so i thought it would be fun to finger paint and bake together with my little man. wrong! 
my sister requested an original cayman masterpiece for her birthday. so, i figured today, as i'm baking up a storm for aaron's last care package, i would strap cayman in his highchair, give him some paint and let him go to town. it would seem that most kids would love the excuse to make a mess. 
not my little man! a few hand prints, a little smearing, and that was it! but, he did make a lovely master piece for auntie necia's birthday!
and then i thought, hmm... let's try baking together. that wasn't a good idea either. what kid doesn't 
like making a mess! apparently not mine! don't get me wrong. he loves playing in the dirty, loves eating sand and dirty by the 
handful, but making a mess when he's actually allowed to, nope! but, we tried. and maybe we'll try again some other day.
it's things like finger painting and baking together that i love doing with cayman... and i love sending his master pieces to aaron. however, i hate that aaron hasn't baked a single cookie with cayman (or even snuck into the kitchen to steal one of the cooling rack) or made a mess with him. it's things 
like this that i hate that aaron is missing out on. grant it, the past 12 months cayman has been doing a lot of growing and developing to get to the point that he can finger paint and bake, and so aaron really hasn't missed much. but still. and so i wear many hats and play many roles as all aaron can do is take an active role from 7,982 miles away. and for that i'm grateful. i would rather him be an active, involved parent from over there then not even take interest. and soon, he'll be in the kitchen making a mess or on the back porch with paint all over his face too.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
good times with my baby boy
Posted by it's me, just me, nothing fancy, just simple me at 8:13 PM
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Hello there! I have become quite the fan of your blog! I'm new to the Army thing and my husband deployed 3 weeks ago, so I really enjoy reading about people who are going through the same thing. It looks like your husband gets to come home soon and that is so exciting! I can't wait until The days start to dwindle down. Anywho, I hope you have a fabulous weekend!
We are at Ft. Drum. I got the schedule of the AFTB classes yesterday and marked my calendar. I'm pretty pumped to take them. I think it will make a world of difference in my Army experience. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has public meltdowns too. It's so embarrassing but I feel it just may be unavoidable. Yuck! Thanks for the quick reply! I will for sure shoot questions your way! How long have you been a lovely Army wife?
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