For Christmas, Santa gave Aiden his very first board game: the I Can Do That Games Curious George – Discovery Beach. The premise of the game is to find hidden treasures. You select cards, look under the panels, and find the matching objects. You shake up the box so that the items always move about to different places on the board or become buried / unburied in the sand.
We don’t follow the rules of the game yet: we let Aiden look under all the panels, not using the spinning wheel, and we don’t collect cards we’ve ‘won’. So far, we lay out several cards for Aiden and he chooses one to look for – he will pull up panels until he finds what’s on his card, though sometimes we have to shake up the box again.
Aiden has a lot of fun playing this game. He loves looking for the cards that are more open ended, “any brown” or “any shell”, and cheers whenever he finds a matching item. He’ll happily sit and play this game with us for a solid half hour.
In this video, Aiden is pretending to drive a car… but that car is Daddy. One day, while Ianiv was leaning over, Aiden told him he was a car and proceeded to ‘drive’ him around. He say inside the hollow created by Daddy’s arms and scooted along making car noises. Kids and imagination – so amazing!
Today was an intense day of Doctor visits for us. It all started this morning with our first trip to the Emergency Room at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.
Yesterday, Aiden fell and developed a limp after. I didn’t see the fall, but usually falls are just a normal part of his day. In this case, he did immediately complain about one of his toes hurting, though nothing was touch sensitive. The limp didn’t go away by the end of the day, or by this morning. He couldn’t comfortably wear some of his shoes.
So, off to the hospital we went. I opted for the hospital over the clinic just in case we needed X-Rays, and heard Children’s was better diagnostically speaking. Thankfully it was not busy and we were able to see the doctor right away. Aiden watched tv for about 5 minutes before his first examination – lots of bending and prodding and whatnot. It was a bit difficult to get him to walk around willingly, but he seemed to get into it once I put a video on the iPhone for him to hold.
After two doctors, no skeletal injuries could be found. The best guess was a ligament or muscle injury that should heal on its own. If not, we’re back to the hospital this weekend. For now, we’re just using Advil. At least Mommy has some peace of mind watching her little baby walk around with a limp (ugh, the heartstrings!).
As if a morning of doctors wasn’t enough, it was my turn this afternoon to see the midwife for my 16 week appointment. Everything was quick and Aiden was very happy to hear the baby’s heartbeat. He still wants to “see” the baby, but he’ll have to wait for the ultrasound for that!
Aiden recently learned how to ask questions. And apparently he’s also developing a sense of humour. Or a penchant for magic. I’m not sure which…
Aiden had a visit from his Argentinian cousins this summer and they gave him his first taste of magic. He was, and continues to be, astounded by the disappearing coin trick. Ianiv has continued this love of magic tricks by often hiding a coin or other small object and making it appear from behind Aiden’s ear, in his pocket or somewhere unexpected. Aiden loves participating in the search.
A fun-loving Daddy also tries to confuse Aiden sometimes by hiding a toy behind his back and dropping it, asking “Where is it?” and showing empty hands. Apparently, our son is now wise to the trick.
I was playing catch with Aiden this week when he threw the ball over his head and behind him and turned to me with a smirk, “Where’s blue ball?” I said, “Where did it go?” playing along. Aiden then grinned, turned around and said “Found it!”
Aiden is obsessed with playing catch. He will roll a ball or throw it with glee, shouting “good throw” as his own praise. The catching though… it’s a work in progress. Although he can catch a soft toss with his arms out, his ‘grab’ reflex is slow, and the ball may tumble out. He doesn’t yet move to catch a ball that isn’t aimed perfectly.
Still, it’s a fun game and he loves it, even laughing “ball, nose” if he gets hit in the face.
Aiden recently learned how to 