Fun at the mall

Gotta train them to love shopping early. Cars are definitely the way to a boy's heart.

Halloween hijinks

What was Aidan for Halloween? Um, he was Aidan. The pirate costume that was purchased for him lasted all of five seconds. (Toddler costumes should not have Velcro closures. He ripped that sucker off Incredible Hulk-style.) We did make a lame attempt to dress him as Tim Lincecum, but the one day we wanted him to wear his baseball cap, he wanted nothing to do with it. Instead of cute costume pictures, we give you this: Aidan going down a big slide by himself for the first time.

First trip to Disneyland!

LOVED Autopia--not much else. Drops in Pirates of the Caribbean: bad. Pirates and animatronic dogs: good. Haunted Mansion elevator: scary. Ghosts: entertaining. AstroBlasters: fun. Peter Pan: worst nightmare.

Halfway down Main St. USA

Thrilled to be at the Haunted Mansion

Pumpkin patched up

Most of September and early October, Aidan was down with the flu (NOT the piggy variety) and pneumonia. Luckily, he was his regular crazy self for our annual excursion to the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. Afterward, we hit the pumpkin patch down the road.

Aidan is the pickiest pumpkin picker ever! None of the pumpkins were good enough.

He kept yelling "BALL!" and trying to punt them into the ground. We came home with three of the non-smashed variety.

1.5 yr old soccer greatness---Gooaallll!!!!!

Brian has never looked prouder.

The Greatest Show on Earth

We learned a few very important things at the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus on August 23, 2009.

1. Aidan is not afriad of clowns (unlike his mother).
2. Going to the preshow on the big top is only a good idea if your kid is old enough to sit still for the rest of the show. Which leads me to...
3. The circus is way too long for a one year old.

We made it through the first act and cried through the second. Oh well. We had a good time anyway.

If a toddler falls in the forest...

Wedding in redwoods: gorgeous. Toddler in redwoods: filthy. Trying to keep toddler clean in redwoods for wedding photos: almost impossible. If you have a kid under 4, and someone invites you to their kid-friendly wedding in a park, remember these photos.

Parking lot before the ceremony:

 Lunch (Aidan's overcome his dislike of dirt, by the way)-yes that's dirt in the corner of his mouth:

 "Play clothes" at the reception softball game (notice how much cleaner he looks):