My Five and a Half Year Old Explorer!

The other day when I was cleaning up, I noticed this pile of items on the kitchen table that Ayden had left out and I thought to myself that these toys/items pretty much perfectly represent what Ayden is all about these days as a big five and a half year old! He is all about discovery and exploration! He takes his binoculars everywhere so that he can check things out in his environment. Since it is Summer time, he has got to have the sunglasses on just like all his friends. I wasn't too sure how the magnifying glass would go, but it was on sale at the Nature Center in Asheville and so I just couldn't resist since he just loves to check everything out in detail...bugs, seeds, pods, rocks, you name it! So far, the magnifying glass has only broke once. Thanks to Uncle Henry, it was saved with some super glue! We have a paper airplane "how to" book that Ayden has just started to be able to follow, but most of the time, Dad makes him the complicated ones that do the best stunts! The blue paper is a drawing of a map that Ayden created of where things are in the house. So these items pretty much sum him up, Ayden, the Explorer!!