Summertime!

Summertime!

Aidan Courtney

Friday, February 11, 2011

Gymnastics!

On January 14th I started a new class....GYMNASTICS! It was so much fun! My teachers' name is Miss Lindy and she is so much fun! First we stretch and then we get to do all sorts of fun activities. I am learning to do a somersault, backward roll, walk on the balance beam, hang from the bar, jump on a trampoline, and do a handstand! I have to practice my safety stop and airplane arms, but I already have the hang of putting my arms up and saying, "Tahdah!" It was so much fun! Below are some videos of me doing gymnastics!

This is me doing my somersault with Miss Lindy!


First you get to see my friend Ali take her turn on the bars and then I'm up! I am getting so strong!



Well there I was watching Miss Lindy show us what we were going to do and my friend Ali starts putting the moves on me!

SNOW!!!

OH MY GOSH! I woke up this morning and there was SNOW! I have never seen this much snow before and I think Mommy was really excited too! Good thing Mommy had prepared for the snow. She bought me snow boots, gloves, and a special snow suit that I can wear outside and stay warm! It snowed 6 inches at my house and there was even snow on the street!

There was so much snow, I could not even see the street! I could walk in it either!

Look how high up the snow came up on me!

Daddy and I about to go down the hill! Weeeee!

Mommy and I!

We did tons of fun stuff because Mommy and Daddy were both off work for the whole week! We went sledding, had play dates with friends, and toasted marshmallows over a fire! Our first play date was at my friend Hayden and Hannah's house. There were 10 kids there...only 2 boys! The next day we went to play at my friend Ali's house. I was pretty tired that day, so I actually slept on the floor while my friends played....there were too many girls there for me...girls are exhausting! :) Then the next day we went to my friend Brynn and Bryce's house. It was a fun week!

First we put the marshmallow over the fire. "HOT"

Then we get to eat it! YUM!


Here is a video of me seeing the snow for the first time that morning! It was amazing!



This is a video of Mommy and I sledding down the hill! It was SO MUCH FUN! I loved to watch everyone else sled, but I didn't like it when people fell off their sleds...how sad!

All Aboard/Chores/Shaving

I am growing so fast, Mommy and Daddy say it's difficult to keep track of how much I am growing! I am in love.....with CHOO CHOO TRAINS! Ever since Christmas I have just been all about the choo choo trains! It's all I talk about at home. As soon as we walk into the house, I say, "ooo ooo," and that means let's go play trains! I can spot a train anywhere and if you take me to the mall I know there is a choo choo train there and I am always ready to ride it! I love to read my Little Engine that Could book every single night!

Daddy loves to play trains with me! We like to crash the train into the stop sign!
"oooo ooooo"


Here comes the train Daddy!

I have even started doing some chores around the house. I always make sure to push my chair in after I'm done eating, I like to put my toys back on the shelf (well some of them), and I help Daddy take the trash out. I can carry it (well drag it) all the way to the garage. While daddy is getting trash bags to put in the trash cans, I help by pushing the trash can all over the kitchen. :)

Let me get this trash out into the garage!

Here I come Daddy! Get ready to put it in the big trash can!

Something else I started doing is shaving! Not really shaving people! It's a toy razor and it even comes with shaving cream! I love to look in the mirror and shave...just like DADDY!

This feels kinda funny!

Daddy, put some more shaving cream on me!