - Conversations with Ayden:

Ayden: Mom, why is it cloudy out today?

Mom: Well, the sun is there, but it is behind the clouds.

Ayden: Oh, the sun is playing hide and seek!

5.7.08 - Ayden was getting ready for bed last night and he found his children's bible on the bathroom counter and recalled his "reading" from his nap/rest time that day. He said, "Jesus and God are our friends!" I said, "Yes, they are!" He proceeded to look at the cartoon photos on the front of the book and tried to guess who was Jesus. He pointed to Noah and said, "That is Jesus!" Then he pointed to Moses and said, "That is God!" I told him that God is not pictured there, that he is up in heaven. It did make me quite proud that he was reading his bible during rest time! :)

3.18.08 - Ayden and I were talking on the way to school and he was talking about where we were going and we had also just passed our church. He said, "Only I go to school and church." I said, "Well, Momma and Daddy go to church too, but we don't go to school anymore, we are all done with college, high school, grammer school and preschool." He replied with, "When I go to college, I can go to Stanford!" I laughed and said, "And when you graduate from Stanford, you can find a job like Daddy." He then said, "I can find a job at Stanford...I can do art or painting or stamps!"

This cracks me up, it is like a combination of what Daddy did (Stanford) and the things that Ayden and I do together (crafts, etc.)! I have to admit that we did feed him a line a few weeks ago about going to Stanford when he grows up! :)

2.27.08 - He also has been curious about more complex issues and concerning himself about the future. He said today, "When I am older, I will have hair on my cheek like Daddy." Another cute thought of his was, "Daddy has to work so that we can have toys, food and our house and other things." Of course he learns these things from us, but it is cute the way he processes them. :)

2.11.08 - I was putting Ayden to bed tonight after he read his books to me. He often does this because he memorizes how his favorite ones go and he reads them to himself or rather recites the sentences from memory. :) We were trying to quiet down, which is often difficult for Ayden to do (surprise, surprise!) and after sitting there for a few moments, he reminds me that we need to pray. I said, "Who do you want to pray for?" He said the usual folks and at the end, he said "And tank you for ebrebody in our wife (life)!" This is how he ends most nightly prayers.

Oh and by the way, Ayden went pee-pee on the potty all day today! Not just a small portion of the day. We are making slow progress!

2.6.08 - Ayden was helping me vacuum the stairs. He did the whole flight of them and when he got to the top, he said, "When you've got yuckies, you have to clean them up! Then you can have juice or water or somsing (something)."

It's the Journey...