Mischief

Our Avery sure is sweet, but she is constantly getting into something. Some days I feel like she is already a 2 year old instead of just 14 months. At this age Ethan was just learning to walk, let alone climbing, opening cabinets, or making large messes.

This is what happens when I go out to get the rest of the groceries and Avery finds strawberries in a bag I already brought in.  She opened it and ate almost half of the carton within 2 minutes. 

She loves the trashcan or any other closed object she's not supposed to open.

She also loves to color with all crayons and pens she finds, this is her with a screwdriver she thinks must be a pen. 

Family Pics

We had family pictures taken this past month, since the ones on my wall are about 4 years old. Overall they turned out well, there are some really good ones of my kids which I was happy about. The ones of me all look like I'm pregnant but I know next time I need to wear a more flattering shirt and suck it in. I can't wait to get them printed and up on my wall.

Wednesday Outfit

Wednesdays are Ethan's favorite day of the week because he has PE and after school gym games. He has a special outfit that he wants to wear every Wednesday because it is athletic and "makes him run faster." I try to remember to get it washed every week by Wednesday but sadly today it was still in the dirty clothes pile and he had to wear something else to school.

Here he is in his outfit last Wednesday. 

 

A couple of days out of the week I make no nintendo days, which  breaks my boys' hearts because they love their nintendo games.  Last week Ethan was very upset and said he had nothing to do.  So I sent him into our activity cupboard to find something.  He found a big book of construction paper, and one thing Ethan loves almost as much as nintendo is a "project" as he calls it.  So he called me downstairs to show me what he was calling "paper mania!"  Sigh, I hope these kids never grow up.

Easter Field Trip

Last week Josh had another field trip. This time we went downtown to the puppet theater for a show and then had an Easter egg hunt at a park afterwords.

This is Josh trying to catch Avery for a picture for me.

The kids looking through their "goods."

Our Avery LOVES candy and we can hardly keep her away from it.  In fact she found some in the diaper bag the other day and ate chocolate pieces through the metallic wrappers.

Josh and Mom date

It is so much fun getting to spend one on one time with your kids. We try to do a couple of special dates with Mom or Dad a few times a year. Last month I took Ethan to a Suns game which I need to find my pic of so I can post it. So I decided to take Joshua out for something too. We decided to go to a movie and dinner. We just got a quick dinner and then went to see the Lorax in 3D. Josh ate a ton of popcorn and really enjoyed the movie. Joshua was so enjoyable to be with, with his constant smile and fun personality.

  He didn't squeeze in a nap before we left, so of course he fell asleep in the car ride to the theaters.

There was only one other group of people in our theater on a Tuesday night so we got to sit wherever we wanted.

Visiting with Grandpa Bob

Last weekend we got to hang out with Grandpa Bob and Debra. We decided to pick them up and head out to east Mesa for a Food Truck Festival. I've been wanting to go to one so when I saw it advertised on my groupon I was ready to go. I was a little disappointed and thought they would have more trucks or more events going on especially since you had to pay to get in and pay $2-$4 to sample food from each of the trucks. The best food was a creme brulee truck I had a dark chocolate one that left me wanting 3 more! It was also a very windy day. But the kids did get to go in a bounce house and ride on a hay ride.

Wildlife Zoo

Josh had a field trip to the wildlife world zoo this past month. In the morning we were able to convince Michael to stay home from work and go with us, which made our day extra special.

Avery does not like animals very much, in fact she looks like she is having convulsions when she freaks out around animals.  Here is her meeting the baby goats in the petting zoo.

She is still freaked out as the llamas approach us!

Dad and Josh riding the skyline that goes over the zoo.