Pop's Tractor

One of Avery's favorite things to do at Nona and Pop's is to ride on Pop's tractor with him. She is not scared at all...even though Craig might now be a little scared of it after it fractured his thumb. :)

Weekend in Texas

Wow, this weekend held a lot! We had a busy time in Texas visiting Nona and Pop. We even went down on Thursday night to give us an extra day, but it is always a whirlwind when we go to Texas just for the weekend. We went to our nephew Austin's soccer game which was great! 4, 5, and 6 year olds playing soccer is just too cute. Austin is really good and scored 2 or 3 goals! Then that night, we went to our niece Ashley's ballet recital. She was really good and brave for dancing in front of all of those people! In between those two events we spent a while in the minor emergency clinic in Longview because Craig decided to fracture his thumb while he and my dad were working on the fence. Tractors and city boys just don't mix I guess. :) But he's ok and will see an orthopedic specialist tomorrow. We all got to meet Rocky, the new pony, for the first time. He is so cute, but really shy and won't come up to you yet. Also, my dad's cows all have baby calves now, so there's one picture of that, too. What a fun, but busy weekend!

Makeup at 2?

The other day I was putting on my makeup in the living room where Avery could reach everything (stupid). Before I knew it, I looked over at her and she had my mascara open and was trying to put it on her eyelashes!!! Well, she missed and got her eyelid/eyebrow/forehead! It was too funny to get mad at, so I just took a picture and made a note to self to not leave makeup low anymore! Duh!

Go, Joe, Go!

At the most recent Mother's of Multiples sale, I picked up this little cheerleader dress for Avery for like one or two dollars! I had to get it because when Craig or I wear an Eskimo Joe shirt, she loves to look at Joe and Buffy and talk about them. She always notices an Eskimo Joe shirt even when I don't! However, when I got it home, even though the tag said it was a 2T, her diaper was hanging out. So we found these navy pants to match, and I think it turned out to be a pretty cute little play outfit! Ignore the unbrushed hair. :)

Hats

Nona is here visiting for a few days, and yesterday, Avery stayed in her pajamas all day! (Surely you other stay-at-home moms have done this, too!) However she had such a good day of playing and giggling. She was cracking us up all day! At one point she came out of her room with her rain boots on, and her Easter hat and her cowgirl hat both on top of her head! Oh the fun you can have with a two-year-old!

Sesame Street Live!

Mr. Don, our next door neighbor, works at KXOJ and got us 4 free tickets to go see Sesame Street Live at the Mabee Center! We were so excited, and we invited Christy and Chloe to come with us since Daddy said he didn't really want to go. (Imagine that!) It was so incredible and both the girls loved it and had a great time! The characters looked exactly like on the show and their voices were the same. It would have been worth it even if we had paid for it. Avery was yelling "Elmo! Big Bird! Cookie Monster! Ernie! Bert!" and every other character. She knows all the characters from some of her toys, books, and yes, Mommy even lets her watch some Sesame Street on TV every now and then. It is pretty educational. :)

I thought it was a really special time for us. This is really silly, but when I saw how excited Avery was when the characters first came out, I got really choked up and teary-eyed. She just loved it and I was glad to have that fun time with her.

Riding a Horse

Avery and Chloe got to see a lot of horses yesterday! A man in our church lives close by and has a lot of horses and a new colt, so Christy asked him if we could bring the girls over for a visit and he said sure. Avery has seen horses before, but not this many and not this close up! He had about 16 of them! At the end of the visit, one of the horses was already saddled up because she had been ridden and Mr. Clarence asked Avery and Chloe if they wanted to sit on him. I was shocked that Avery wanted to and once she was up there, she didn't want to get down! Chloe was a little more nervous about it and wouldn't get on, and that really surprised me. They had fun, though, and didn't really want to leave! Christy did especially when she stepped right by a little snake as we were leaving! Oh, well, that's life on a farm!

Avery's New Pony

Well, Pop's horse Ruby finally had her colt. Now Avery has a little pony!

Easter Sunday

He is Risen! Easter Sunday was a wonderful day spent celebrating our Lord's resurrection with family. We went to Texas for the weekend and had a wonderful time. Avery got her Easter basket with various goodies and toys from Mommy, Nona, and Aunt Staci and Aunt Jenna! I know I went a little overboard on Avery's outfit, but I couldn't help it! She got her hair curled for the first time and even though she did wear them for the pictures, she did not wear her gloves or hat otherwise. This was the first time she has ever sat through an entire worship service! She does not like to go in the nursery at Nona's church, and who can blame her in a totally different place? So she got to sit in Big Church and did a pretty excellent job for a 2 year old! We didn't have to take her out once. Her aunts said she looked like Driving Miss Daisy, but I thought she looked like Holly Hobby. (Let's see who knows who that is!) She was beautiful and she even got to take some pictures with her cousins who came over for lunch. They were all so cute! A couple of these pictures are going in frames!

First Easter Egg Hunt

This was Avery's first Easter Egg Hunt ever! Christy and Chloe had us and Natalie and Peyten over to hunt eggs. The girls were kind of unsure what to do and were more excited about just playing outside than hunting eggs. But we showed them what to do and they finally hunted them all down!