6/24 - Gone swimming and flying

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It's been a busy past 1.5 weeks as we wrap up our time here in Prattville. Eli found one of the baby books we used to read all the time and has been holding it hostage for a few days now.
Below is Aiden using Perler Beads and making something for Mrs. Rusty. He did a great job and didn't get too frustrated using them. After he is done, we put wax paper over it and iron it for just a few seconds until the beads fuse together. It's great therapy and he has something to play with when he is done.


We finally made it out to the pool the other afternoon. It was Thursday because I found it so sad that Aiden's class at daycare had water play day in the morning and he sat on the steps in his swim trunks and shirt for 1.5 hrs and didn't go near the water. He then had lunch and then stayed really still on his cot for 2 hrs. Pure torcher for the boy. We asked the boys if they wanted to go on Thursday late afternoon and they said yes. Eli doesn't actually like to swim or go in the deep water. His ears are still REALLY sensitive to water. I'm not sure that will ever change and I'm even more unsure what to do about it. He holds his ears and screams in more pain than we he used to have ear infections.

Aiden played for a while in the waist deep water but he also wanted to go off in the deep water and swim with Brad. He is doing a great job of at least getting in the water and trying. It's tricky with Aiden though. Part of me wants to take his arm/chest floaty thing away but at least he's getting comfortable in the water. Baths are still a struggle. We told him that since he turned 5, he has to soap himself. Brad has taken over baths for the last few weeks because I've just run out of patience to be honest. Brad still has try and make it fun and a light atmosphere for Aiden to accomplish getting himself even partially clean. He doesn't like the poof because soap gets on his hand. He doesn't like the sponge because it "hurts his skin too much" and he doesn't like the washcloth because it's wet. I wonder if I can make him a scrub-free bath wash like the car wash places I see. There are times where Aiden doesn't want to make any decisions regarding his baths in hopes that we will just give up and make him not take one. It's a very slow and frustrating road that most people cannot relate to.

In preparing for our upcoming move, I've been selling some stuff on this cool FB page for the area we live in. It's like Craig's list on instant message and it makes things so much easier. I had a day last week where people were coming to pick-up stuff and I had it all ready by the door. Eli decided to sit in his old car seat and Aiden decided to sit on the potty.













They were taking turns seating on each. I was laughing because they were just entertaining themselves pretending they were choo-choo trains. 

During their playing, someone actually came to get the car seat. Aiden was sad his "train seat" was gone so he sat on the slide that I was selling as well.

We've tried to let the boys have a bit more free time at home lately since they won't get that this week. They've enjoyed playing light sabers and setting up obstacles courses around the living room and kitchen.

On Saturday, we went to Lowe's in the morning for some wood to make Aiden's ladder for the loft bed. Their saw was broken so we started to leave to go to Home Depot. First the boys got distracted by the floor cleaning machine so they followed that around for a bit. As we were leaving, we noticed they apparently had a kids workshop that morning and wanted to see if they had any left over kits because normally you have to register for their workshops. We got two kits and then ran outside to make them.

They are little treasure boxes for the new movie, Monsters University. Let me just say how much Eli hates putting stickers on his creations. He won't do it. We had fun and then quickly headed over to Home Depot so we could get lumber and get it cut.

The afternoon was filled with laziness at home. The picture to the right was taken just after rest time (which is why Eli is half naked) and they were playing Tell Tale. It was so cute to listen to them make up stories. Eli is much more creative and Aiden is so matter-of-fact with his stories. The differences are too precious.

Here are the boys playing cash register. This is what the do in the mornings if they wake up early and their bunny is not awake yet (which means they are not allowed out of the room).


On Saturday night we went to a Sunday School social/good-bye party for us. It was fun to just hang out. I think part of the problem with the age-group of our sunday school class is that everyone is so involved that they are working in other areas during sunday school and thus there is no one to really be there for sunday school because they are all working. It was a fun time and we enjoyed getting to socialize with everyone.

On Monday afternoon, Brad took me flying for the first time ever. I was a little scared. I have never flown with him and never been in an aircraft that small. And let me tell you, it was teeny. I find out when we get there that the planes nickname is peanut. :) Brad showed me all around it as he did his pre-flight inspection and letting me know all the things he was looking for. The upper left picture is him testing the fuel to make sure there are no particles or anything and that it's clear. I had a good chuckle that the plane came equipped with a sun visor in the windshield. First of all, it's stored inside. Second, the windows were tiny. It was too funny for me. Brad gave me a lesson on what everything was in the cockpit. In the bottom right, he was writing down frequencies and stuff that the control tower were telling him. After lots of talk on the radio from the control tower, we took off and headed for Prattville (we left from the Montgomery airport) so we could fly over the daycare while the kids were still out. It was pretty cool. The bottom right picture is the daycare playground. Yes I am aware that it's a little blurry but that's because it's been cropped and magnified quit a bit. We did two circles over daycare and then headed off to see some more of Montgomery. I must say, I was impressed with Brad's flying and his ability to handle the radio and having to switch over to other frequencies and contact towers and stuff. It seemed pretty chaotic to me. I got a little nauseous from looking out over the side and finding daycare and then taking pictures of it. It was a little too much for my belly so we didn't get to fly around as long as I would like. It was neat though and so amazing to see everything from an ariel view.

Brad is supposed to take the boys flying today but I'm not sure if the weather is going to hold up for us. Today is also Aiden's last day of therapy so I'll be posting a final therapy blog in the next few days.