Avery's 3rd birthday October 22nd 2012

Avery turned three and was so excited about it.  Anytime we have a birthday if you ask the girls what they want they only tell you what kind of cake.  So needless to say I don't think they would notice a lack of presents as long as they have a cake.  Mom made a Minnie Mouse Cake this year and we celebrated with some of our family and friends.

Avery received a doll from Great Grandpa/ma Yee, which she calls her "kid" and pushes her around in her stroller.

Avery loves wearing princess slippers and dressing up.

We asked Avery if she wanted to go to Cabelas for her birthday activity or McDonalds and she chose Cabelas (lucky for us).  So we wandered around looking at the animals and staring at the fish through the glass.  The girls both love going there and it makes for a fun family outing.

Avery is a sweet, stubborn little girl that has so much spunk and character, we love having her in our family.  Happy happy birthday little Aves!

Nap time October 2012

Cute Kids October 9th-17th 2012

Here are some pictures of our cute kiddles in October.  When Drew wears blue it makes his eyes really pop.  Still can't believe we have a blue-eyed kid.  

Avery loves her little brother.  Sometimes too much as she loves to smother the poor little guy.

Drew started rolling around in our room and ended up underneath the bed.  He wasn't sure how he got there or how he was going to get out.  It was pretty funny.

Happiness on one face, a little bit of terror on the other.

Here's to Avery and her craziness.

At what age did you lose the ability to suck on your own toes, cause I know that I can still do it...

Matching surprised looks.  Like father, like son.

Aunt Amanda is on her mission and she sent this paper necklace to Madolyn after Madolyn made one and sent it to her.  Madolyn loved to get one back in the mail and wore it around.

Cute boys.

Drew loves his Daddy.

Girls Dance and Baby Drew Sept. 25th- Oct. 1st 2012

Well our little blue-eyed boy loves his cheerios.  He love to pick them up and put them in his mouth by himself.  He all but refuses to eat anything off of a spoon.  We can usually get a bite or two of rice cereal or anything else in him before he turns into a swatting machine and won't let anything near his mouth.  He is just going through a stinkin' independent streak.  Haven't had a kid yet that wouldn't eat rice cereal or any sort of baby food.  Guess we'll see if he can survive on cheerios.

We thought we would start the cycle of getting our kids cultured and experienced.  We signed them up for a beginning ballet class and got the outfits to match.  Mind you, we are the only dancers in the class that don't have a tutu as well, but who is paying that close of attention anyway.  Their little friend Mylie in the neighborhood is in it as well and Dawn and Shyla take turns carpooling to take the girls.  It is fun to have them show us what they learn in dance every Monday.

Neighbor Friends and The Walkway- Sept. 15th 2012

As the Saturdays come and go, we continue to get a more and more done in our yard.  Dawn had a desire for a stone walkway so I got to work.  I had a nice little crowd of supporters consisting of my girls and their little neighborhood besties.  They kept asking me when I was going to be done so they could ride their bikes on it.  Of course a popsicle helped them be patient until they could.  

Head cracker Sept. 8th 2012

Madolyn was playing at the neighbors house while Dawn and I ran to look at some trees for a little bit.  We were gone for about 40 mins, and when we got back we found that Mads had a little accident.  No one is real sure how it happened, but we think that there may have been a staple or something sticking out of the back of the couch that she got sliced on while playing.  There was no bump, just a nice slice down to the skull.  She bled all over the place and luckily we have good neighbors that helped stop the bleeding.  We looked at it but it was all crusty and had hair stuck to it.  We waited for her to forget about it, so that night I cleaned it up and examined it.  We then realized it was a little deeper and wider than we originally thought.  We debated on whether we should take her to get stitches, but when I held it closed it looked good.  I knew we didn't have any super glue, but I did have some fletching glue for my arrows.  I held it shut and glued it together and it worked like a charm.  A couple of weeks later when the glue flaked off, the cut was healed and she has a thin little scar that is easily hidden in her hair.