One more thing from Kinder Camp

I need to write this one down while I remember it!

This morning during Kinder camp, the teacher read the story The Kissing Hand. The story was about a raccoon who is going to school for the first time. During the story the mother kisses the palm of his hand and tells him:

Now, whenever you feel lonely and need a little loving from home, just press your hand to your cheek and think, "Mommy loves you. Mommy loves you." And that very kiss will jump to your face and fill you with toasty warm thoughts.

When they read this line, Aidan looked around the room until he found me and smiled & waved at me. I nearly cried ... again.

Kinder Camp

Today was Kindergarten camp for Aidan. He got to meet his teacher (Mrs Sandobal) and see his classroom. There is another Aidan in his class (Aidan T) so he will forever be known as "Aidan W". By the end of the hour in the class he was already starting to write his name as "Aidan W" :)

The kids did centers while parents filled out paperwork. The kids and parents got to do a craft based on the book The Kissing Hand. The parents painted their hands and made a hand print on the paper, then the kids did the same and put their hand print on top. Aidan refused to paint his hand. So, I painted my hand and Aidan will trace & color his on top of mine in class on Monday.

Several times this morning I fought back tears. When we came in they gave us cards with the teacher's name on it - when Aidan heard his teacher's name he made a funny face and said "That's a funny name." For whatever reason, this made me want to bawl. I can't believe he's got a kindergarten teacher!

For the last half hour the kids played on the playground and the parents were given some information by the principal. The school seems really nice and all the teachers seem very good.

Stay tuned for the total breakdown that is coming on Monday...

Cutest baby ever

Does it get any cuter than this?

Just keep swimming..

Aidan has become a little fish. He is doing great in the water and can swim very well all by himself.

He's even comfortable enough now to do tricks in the water.

Aidan says "about" instead of "without" so he calls this swimming "about" his lifejacket :)