Heavy Weight Lifter or Engineer

Pretty sure those are the two career options that Aiden is currently debating. He likes to lift things that are generally too heavy for him, or, even if they aren't too heavy, like his large toy car, he likes to carry them over his head like a heavy weight lifter. He will also place the items in strange  places - like the window sill.



 

The second option seems slightly more lucrative, and, given his small size, to hold a tad more potential. Plus, Ryan comes from a family of engineers so it's possible he got the engineering gene. It's fun to watch Aiden's brain at work. He's recently realized his peg board is a system of levers. Sometimes he'll hammer away at the pegs, but other times he uses the levers to move the pegs up and down. He also has a hippo that shoots plastic balls out all over the place, and he quickly became disinterested in the usual way of playing with it by chasing after the balls and throwing them back in. Instead he wanted to figure out what made it shoot the balls out.....and stop it from doing that.

 



Turns out I only take photos when he's in heavy weight lifter mode....probably because I'm usually cracking up. When he's being all insightful, I'm too busy studying him studying his things to take pictures. :)

 

Carrying his popper.....

 

....and putting it in strange places. (see the video below for when he puts it on the couch)

Power squat....really using those legs. (look at that face!)

So strong!

Proud of himself for getting the heavy box on the table

This block was such an awkward size for him....but awkward doesn't stop Aiden!

Seriously.....way.too.heavy. (check out the quick video clip of him carrying it)