Cage 'em

Aiden and I are in for a big week!

Our fun-filled week includes:

• A ride to Madison tomorrow to enjoy a day with my dear friend Jen at the free Zoo, and possibly a shopping trip along State St. if Aiden (and time) cooperates
  
  
• A ride in the opposite direction to Milwaukee on Thursday night to hit up the Betty Brinn Children's Museum during a free night
  
  
• Testing out a Gymboree Play & Music class (for free) on Friday to see if we'd like to become members and go every week (which unfortunately is not-so-free, hence testing it out first)

Exciting, huh? Even more exciting - it's all free!! Minus the gas to get to these places, but I'm not going to complain about that. After the boring day that we endured today, I'm happy that we have activities to keep us entertained for the rest of the week, and I'm happy that my bank account doesn't have to suffer as a result.

In other news, Aiden is officially T-R-O-U-B-L-E. He can't technically crawl yet, but his inchworm and army-crawl get him pretty much wherever he wants to go. He seems to think the word 'No' is funny, which isn't real good when he's chewing on the power cord to the fan that's on. When I move him away from something he shouldn't be anywhere near, he inches his way back. And when I'm trying to change his diaper, he does everything in his power to make it as difficult as possible.
The icing on the cake, though, is naps and bedtime. He thinks it's pretty cool that he can get up on all fours and move around in his crib. So several times I walk in there (when he's supposed to be going to sleep) and see this:

(you can't really see, but he's up on his hands and knees)

and then his adorable fricken smile when he sees me which makes it impossible to be mad:


So I'm sure you can see the problem here.

I've decided he can hold off on the crawling for awhile, because he is way more than enough for me to handle right now. I might have to invest in one of these pretty soon:



Also of note,
I BOUGHT SCHOOL SUPPLIES!!! YIPPEE!!!!!
And two of my notebooks are made from 100% recycled materials. How's that for going green? I got my pencils and my folders, so I'm all set. I give it 2 weeks before the school thing is wayyyyyyy old and I'm ready for Winter Break. That's pretty much how it always works. In fact, I don't know why I'm excited in the first place. I hate school. Ah well.



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