Avery is 4! October 22nd, 2013

Avery wavery turned four!  She is such a funny kid, and always has something funny and inquisitive to say.  She is also our little fashionista and dresses up every day!  She is a true girly girl- tea parties, multiple bows/flowers in her hair, old dresses, bracelets, rings, clip on earrings, princess shoes, tutus,  purses, you name it everyday she comes out in something unique.  She is a little sweetie and we love her!

A few days before the big day we made a list of all the fun things we should have on her birthday.  She wanted a Snow White cake- rainbow cake with rainbow frosting, cheese pizza, balloons and ceiling decorations, and an Ariel doll that had fins and legs.  Well, while in the process of figuring out a rainbow Snow White cake I realized everything she has been into lately has been Ariel, singing Ariel songs, wanting to be Ariel for Halloween, combing her hair with a fork, etc. After chatting with her she decided an Ariel cake sounded good.  So the birthday theme changed to Ariel.  We couldn't find the rainbow chip frosting, so blue(water) frosting  worked instead.

On the day of her birthday after Madolyn and Daddy headed off to school and work we decided to go to Cabelas for her birthday.  So Drew, Avery and I ventured off to see the animals and fish to which Drew ran around screaming DEER!  TREES!  FISH! every time he saw one.  He was pretty excited and Avery loved it too.  We picked up some gummy worms for a treat on the ride home to get Madolyn from the bus stop.  That night Grandma Peterson and Aunt Kristin joined us for the birthday fun.  We had pizza, sang happy birthday and blew out candles, and opened presents.  Avery was a happy girl and had a fun day.

                                                 

Disneyland July 29th- August 2nd, 2013

Aunt Kristin and I decided to take the girls to Disneyland just for fun.  Jordan had been gone a lot in July for work and to Alaska to go fishing and I thought the girls would like to go to Disneyland.  They are always asking about it and really wanted to go, and who wouldn't right?! We left Drew with Dad and he had the help of his sister who was in town that week.  We left early Monday morning and drove all day.  That afternoon we arrived at our hotel in Anaheim and went swimming in the pool and went to Disneyland that very night.  The next day was Disneyland again, the next was the beach and Disneyland and then Disneyland on our last day.

Madolyn is a little adventurous and wanted to go on all the big rides.  So Kristin and I would take turns going on Indiana Jones, Splash Mountain, Grizzly Rapids and Hollywood Tower of Terror with her because Avery wasn't tall enough to go on them.  Avery was actually not tall enough to go on Soarin' Over California which we didn't realize until we were about to get on the ride and a worker noticed.  She was quite sad about it but we made up for it by going on The Little Mermaid a number of times.  Lucky for us that line is never long and we never had to wait more than a minute to get on.  Avery also liked watching the parades while Madolyn preferred to go on rides, so Kristin would sneak off with her to some big ones while Avery and I watched the parades.  The girls really liked Small World so we went on that a few times.  For some reason Avery really wanted to go on a roller coaster and the only one she was big enough to go on was Thunder Mountain and it was closed, so maybe next time.  We did go on Gadget's Go Coaster which had a long line for a fifteen second roller coaster ride, but the girls liked it anyway and didn't mind the line.  They both love characters although at first Avery wouldn't really go near them. I would have to hold her for pictures with them.  She finally warmed up and followed Madolyn to give them hugs.  We had fun and made it through all the driving and were happy to have gone.

 The beach was so cold while we were there.  The girls still ran around and wanted to play in the sand and water and collect sea shells.  Eventually Avery realized she was quite cold and burrowed under my sweater.

                                                     We had an exhausting but fun trip!