New Outfits and New Traditions

Last year I received a #43 Troy Polamalu Pittsburgh Steelers jersey (the guy in the head and shoulder's commercial with ALL that hair)......Last weekend while shopping at my favorite store, Kohl's, ( I really should not be allowed in there!) Lisa spotted a miniature version of the very same jersey AND it was on sale!! Here we are modeling our new jerseys....please notice how our puppy Sabian is posing right along with us!


Down the runway....


On our way back...




Here is how Nicholas looked one day last week when I came home from work....
Lisa said, "Nicholas, tell Daddy what you had at school today that is all over your shirt." Nicholas thought for a moment, looked at his shirt and then yelled, "PUDDING!" Although his shirt tells a different story....his teacher assured us that he did indeed eat "most" of his pudding.



A few weeks ago Lisa started a tradition for Sunday night dinner...Each Sunday we give Nicholas his bath, put him in his pajamas and then Lisa makes pancakes (gluten free!) for dinner. Nicholas still goes back forth calling them either, "cupcakes" or "pancakes." We also had him say to Lisa a couple of weeks ago, as well as tonight, "Thank you Mommy for making cupcakes." So for a while, Sunday nights will be known as, "Cupcakes In Pajamas" night....feel free to stop by...just don't forget to wear your pajamas and to bring your own syrup!

Random Thoughts, Updates and Pictures Too

If it was up to me, Nicholas Alexander Aronin would have been named, "Hipster Boyleg." True story!

On most days when Lisa picks up Nicholas from school, as soon as he sees her he will run to her yelling, "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!"

Average number of times we tell Nicholas he is cute each day..........27

Nicholas has a hamster in his classroom this year and his name is the same as both the bus driver on The Simpson's and the middle name of the original bass player for Jonnie Blanco.......

Otto

*****So sorry about this......the hamster is actually named Otis.....oops!!



When we go to the store to "look at machines" Nicholas tries to put toys into our basket while saying, "Need this one....take it home....buy it." This almost never works.....on an unrelated note....did I mention how flippin cute he is??

Today, during bath time, I decided to pick up some of Nicholas' bath toys that are shaped like numbers......I am always trying to get in those "teachable moments." The first number I picked up and showed to him he immediately said, "EIGHT." I couldn't believe it....he also knew 3, 4, 5 and 6. The combination of school and Lisa being a stay at home Mom, is really paying off....woo-hoo!!

This message is JUST for Nicholas.........."Hey little boy! Mommy and Daddy love you so very much. We were so blessed when we were able to adopt you nearly a year and a half ago. We are enjoying being able to watch you grow each month, week and day. We are so amazed with all the things you have learned in such a short time! You are our amazing little boy and we love you lots!"

When we were visiting Nicholas at his Orphanage in Ukraine, we were always afraid to let him get dirty while were outside. We did not want the "nannies" to get mad at us or at him. Even though he couldn't understand us at the time, we told him each day...."When we get home you can play outside all the time and get as dirty as you want to because that's what little boys do!"

We recently went to a small zoo just north of our house...the name escapes me right now... Here are Nicholas and his pal Kelsey trying to see a giant turtle.

















"So like these two potatoes are so huge that they could totally touch anything in the universe...except themselves....."

















Nothing beats standing around in the kitchen wearing a t-shirt, some shorts and two oven-mitts.