Finally an update

So sorry it's been 3 months since I posted anything.  What's the saying...The days are long but the years are short.  It's been like that.  The days are long but the months are short.  It's hard to believe that August, September and October passed so quickly. 

Well, in August Aiden started school again.  He's doing great.  He goes to a reading lab one day a week after school.  He's up to 20 words he can pick out by sight.  And he's started to read very short books.

Aiden's first day of school

He graduated from Nitro 1 in swimming so he's now in Nitro 2.  It took quite a while for him to pass the last station in Nitro 1 so it was a huge accomplishment.  We were (still are) very proud of him.  He's also in football for his second season.  (they just finished up today)  He went through a bit of a rough patch in controlling his temper tantrums.  But he got them under control and finished up the season on a high note!  He has said for the past few months that this will be his last season of football, he wants to play soccer next, then baseball and then bowling for the rest of his life.  I'm hoping that we can put off bowling for a while though.

Asa is doing great too.  Getting bigger every day.  He's also talking a ton.  He can get his socks on all by himself now too.  He's very into doing things himself nowadays.  It's great and frustrating all at the same time because he normally wants to do something (like get his shoes on) when we're in a hurry. 

He's having tons of fun in Little Gym.  He is getting really good at all sorts of stuff now.  He can hang on the bar with his feet on the bar all by himself.  See the picture right below.

He's all over the place while we are in class trying all sorts of stuff.  And of course he wants to do it all by himself.  A lot of the other parents have commented that we have a future gymnast on our hands.

Halloween was great.  We had lots of fun and lots of people commented on our costumes.  Hopefully we will be able to continue with the family costume theme.  It's so much fun.

Drew finished his last triathlon October 2.  It was a Half Ironman, which includes a 1 mile swim, a 56 mile bike ride and a 13.1 mile run.  He finished in 6 hours 5 minutes.  Pretty impressive, I think!  He has finished 6 triathlons this year.  He signed up for the Austin Marathon in February.  So he'll stay in training for a while longer!

I've been working on Christmas gifts.  I had the idea to make a bunch of our gifts this year.  Hopefully I'm able to accomplish all that I want.  I'm also getting ready for Aiden's birthday in December.  I can't believe he's almost 5!  It just doesn't seem possible.  I guess it goes back to what I said earlier, the days are long but the years are short.

I will try very hard to not take so long in updating again.  Have a great November and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Love,
The Powers Posse