What a Week!

In the past week Aidan has been a very busy boy!  Last thursday we went to a yankee's game and saw Derek Jeter's 2998 hit. On saturday Aidan had a birthday party to go to and afterwards his Uncle took him to his first concert, a band called O.A.R.  On Sunday he got to see the new transformers movie in 3D. On monday we went to an amusement park and water park, Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom.  And today, well I guess it's after midnight so yesterday, we went to Ellis Island and the State of Liberty.  It.was.amazing!  We were in Ellis Island for over 3 hours and only saw half of it.  Aidan loves to learn and just needed to read every single sign we saw.  The ferry rides were also Aidan's first boat rides and he loved that also.
After the tourist stuff instead of taking the ferry back to New Jersey we got on the one that brings you to battery park in NYC.  Aidan loves being in the city and this was a new section for him.  There were street performers that enjoyed watching.  We walked to the twin towers sight but everything was pretty much blocked off. We finally made our way to the new york harbor water taxi that brought us back to Jersey.

This is where we departed in Jersey City. This is also the railroad the immigrants were brought to to depart to the final destination.

Ellis Island

Aidan loved the boat rides

Getting a better view

Aidan and I at the Statue of Liberty

He is so strong!

Poking Lady Liberty in the tush

Having fun in the gift shop

The first park in New York City, founded in 1733

Riding the Wall Street Bull with his Uncle Tim

The new Freedom Tower

Having a great time

Aidan has no gymnastics this week and his uncle tim comes to town thursday and we will be going to a yankee's game thursday night and his uncle is taking him to his first concert on saturday.

Update

Nothing really to update on.  My older brother flies in next week and Aidan is super excited!  Yesterday Aidan finally got a new, bigger bike! We got it used from a local bike shop. It is a GREAT bike, one I could never afford as new and it's in great shape and all tuned up by the shop.  Needless to say we got lucky we went that day because it had just been dropped off the day before and the lady said a bike like that doesn't sit for long.

Straight A's!!

Aidan ended the school year with straight A's so when we went to gamestop I agreed to get him a game guide to go with his new game as a reward!  Here is something I put together to better compare the first and last day of school pictures.  Just click the image to make it bigger if you need to.

Day 180

Wow it's the last day of school already.  It seems like only yesterday he started school.  Aidan is very excited about summer.  We were hoping to go to a carnival tonight with fireworks but the weather is not exactly cooperating.  Fingers crossed!  Aidan also asked to go to Gamestop after school to look at video games, ugh, boys.  This summer are plans include visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, at least one professional baseball game, possible a concert, and an amusement park (he wants to go back to Hershey Park).  I am trying my hardest to be able to go on our annual trip to Virginia Beach also.  Aidan's gymnastics is bumped from 9 hours a week to 12 hours a week (three, four hour days).  

And now for the pictures.  I told Aidan he could do whatever he wanted for the pictures that I only required two.

First up is the nice normal picture:

Rock on!!

Hooray!!

He informed me this was part of his happy dance...

so is this.

No idea what this was all about haha

WORD! (he told me he learned this on TV haha)

No idea what this is

If you look closely he is sticking his tush out.  Every day when he got on the bus he would stop and shake his tush at me.

Leaving as a fourth grader, returning as a fifth grader, or at least that is what he told me.

First day of 4th grade                                                                                 Last day of 4th grade

Day 179

And here we are at the last sleeping picture of the year. Aidan told me he had a lot of fun at school yesterday. He is very excited to get his yearbook today! K still don't understand yearbooks for elementary school but he loves it and they only cost $20. They also make sure that every kid at the school is in at least one candid picture.

Day 178

I spoke with my older brother yesterday who is in Omaha, Nebraska for the college world series. He happened to be at a Salt Dogs baseball game in Lincoln. We talked about plans for while he is here and I told him that more than anything Aidan wants to visit the statue of liberty and ellis island because he learned about immigration this year in school.

Day 177

Aidan is very excited about school ending!!

Day 176

Aidan was up bright and early today. He made his own sandwich for lunch and was dressed ready to go when I got up. Of course he hadn't brushed his teeth yet, the day he brushes his teeth without being told a hundred times will be a miracle.
I cannot believe this is the last week of school!

Push ups

This is how Aidan gets so strong