Tooth Fairy visit...

Avery lost her first tooth. She lost it in the car on the way home from celebrating GG's Birthday. She had been wiggling at it for a few days and she just twisted it in the car and pop....out it came. She was really excited to get some money from the Tooth Fairy.

Best picture to show off the missing tooth and its with my favorite new niece Isabelle Kate!!

Avery received $1 for the Tooth Fairy and saving it to buy something "cool" with....

Painting Nails

One of Papa's duties is to clip finger and toe nails. He just seemed to take that duty on. The girls are not HUGE fans of this task so we have to bribe with painting of the new trimmed nails.

Papa painting Natale's

Avery's turn

Natale watching intently.

This was FUN watching, but Papa may not be too happy with this post.

Big Yellow Bus

Avery's 2nd day of school meant we'd be catching the school bus in the early morning. Avery has been talking non-stop about the riding the bus ALL summer long. Mama was a bit nervous about her being on the bus for almost an hour before school started. I talked to several neighbors that were also going to put their Kindy's on the bus, I felt a bit better knowing that Avery had two little friends on the bus with to keep her company. Avery was SO EXCITED to ride the bus!! Here is our adventure to the bus stop on the first day.
Walking to the stop...

Avery saying "BYE Mama!!"

My BIG Baby Girl getting on the BIG YELLOW BEAST!! *sniff, sniff

AND she made it HOME.....

First one off the bus, She sits up front.

Hi Mom, and Henry!! I had a GREAT 1st day!!

Had FUN on the BUS too, can I do it again tomorrow??!!

We have made the bus almost every day. She LOVES it!!

First Day of Kindergarten

Avery walking into her new school on her 1st Day of Kindergarten


Avery with her teacher Mrs. Flath

The first day of school for Avery was a casual, open house kind of day. We arrived met her Teacher, Mrs Flath and several of her classmates. She found her desk and put her supplies away. Avery played with her classmates while Mama filled out several parent forms. Avery completed a coloring sheet and then Mama took her on a scavenger hunt to find the bathrooms, playground area, main office (met the principal), gym, lunch room commons, library and the music room. Avery was very excited to have a NORMAL school day at Kindergarten and take the BIG YELLOW bus.....

Mama was on an emotional roller coaster during these BIG days. Its amazing how you go from having her around 95% on the time then she is gone for 8 + hrs a day. I am SO proud of my daughter, she is glowing with happiness after a day of school. She is extremely tired at night and wakes up at 7 am sharp every morning. She even asked "why we can't go 6 days?" (documented) Really?? We have our Parent/Teacher conferences in October and will let you know how she is doing....,but according to Mrs Flath at curriculum night, "Avery is a real Delight" :)

Graduation from Pre-K

Avery graduated from PRE-K!! At the Spring program the kids sang several of their songs. The teachers then called the kids out for their certificate. It was precious!! Ms Amy and Ms Kayla are fantastic teachers and we are looking forward to sending Natale to Lake Country Preschool next year.
The kiddos singing. Avery is behind the microphone.



Singing their little hearts out.....SO CUTE

Our BIG girl receiving her Pre-K diploma........SO PROUD!!

Thank you again Ms Amy and Ms Kayla. We as parents got a treat...the teachers made each child a scrapbook from the school year with pictures of the special events and some of her art. So incredible thoughtful and great....Thank YOU!!!

AVERY ROSE......

Contagious giggle smile

A for Avery :)

Our Birthday GIRL!! 5 on 5/5/10 :)

Here we go...

Avery is spelling out everything

She call me "Mother" new thing lately that I really don't like....I think she knows that.

She makes up her own songs and stories

Avery has a contagious and heart-warming giggle. We were at our favorite pet store and she was laughing at the silly puppies playing. Many of the customers and employees would look toward her sweet sounds and would start SMILING from ear to ear, all enjoying the sweetest most beautiful sounds, of a little girls laugh!

She is very loving and nuturing

Avery can whistle

She snaps her fingers

She can flip & roll her tongue (we're extemely proud :)

She has a few loose teeth

Avery sings (so out of key...unfortunately)

She is writing words and phrases

She is adding & subtracting

Avery wants to be a vet and a singer when she grows up, WAIT.....just asked her again and its a singer and waitress like her favorite princess....Tiana from Princess and the Frog!! BIG DREAMS :)

Avery LOVES her baby sister and begs for little brother (she needs to nag Papa for that one)

Avery so ROCKS IT at ROCKBAND :)

She rode Space Mountain at Disneyland

Avery bakes/cooks with her Mama or Grandmas whenever possible

Avery enjoys playing/chasing her new kitten Patton

Avery starts Kindergarden in the Fall

Avery loves to dance

Avery can't wait to play soccer & softball like her Mama..... :)

Avery swims like a fish

She LOVES pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, and watermelon.

She rides her bike with training wheels

Avery had her Well-child check up on the 14th of May. She is 43 1/2 iches tall, 48 pounds and her vision and hearing were perfect. She answered ALL the nurses questions and was very anxious about her booster shots. She did GREAT and is a VERY HEALTHY and Happy 5 year old.

We have Avery's parent/teacher conference on the 27th and I will share a few of her teacher comments....

Avery is (one of) the light of our Lives and we LOVE her so much. We are SO proud of the little lady that she have grown into. We Love you Avery Rose!!

Our NEW Kitten.....PATTON

This is George S. PATTON. He is our new kitty that we adopted on St Patrick's Day, His actually Birthday is 1/1/10.
He has been a GREAT addition to our family. He is SO loving and very playful. He is up to date on all his shots and will be getting fixed in June. He has the run of the house and makes anything a play thingy!! :) We have LOTS and LOTS of giggles with our new kitten.
Mr Patton!!

Avery giving him LOVES

playing with one of his MANY toys! So spoiled!! :)

He LOVES playing in the blinds, looking out the window at bugs or flying things, and He even attacks his reflection at night...he is pretty FUNNY!! He also has taken possession of the girls play tent that is in the living room. He runs through it and attacks from it and plays in it for hours and hours. He is VERY entertaining!

He decided to come get loves and play in Natale's outfit.....He is very social and wants to be the center of attention.

And I am absolutely sure this will not be the last you've seen of Mr Patton....

planting flowers and finding bugs

This spring, we wanted to put some height in our front flower bed, so we planted a few Alaskan weeping cedars. We also added some colorful perennials, Azalea bushes, and several poppy plants (Joe's favorite) that will brighten our pathway to the front door. We also bought a few Espalier (branched out to grow on trellis) fruit trees that we hope will bear apples and pears in the summer and fall.

Our front yard....our grass is so green.....for now!! :)

On another sunny Pre-spring day, Mama and the girls took a trip to the Home Depot and bought a few primroses and seeds packets for some outside springtime planting. Avery and Mama were able to get outside to get the flowers planted and watered while Natale took a nap.

Avery showing off her 5 primroses

After planting the flowers, Mama & Avery started pulling weeds and sorting out the rocks in the backyard that still needs to be landscaped. But that HUGE project will be done in the near future. While Mama was busy digging and racking she found some critters....

a few juicy worms

Avery showing off the lady bugs and worms

lady bug crawling up the grass

Another lady bug!!

I Love Lady Bugs and hope they might bring us some "Good Luck" because we saw 3 of them that afternoon. We hope to share more of our outdoor garden adventures soon!!

TENTS & TUNNELS

When its NOT SO nice outside and being home sick with colds or whatever, We try to find FUN things to do!! Natale received a Dora tent and tunnel from Uncle Bubba for Christmas and Avery had a princess tent so Mama got a great IDEA!! Mama was able to connect the 2 tents with the tunnel (straps and velcro) = GREAT FORT and FUN TIMES!!!

my GIRLS!! :)

Natale through the tunnel

and Avery's turn

At the top of the princess tent

And playing peek a boo with MAMA!!

We HAD lots of FUN playing in our tent/fort. Pillows, blankets, and stuff animals made there way into the PLAYTIME too! :)

Avery the BALLERINA

Avery is taking Ballet/Dance a the YMCA this winter and spring. We GO every Thursday and have our friend Kaya in the class. The girls have SO MUCH fun and we wanted to share a few pictures with you!!
Avery with her Balloon

silly girls!!

Kaya and Avery

Happy to see Mama after her first class. She is having a BLAST!! We will share more pictures this spring!! ENJOY!!

MR. T

Joe had been planning to be Mr T for Halloween for over a year now. Joe had some industrial strength black Velcro, we bought brown face paint, gold chains, and a $40 flight suit. I thought we were looking good.....

Mama applying the make-up and
Avery is the photographer

coloring his hands

But Joe thought He didn't look anything like Mr T, needed MORE bling, and the blue eyes don't help either. BUT He looked GREAT!!

B.A. Barrakas from the A-Team

preschool goes to the patch

Today, we met Avery's preschool class at Clayton Farms in Marysville. It was just the class and the farmer of 45 years. The Farmer took the class of a hay ride out to the muddy patch. Avery and I climbed out and she found the smallest one in the patch. To CUTE...its for Natale she said.

the class

silly girls
my sweetheart with her tiny pumpkin

here it is, MOM


Mama and her big girl

We headed back to decorate cookies and watch the pumpkin launcher, blast pumpkins really far into the property. We visited the animals, played in the maze, and slid down the tube slides

Avery and Chloe waiting patiently for their cookies and frosting.

decorating their cookies...

spreading the frosting

yummy...all done

Petting farm....had a HUGE turkey!!

gobble, gobble.....

looking forward to stuffing and gravy in just a few weeks!!

And I think HE knew it!!! :)

TUBE SLIDES

thought this looked COOL

Coming down the slide

She LOVED this once she warmed up to it.

We had a great time at this Pumpkin Patch. Its always FUN to try something new!!!