The boys went to the Circus! It was such a fun time!! Nana and Papa and Brendan were first timers. Brendan loved the popcorn and Aidan was amazed by the little dogs.
We had a great adult to kid ratio going which was awesome- Nana, Papa, Uncle Richard, me and Chris with the two crazies.
It’s funny to see the commercials- both boys keep pointing them out all excited.
The boys function well with routines. So we have done our best to try to have routines for our sanity. Which is good…except when it is not.
Take today for example- a holiday and we are off. I think we have explained why a fair enough amount of times.
Food is another routine. Monday is French toast sticks for breakfast. So even though we are off and have more time for breakfast, that is what Aidan will eat. Not the yummy French Toast Chris made because that is not what we eat on Mondays.
Sometimes routines are good, other times its like shooting yourself in the foot!
We are big Red Sox fans in this house. And as with everything is Aidan likes something he needs to find out about it as much as possible. Kathy told him a while ago (like over two years ago) that at Red Sox games they sing Sweet Caroline. So Aidan learned the song.
Being a good brother he taught Brendan the “bum bum bum” part. Its cute and its a staple around here. So I decided one breakfast in November to get a video of it. We don’t have a video camera I just used my regular Cannon.
I posted the video on my Facebook page. Lots of friends thought it was funny. Friends had them perform while we were places too. It was suggested to send it to American’s Funniest Videos, but it wasn’t until we were watching the show one night and Aidan suggested it that I uploaded it. That was in January.
The first week in February I got a call that they loved the video and might want to use it. I signed off on the paperwork and thought that would be it. Until the next week when the producers called and said they would be using our video, it would be a finalist and we were being flown out to California for the taping!
Two weeks later (!) we were in sunny LA! I cannot say enough how AWESOME everyone and everything about the experience was! From direct flights (first time for the boys!) to the hotel service to the AFV staff- we could not have asked for a better time! We had a chance to go to Disneyland and see the beach while there too!
It was hard to keep the results a secret for three weeks! On March 15th the show aired. We came in second place!