5/28 - Before our trip to TN

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So I'm backed up on the blog. Here are a few random things before we left for our TN trip. Here is Aiden at therapy doing one of the things he dislikes most - using a sponge and getting partially wet. Mrs. Rusty let him do an exercise with another child and that was helpful because I think it's good for him to see a normal reaction to water and someone getting wet. He had fun doing it but it's so funny to see this other 3-4 yr old just not even give a thought about water and then watch Aiden who then balks at all things water. He is making some progress though.

We found these fun dinosaur hats at the Dollar Store the other week and the boys both got one. They like to fight with them on and see who can knock the others' dinosaur off the others head. That doesn't always go over to well.

Speaking of dinosaurs, here are the goodie bags I've been working on. So they aren't your traditional bags. I blew up balloons and then paper mached the majority of the balloon leaving just enough room to put in the goodies. I let it dry and then popped the balloon.

I then stuffed the goodies in (some eggs have slightly different contents than others) and then paper mached over the small hole.

Pouncer was trying to help me make sure they all had the things they were supposed to have inside before I finished sealing them up. After they dried, we spray painted all of them brown to look like dinosaur eggs. It was a fun project. Now, we just need people to come to Aiden's party.









Last Sunday was our church family picnic. It was at the YMCA right by our house and we had a great time. The boys got to swim (the water was COLD) and enjoy the outdoors for a while. Aiden even got to swim with his friend Jessica for a bit.

After we swam for a bit and ate some food, it was time to go indoors. We got to listen and watch the Children's Choir practice for their summer tour coming up. Jessica sings in it and Aiden really enjoyed watching her and the rest of the kids. Aiden even started clapping at one point and was having a great time. Eli doesn't quite have the focus that Aiden does but he LOVE music. He started to get quite silly from sitting and watching so long. 

Eli eventually started to get pretty goofy. Towards the end of the performance, there was a drama so only a handful of kids were up performing. Thankfully there was a girl that was sitting down in the back and Eli was making crazy faces and she started making crazy faces back at him. It kept him entertained and quiet for a while and then finally, the boy next next to her made a few faces too. Aiden decided to follow in Eli's steps and start to go a little crazy in his chair.

On Monday or Tuesday afternoon, the boys offered to help Brad wash our vehicles. They did a pretty good job and Brad was pretty patient with them in coaching them how to do it. They took turns with the hose and with the soaper brush.