wish upon a star

Alden has swim lessons this week, of course it's the hottest, most humid week so far this year. Monday I was literally sitting at the little table sweating like crazy. They really should spring for some fans over in the area with the tables. He loves him swimming lessons and has so much fun. His coaches always end up loving him. It's also good for him to be around his peers even if he isn't exactly interacting with them (they each have an individual coach and go at their own pace).

Alden's Toy Story toys have been leaving him little notes and prizes around the house for doing his chores. He gets a "Disney Dollar" every week to put in his Mickey Mouse Bank to take to Disney and use on whatever toys he wants. Of course we'll be buying most of them but we're currently working on showing him how money works and making him "pay" for his own things. He always runs off with his fun new stuff & forgets his change though.

I can't wait to see his face when he meets Buzz Lightyear at Disney. It's going to be the best thing ever.

summer time and the livin's easy

It's summertime here! We've been playing video games, throwing water balloons, having lightsaber duels, painting, and putting up lots of new posters!

Alden is all signed up for swimming lessons again this year. He loves going to swim class. It was the first thing he mentioned when we asked him what he wanted to do this summer. He has gone the past 2 years and absolutely loves it.

We've been reading the comics in the newspaper lately. He's kind of obsessed with them and has like 20 papers (I keep having to rotate & throw some away).

Father's Day was a huge success. Alden picked out, read, signed, and decorated Josh's card himself. He also picked out the gift but I had to order it since I am the owner of the AmazonPrime account. We got Josh another Rabbids video game. They play those games every night together & then watch Quantum Leap & go to sleep. It's pretty adorable!

He's now summoning me to come play Mario Party 8 with him.