Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving in Chicago and Wisconsin. It was fully of family, food, and fun.

Storytime with Grandma

The boys reading their own books. 

Milwaukee Science / Children's museum. We went with Grandma and Kristin's boys and had a blast. The kids all tried the flight simulator and laid on a bed of nails!! 

And the big guy was there! Somehow, Aaron didn't cry sitting on Santa's lap like every other kid in the history of Santa has done. 

The kids by the large fish tank. 

Grandma love. 

In Chicago, cowboy Jedi night Aaron has come to town. 

Cowboy Yoda Jedi Night Aaron. 

The kids loved playing with Caper and Berkley, Aaron and Emily especially. 

Someone got ahold of my phone

Aaron loves taking pictures when he gets ahold of my phone. Selfies especially. 

Way up high in the apple tree

My little surfer blonde baby is singing with a southern accent... His teachers definitely have southern accents so that is how he hears the songs he is taught at school. But if you showed him an apple and asked him what it was, he would say "apple" without the southern accent. 

Aaron's evolution of dessert

Aaron's speech continues to come along nicely. Dessert started off as "wurt". It then became "zert". And now it is a very emphatic "ezzert"!!


On a separate, yet entertaining note, when he counts he emphasizes the e. Ten, eleven, e-twelve, e-thirteen...

Slam dunk Aaron

Umstead

The kids had the day off school in observance of Veteran's Day. It was a gorgeous day so we made sure to get outside for some fresh air. We took a walk in Umstead and it was wonderful. Leaves were turning colors and falling. The kids enjoyed running the trails. We went about 3 miles round trip. Aaron was a bit of a hot mess at the end and just fell into a puddle of tears because he was just so done. I picked him up and commented, "Wow you sure are in a state. What state are you in? Alabama?" He paused his super fatigued sobs to say, "No, Raleigh!!"

Clarkus

Clark is here visiting from San Diego. Today we went up to Duke so he and Jeff could revisit their old stomping grounds together. Crazy to think that it's been 15 years since they were both at Duke together. It's really cute seeing the kids with Clark. When Kyle and Em were little, they would climb all over him and just have a great time with him. Now they still have a great time with him and play Guitar Hero and ping pong with him, they just don't climb all over him. Aaron has taken over that duty. Aaron just adores Clark and wants to sit by him and hold his hand and sit on his lap. 

Aaron singing

Back when Kyle and Em were little, we would sing songs with them before bedtime. We just started doing that with Aaron and he is loving it. One of the favorites with Kyle and Em was the Hawaiian version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as sung by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. And Aaron is now starting to remember the lyrics. I managed to catch him singing it and recorded for a little bit. There isn't really any video to it so the link below is merely audio. It's sweet to hear his little voice singing. Nevermind him getting silly at the end and him starting to have a southern accent...