Here's a quick video of Aidan and Bryce in the wake of painting a Clifford puppet (as part of a project for Aidan's class).. Well, you can see how it goes. My wife, I think, suffered the classic journalistic dilemma: whether to put the camera down and intervene or just keep shooting..
Aidan had his first Cross Country meet today.
Yeah, that's right.. in Kindergarten at St. Ed's, they do Cross Country-- or as Aidan more aptly describes it, "Running."
It's a good way for Aidan to run off a little extra energy twice a week after school.
It's also a good way for 1500 or so parents and volunteers from Catholic schools all over the region to get together and mill around on a big field for a few hours on a series of Sundays in the early Fall. It was SOOO much larger an event than any of us expected, I think we were all a little overwhelmed.
Unfortunately for Aidan, during the Kindergarten Boys run, some of that milling involved some volunteers from another school-- in their attempts to cheers on and encourage a few kids from another school-- knocking Aidan down. And that wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't fallen flat on his forehead. And even THAT wouldn't have been so bad if this all hadn't come during the part of the run pass through an asphalt parking lot..
So Aidan's got a HUGE knot on his head tonight and a skinned knee. We were worried at first that we might need to take him to the Emergency Room, but another parent at the meet who indicated she's a doctor checked him out and said there wasn't anything more serious than the big bruise. We've been keeping an eye on him to make sure he's okay tonight and he seems to be doing fine. He seems most upset that he didn't finish the race.. and he's already talking about practice tomorrow and wanting to finish the race at the next meet next Sunday.
(quick note if you're looking at the pictures: the St. Ed's kids are the ones in the bright Kelly Green jerseys)
Making pancakes this morning and, as usual, the boys wanted to help..
Aidan helped add the sugar.. Bryce helped add the baking powder..
And both helped to stir the batter..
And when Aidan got the whisk in his hand, he announced to Bryce and me:
"I'm going to stir. I'm the Stirring Man."
Last Sunday, Aunt Patty and I took the boys to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum to see Thomas the Tank Engine-- who made a stop in Nashville as part of his swing through the mid-South. We got to meet Sir Topham Hatt, got some temporary tattoos, and even got to ride in a train car pulled by Thomas...
Aidan shows off his tattoo.
Thomas showed remarkable patience with all of these gawking onlookers...
Catching up on the last couple of weeks..
Bryce started back to his little Y pre-school last week..
He was, we think, a little disappointed that he hasn't been able to make the leap straight to Kindergarten with his older brother.. but now that he's back with a few of his old friends from the spring, he's loving it.
And his teacher has been very complimentary to us on what a strong, independent little boy we're raising-- and we laugh to each other because we hardly feel like we've had anything to do with it.
Young Bryce is a force to be reckoned with!
Bedtime story-time is all the rage at our house..
And occasionally, Aidan will take it upon himself to read a story to Bryce..
And yes, Bryce does have that monkey's paw in his mouth.. and no, I don't have any idea why.
Okay, I know this is off topic..
but Notre Dame plays Penn State today... so I've just got to go back to the last time the Irish played the Nittany Lions...
Bettis, Brooks, Mirer, Bobby Taylor, Irv Smith, and Craig Hentrich (... and a really gutsy last-second call by Lou Holtz..
Remember the "Snow Bowl".. and the days when coaches needed 'Cable Caddies' so they could stalk the sidelines with the headset on..
