Aiden's first tubing, Stripes, and Cars

These tubing pics are a little blurry from my phone, but you get the idea.  Here are the boys with Daddy getting ready to fly down the hill.

I'm not sure who is more excited...Daddy or the boys?

Here they go!!!



Aiden's new stripes in his room (the striped lampshade on left gave me the idea for the stripes)

We have a few more things to finish, but I really like it.

The calendar might say that it is spring, but the weather in MN hasn't changed yet.  At this point, I hope the snow is gone by the first day of summer because spring is not looking good at all.  The tubing and skiing area was open for a week longer than normal so we made one final trip over the weekend.  This was Aiden's first trip to go tubing.  Typically, Aiden doesn't last very long outside due to the bitter cold temperature, crazy strong winds, precipiation, or some other issue.  So, John usually takes Luke and Liam while Aiden and I stay at home and Aiden naps.  This time, however, it was slightly warmer (and very sunny) so opted to get everyone out of the house and try the tubing with Aiden.  It took him one or two times to get the hang of it and then he loved it. 

 

After trying out the yellow walls for a few weeks in Aiden's new room, we decided to change the color. The yellow did not look bad, but we felt like something else would look better. The striped lampshade in the first picture from Aiden's room was the "inspiration" for the stripes. Aiden wanted some green on his walls so we decided on the green and blue stripes. The base of the walls is kind of a neutral gray color although it looks more blueish-gray on the walls. John painted the stripes and they really look so good, he did an amazing job!! We have a few more things to finalize, but I am pleased with how it turned out and AJ loves it.

 

Lastly, I have a few cute pictures of Aiden with his cars.  He still loves to line them up (he has been doing this since he was around a year old).  He makes all kind of noises and has the cars talking to each other.  He will say, "Ladies and Gentleman, thank you for coming to the show." 

 

Getting the cars ready to go