Aidan

Our nearly six year old is a Pre-K 4 graduate and will be starting Kindergarten in August (the first week if you can believe that!). He had such a great year at school. We absolutely loved that he was enrolled in a small school where everyone knew everyone. It was an expensive decision to decide for him to return for Kindergarten but one that we feel really good about. Unfortunately for Aidan, his best friend and his crush are both moving and won't be there next year. I'm sure Aidan will find replacements, though. :-)

Aidan's Pre-K 4 teacher, Mrs. Dawson

Aidan never ceases to amaze us with his intelligence and ability to learn new things so quickly. He is reading so well. He loves to sit and read books to us, and it is a rare thing when he encounters a word he needs help with. We'll spend the summer working on some upper level sight words. I want to take advantage of his hunger for knowledge while it lasts. :-)

We have only two tee ball games left this season. I think we're all sad to see them end, as it has been fun for our whole family to go to the games. Plus, it's one of the few sports that Aidan shows real enthusiasm for. Well, he shows enthusiasm for hitting. During the fielding part, it's most us yelling out to the field to get him to pay attention and stop playing in the dirt or trying to take the bases off. At one game, he was putting dirt in the holes of his batting helmet. At the time, he was sweaty, so all the dirt caked to his head. We did have a child sit down while playing third base, so at least Aidan hasn't done that... yet.

Grandma came to visit and got to see Aidan play one night.

This summer, we decided to join the country club so we could have the pool at our disposal. It's only 1.2 miles from home, so it has been wonderful. Aidan is completely swimming, so it is a big weight off our shoulders. His endurance has already gotten so much better. He's jumping off the diving board and diving down in 2-3 feet of water to retrieve diving sticks. It makes me so happy to see him swimming, and he absolutely loves it!

Aidan is such a great big brother to his little sister. We can always count on him to make her laugh. If she gets hurt, he normally comes running to do his part to help cheer her up. As you can tell by this picture, she's quite comfortable with him (and on him).