Bad Hair Day

Our weekend was full of ups and downs. We had a lovely Saturday morning with a visit to our Uncle Jon's new (old) house. Maddie & Aidan had a blast running from room to room and throwing things on his hardwood floors (we have all carpeting here at home). Sunday was a bit rougher with a stomach bug afflicting poor Maddie. Luckily it was a 24 hour thing and after a 5 hour nap (yes you read that right), she is back to her old, havoc wreaking self!

In reference to the title of this post, Aidan has some wild hair. He's had a few haircuts and gets regular tubbies...but we've yet to figure out a way to keep it under control.

Aidan was so wiped out from his playdate with Uncle Jon, that he was fast asleep about 30 seconds after we pulled away. He took a 45 minute nap in the car and below is the unseemly bed head that resulted:

In this one he seems to be channeling his inner Jon & Kate Plus 8 (if anyone's seen Kate's hairstyle of late):

Maddie, of course, took the same car ride and the same nap and came out of it with her typical, perfectly coifed 'do. The girl was born with a fabulous hairstyle (after she got through the bald phase that is).

We've also been working on self feeding with utensils as of late. Maddie is adverse to getting dirty, but Aidan really seems to have mastered it. Not a shock that the first milestone Aidan accomplishes before Maddie is food related!

He might need a little work on his form...but he gets the deed done!

And just so this post isn't entirely about Aidan, below is Maddie with her new favorite item...the blankie Mimi knitted for her before she was born. She loves to throw it on the floor and snuggle with it while saying "mmmmmmm". So cute!!

Another Maddieism is her new capacity to share with Aidan. I have noticed her handing Aidan his Woobie whenever he gets upset and I always make sure to praise her for doing that. So now she runs around the house finding things to hand to Aidan and then claps for herself after she does so. It's so sweet to watch. Until we get to the part where she decides she wants the item back and rips it out of Aidan's hands. For that we do not clap. She's a work in progress...