Happy 10th Birthday, Sir Aidan!
This was an amazing birthday for an amazing boy! Ten is a pretty special number and so for his 10th birthday, Aidan chose to invite the citizens of the School and Adventurer realm to his palace for some festivities. The citizens of the realm came valiantly arrayed in their choice Continue Reading
League Team and Ninja Stars- the Gymnastics Journey continues
This season we have two gymnasts on gymnastics teams. Alex continues with his third year on the League Team, and Aidan joins the Ninja Stars for his first year of competitive gymnastics. Alex is competing level 4 and 5 routines, and Aidan’s pre-team routines are really coming together as well. Continue Reading
Aidan’s Merry Violin Season
As a part of his seventh birthday, Aidan began violin lessons last April. He’d been wanting to learn the violin for several years. Since we knew a couple friends who took lessons, we had a recommendation of a great Suzuki teacher, and he’s been doing group and private lessons each Continue Reading
A journey around the world
Well, we are embarking upon a new journey this year. With Alexander returning to school, we only have two little ones left in our homeschool. But our sweet second grader and Pre-Kindgergartener are in for a super-fun year. Aidan loves ships, so our theme this year is “A Learning Adventure.” Continue Reading
Matthai Botanical Gardens
This weekend Alex and Papa were up at Camp AuSable for the Father/Son retreat. So since we had some time today as a little crew, we tried to make Sabbath extra special with a winter afternoon outing to one of our favorite nature destinations. Weather was warm, we almost didn’t Continue Reading
Aidan digs being six!
Aidan turned six years old this spring and he’s definitely enjoying the spirit of his birthday. He wanted another ‘digger’ theme this year, and since he is such a Lego fanatic, we thought we could merge the two by bringing up all his favorite diggers for some table decoration. David Continue Reading
Our Ninja Warrior
Aidan and Alexander are both back in gymnastics this year, and recently completed the first Ninja Warrior Challenge at their gym. Aidan loves gymnastics, and had a blast doing these little obstacle courses. We put together a fun collage for him, and thought we’d share. Bravo Aidan, Mission Accomplished!
Christmastime Wonderweek- Christmas Program Sabbath
Last Sabbath evening was a special night for Aidan as he took part in the Christmas Cantata over at the Ann Arbor Church. To be honest, this program has been a little bit of a struggle for us. Last year, I didn’t have the children participate in the A2 program, Continue Reading
Five-tastic
Aidan is five years old! Such a noble little age for our mellow little boy. He’d had quite the gala just a couple of weeks before, but his birthday Monday was preceded by the Adventurer fun day (just an hour or so from Grammy & Grampapa’s) and he requested Continue Reading
A Fête for Five and Seven
Early spring is birthday season around here, and since their days are just over a month apart, every so often we love host a little celebration for Alexander and Aidan together. They’d been excited for this party for over a year and they picked an under-the-sea theme to celebrate the Continue Reading