When Emmett's Croup turned to pneumonia, we cancelled our exciting trip to CA and celebrated Thanksgiving locally with the Robinson side instead. Even though we were sad to not see Great Grandpa McGhie, we were so glad we stayed. Listening to Emmett cry the 20 minutes to Paragoonah was bad enough, we couldn't even imagine 12 hours!!
Right in the middle of Thanksgiving Dinner, I looked at Aaron and saw this! He didn't even last for dessert. Soon after he "went down", Elina said she was tired. I told her to go find a jacket on the stage to sleep on. I was amazed when she did just that...especially since it was in the midst of complete chaos. I'm grateful for kids that can sleep anywhere...it's just too bad they don't sleep at night :)
After eating, visiting, game playing, etc. we headed home for a small celebration of Aaron's birthday. Ever since buying some light-up "Spiderman" shoes this Summer, Aaron has had a fascination with Spiderman! I was excited to find a large Spiderman candle in the clearance bin while grocery shopping that morning! After blowing it out, he kept it as a toy :)
Happy Birthday Buddy Boy....Here's 10 things I love about our Aaron:
1. I love how he soaks in knowledge. We were reading a book the other day and he'd tell Elina the numbers she didn't know. He's such a smart boy!
2. His fascination with how things work. When Grandma Robinson gave him a "shake" flashlight, I turned around and withing seconds, he had the entire thing unscrewed, pulled apart and disassembled! It's too bad it didn't work when I tried to put it all back together :(
3. The funny words that come out of his mouth. When Elina asked if she could play with his toy, he said, "after I grow up and don't want it anymore!"
4. I love when he wakes up from his nap happy...he comes down the stairs and in a sing-song voice says, "Mommy....I'm done with my na-ap!"
5. His new imaginary friend “Spyro the dragon”. If anything bad happens, Spyro must have done it! He wants to go to his house, and even wants me to save a cookie for him :) The other day, I had a cough and Aaron said, “Mom, remember what Spyro said….eat yots and yots of cough drops!”
6. His "spit-fire personality". When I ask him a question, ie. if he wants blue or red, or if Elina hurts him & I ask him what he can do about it, he typically shouts, "No...Nuffing, No Nuffing!!"
7. How sweet it is to sing his good night song. Lullaby and Good-night, go to sleep little baby!
Aaron: "I'm not a baby". Mom: "Go to sleep little Aaron". Aaron: "I'm not little". Mom: "Go to sleep big boy Aaron!"
8. I love that he loves to read! He and Elina can still sit for an hour reading!
9. That he's so cautious....although he is getting more brave! He's starting to jump off the couch, will play on the playground w/ the small holes and even holds his mouth open so we can brush his teeth :) ("I'm being bwave so you can bwush my teef", he said the other night)
10. His awesome imagination and how well he loves to play with Elina & Emmett!
We ended our Thanksgiving with a fun game of bowling with Nathan & Kristy. The kids had a great time spinning around on the slippery floor & practically scored higher then the adults (even with Elina bowling with her head!)
All in all, it was a fabulous weekend. We're grateful for family who made what could have been a disastrous week a very enjoyable one!
