Pockets...

So much has transpired since I last updated this. Aiden and I had a wonderful trip to Florence Italy. We stayed with our friends Lexie and Umberto and we were also fortunate enough to have had the magnificent David Seaman come down from Germany to kick it around with us. Simply put, we had an amazing time. Eating wonderful food, being overwhelmed by history, traversing narrow medieval streets on bikes, howling like wolves at passersby, soaking up the culture and friendliness of everyone we met. By the end of it all, neither of us wanted to leave. Aiden now lives in Stauton Virginia. It is quite a distance away from Philadelphia and I miss him with all of my heart. 

I have always been fascinated by the items I find in Aidens pockets. I feel like they are an invaluable insight into the heart and mind of an amazing little boy. For example I present the contents of a pair of pants he left here last time he was at my house....

There in lies..... Change, a black string with a button on

 it, a heart necklace, blast caps, a rocket that the blast caps go in, a mini knight, earrings, a cross, a bunch of felt balls, a gum wrapper, a fuse, a golf tee, a tissue, and an eagle emblem. 

Deatheaters?

To anyone that knows Aiden, it is NO secret that he is quite enamored with the Harry Potter books. I'm not sure how many five years share his affinity, but there is no doubt, this one is hooked. Now couple this with the fact that his desire to draw representational objects is increasing tenfold and you can just guess what his subject matter tends to lean towards. 

Case in point, Aiden took it upon himself to give himself a tattoo recently. The tattoo was a pen drawing of a skull with a snake wrapped around it on his forearm. Unbeknownst to me was that this is apparently the mark of some sort of ghoulish characters from the Potter stories known as the Deatheasters wear upon their forearms called, The Dark Mark. 

Whatever the case, I thought he did a nice job. 

Aiden's first ventures in PHotoshop....

Aiden and I made this picture of these cats, Aiden more or less directed me as to what we should copy and paste and where to them once pasted. He even put some  of the eyes where he wanted via his own hands on the mouse......

He says it's called "Aiden and Dad". He says the one with the most heads is him, and that the other one is supposed to be me.

in an effort ...

..... to document all the wonderful things that have been a part of or creation of Aiden's life, I offer this remembrance; 

Today I recalled a song that Aiden used to love to sing, and if I'm not mistaken it was the first song he chose to do really take in and remember. It was from the cartoon of Gulliver's Travels. In the film it was sung Town Cryer. 

It went something to the effect of.....

Oh well....

Such a rainy day....

Nevermind that, nevermind that.....

That's all....

I just wanted to get that down so I wouldn't forget.