we had another birthday in our house this week. Aidan, my oldest, turned FIVE years old. i don't think time is just flying by....it's picking up speed!
he's had an exciting week too. i really think it started on Sunday...he had a fabulous time playing with his cousin, Jacob that afternoon. the two of them keep planning sleepovers....but their mama's aren't quite buying it yet. can you picture what it will be like for us another five years down the road? speaking of roads, that leads me to Aidan's highlight. big enough that he has remembered the incident for several days and waited until today to share it with his 'best buddy'. we stayed about an hour past the kids' bedtimes, then headed home in some light snow. yes, it has been snowing! still!! we found an icy patch of highway and had the most incredible near miss of our lives. there were so many "what if's" that we had to stop thinking about them and just be thankful that we were okay. we were in a series of vehicles that were involved in a crash and we were the only one NOT hit. angels watching over us? plenty i do believe! watching one car get hit by a fast moving vehicle out my side window and then watching the same fast moving van slide right in front of our car...after we had driven into the ditch. between all the cars involved, there were 7 children. none hurt seriously. another miracle. i was surprised at the reactions of our kids. they took the entire event in stride. it was a long wait because we had called 9-1-1 and had to wait for the emergency vehicles. then we had to fill out accident forms. both kids were sound asleep by the time we approached the city.
i think that late night did not help the kids to fight the recent cold virus to hit our home. they both woke up the next morning with the sniffles. they were pretty tired that day too. i kept them both home from school the next day. and the next day! which also happened to be Aidan's birthday. rotten luck? or was that good fortune? the jury is still out deciding that one.
since he was home and had lots of time on his hands, i decided to let Aidan open his present that morning. thank you Scholar's Choice gift registry! he had picked it out himself a few weeks ago and it had been wrapped and hiding since that day. he was a happy kid. then he asked me where the other gifts were. hmmmm....kiddo, you don't always get everything you want....
i couldn't get a good photo of him unwrapping the gifts. my other arm was busy....
......consoling this sad sister. she has just now learned the excitement of unwrapping presents and didn't want to miss out on any of the fun stuff. tough lesson for her. it made it very tough to take photos! (isn't her hair crazy?! i am not sure what happened in her dreams the night before. it won the 'crazy hair award' by a landslide.)
this is the second cake for his 5th birthday. he took cupcakes to school today. the cake and icing and decorating were done to his choice. i decorated the cake using the same plan. yellow sugar in the centre and rainbow sugar on the edges. i also had some gold icing gel...reminded me of a galaxy....so i wrote his name using it. and added the silver balls.
now we can concentrate on halloween and christmas in the near future.
our front porch is all decorated in the fall colours. just because i found the stuff on a super cheap sale at Michaels yesterday. i also bought pumpkins. however they both must have frozen. with all due respect....i should have been thinking more clearly. they were being kept outdoors. in below zero temperatures. now, do i return them? or keep them, as a reminder of my own stupidity?
as soon as the kids' quiet times are finished tomorrow, i plan to take them outdoors. Aidan was given a scavenger hunt that he has been wanting to do. i REALLY want to get more photos. i am hoping to find some trees that have yellow leaves.
have i mentioned that most of our trees still have leaves and the leaves are STILL GREEN? bizarre. even more bizarre is to see the green with the snow covered landscape. it has to be a record of some sort.
wish us luck!
