This little love ...

Monday, April 30:  I was free Monday morning to take care of baby Aidan while his folks were at work ... I love Mondays! We decided to take a short walk down by the creek, using Aidan's new fancy stroller. It has a special attachment for the "NEW" baby (due in just 7 weeks!!!!) and also a little standing bar for Brendan, in case he wants to ride along with his siblings!

 Aidan is a very social little person, so I got the impression he was a little bit put out by being put in a seat that faced forward while I was BEHIND him--not much occasion to interact with this smiley little kiddo. BUT ... spring was in the air ... and I just HAD to check out the pathway down by the creek.

 It was rather colorless, but ... spring was definitely in the air.

I didn't keep Aidan in the stroller overly long. When we got back to his house, he knew he was going to be set free and was happier ...

 We tried getting out a few of his favorite yard toys, but this little baby wanted to go inside where he could cuddle with his grandma.

 So that is exactly what we did! Aidan fell asleep in my arms (for the 3rd week in a row), all the while snoring and cuddling and loving ... he is a wonderful little man!

 When he woke up, he was much more sparkly. I pretended to sneeze ... "Ha-CHOO!" And every single time I did it, Aidan would belly-laugh like he was going to split!

 I love you, baby Aidan!

 Thanks for filling me up with your sweet self today!

A beautiful Sunday ...

Sunday, April 29:  I picked up two children Sunday afternoon to come over and hang out for awhile. Emma was "lighting" her last performance over at the high school and then tearing down and going to a bonfire! But Kaity, Matt and Chris came over. Chris had gone to the musical with Diana and she dropped him off at my house after it was over.

 Last week, Emma taught Kaity how to make super huge bubbles with my big wands. She told Kaity that you needed to be patient, slow, and easy. Kaity followed Emma's instructions and made some very BIG bubbles. We were very pleased!

 Kaity and I took turns making the bubbles. When I made them, Kaity chased them down with her "sword" and tried to pop them before they popped on their own.

 I love this little child so much. Kaity! You are a dear, dear little soul! I love who you are, dear granddaughter!

 I forget exactly why Kaity was pouting in the picture below ... something about wanting to go to the playground right then instead of waiting until we were on our way back to her house (at least I think that's what was troubling her).

 I reassured her that we would certainly go to her neighborhood playground and she needn't worry!

 Christopher was pretty hungry. I made some oven-fried chicken, rice, pasta, and other assorted foods.

 Chris had a second helping of the pasta--this after all of the dishes were finished and all of the food put away in the refrigerator. But I was coaxed into warming up a second helping ...

 It was worth it just to watch him eat it!

 Matthew was busy on my computer. He found some free games and some other interesting stuff ...

 After a little while, we took Chris home and then Matt showed me where the playground is that Kaity talks so much about. It is kind of in their neighborhood, but definitely too far for Kaity to go alone.

 Matt stuck with us and we stayed there for about a half hour.

 Kaity showed me all of her playground moves ...

 She is very physical and loves the outdoors so much.

 She is a good climber too!

We'll have to go back here to play very often, Kaity-Dear!