He's in New York I Tell 'Ya

This was just so adorable to me that I had to share it!  Kurt took Aidan to a Lab today to get his blood drawn.  We've been suspicious that he may have sensitivities to certain foods and we decided to finally bite the bullet, do the official testing and know once and for all what he can and can't eat.

Naturally Aidan was nervous about going and not looking forward to it.  We talked through what would happen, that it would hurt - but only briefly, and that the quickest way for it to be over was to just remain calm and let the Lab technicians do their job. 

So what does our handsome little cutie do?  He comes up with an elaborate (for a 6 year old) plan to fool the technician's into drawing blood from someone other than him! 

Hard to read, but it says - "This is not Aidan.  He's in New York."

His plan was to slip the note to the Lab tech.  Savvy little buddy!  Of course he probably should have hidden the note from us and not shared all the details.  Needless to say, he DID have to go through with the blood draw and he did great!  And the Lab techs thought his little note was very sweet :-)

As a side note - probably no one but me would get all of the turtle references here but we've got green paper and New York which is home of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  He and Maddie are under the impression that New York is pretty much the best place ever now - especially their sewer system!

We may not be a football lovin' family - but we still participate in Spirit Day at school!

Maddie is a little grumpy in the above photo because Kurt had just spent a few minutes trying to dig a piece of gravel out of her hand from a big spill she took on the way to the bus stop the other afternoon.  Gotta love the fabulous (NOT) new street they put in.  Sure Mansfield, save a few bucks on your cheapy, non-pavement, throw-down-weird-gravel-that-impales-children "plan".  Wish they'd just left it the way it was and so does MADDIE!

Leaving things on a happier note, it's F-R-I-D-A-Y and the kids start their new art class at the local art museum tomorrow morning.  Can't wait to see the masterpieces they create...