New Pictures!

I went out a couple weeks ago and took some pictures of the kids. I think they turned out pretty good. The top three are my favorites!

Avery didn’t want to cooperate. She just wanted to pull faces.

I am just glad I took them when I did. last night Gavin lost his first tooth and I am glad we got pictures done first! I will post a picture of his toothless grin later!

The kids are loving school this year. They both love their new teachers and are always happy to go. Avery is adjusting to her new routine as well. She loves pre-school and seems to be enjoying day-care. Nap time has messed up her evening schedule because she hasn’t napped in over a year, and now she is suddenly napping every day at day-care which leaves her wanting to stay up all night. She is adjusting though, and I am hoping that within a few more weeks, we won’t have a problem. My job is going great! I love it. The days just fly by and the kids in our class are just adorable. It has been so nice to not be stuck home all day every day. It has been difficult to keep up on everything else though…laundry, cooking, cleaning, yardwork, blogging, ect.. But, I’ve just decided that it’s okay if I can’t get get everything done. I can catch-up on the weekends! Yay for weekends! 

Avery’s big day!

Avery’s Birthday was pretty exciting! she really wanted a pink barbie cake so that’s what she got. I was pretty nervous about making the cake and having it look decent but it turned out better than I had thought it would-and she loved it so that’s all that matters! Here she is getting ready for her party and showing me how old she is. I love how she does her “3” with her fingers.She was so excited about her new bike. It took her a few days to get the hang of it but now she rides it all over!

She couldn’t wait to bust open the pinata!

Unfortunately, most of the kids didn’t get a turn to whack the pinata because Gavin hit it a little too hard and it exploded!At least they all got lots of candy out of it! For her Birthday Avery got a new bike and a Barbie play set from mom and dad, another barbie from her friends Kenzie and Oaklee, a coloring book, a cute crayon roll, and a necklace from her friend Hannah, some cute clothes and a really nice Cinderella dress from Grandma Sill, and some money from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson that she used to buy a giant bean bag. She was adorable and had a great day! We Love you Avery!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Today was Avery’s 3rd Birthday. It makes me kind of sad. She is growing up so fast! I Love this picture of her. It just makes me smile every time I see it! She was so funny today. She has been so excited about her birthday but when she woke up today and I told her that it was her birthday, she got mad. She would yell at us every time we sang Happy Birthday. She said she does not want presents, and she does not want to be 3. She just wants to be 2. She has always been resistant  to growing-up.  Most kids are in such a hurry to grow up.. Not my Avery. She rolled-over, crawled, and walked later than my other two. Not because she couldn’t do it, but because she didn’t want to. She slept in her crib till just a few months ago and she threw a fit when we made her move up to a big bed. Even last week, I was watching a 5 month old baby and Avery kept taking his binki away from him because she wanted it. She would sit in the baby entertainer, and wanted to sleep in his play-pen. She still loves being held like a baby and wants to be carried everywhere we go. Dallas isn’t home today so we aren’t going to celebrate till tomorrow but Grandma and Grandpa Anderson came today so we took them over to the Mountain Man Rendezvouz that was going on this weekend. It didn’t take me long to remember why we never go to it! I’m sure my mom loved seeing all of the nearly naked 50 year old men wearing nothing but chaps and a loin cloth. I know I sure did.If only I had taken my camera.Once Grandma and Grandpa came, Avery decided it was okay to be three and then was happy for the rest of the day. We have been working on her cake and are almost ready to party tomorrow! Happy Birthday Avery! We are so lucky to have you in our family. We love you so much and hope you have a great Birthday!

Craziness

Things have been so crazy around here but it’s been great. We are making lots of changes and I am hoping that they turn out to be good changes. I think they will be. the biggest change is that I am going back to work. It’s a little scary because I have not worked in almost 7 years. I was planning on staying home with my kids till they were all in school, but this job came up, and I decided to take it. I am going to be a para-educator for a Kindergarten class. I am so excited. I think It will be lots of fun! They told me yesterday that over 90 people applied for the job and I got it.. So, I think it was meant to be! so, along with me going to work, means that Avery has to go to Day-Care. I am a little hesitant, but I think it will be a good thing.

 

On her first day, Gavin and Kenzie had to go for a little while too so I think that helped- having them with her. She got to go on a field trip and ride a “big bus” and she was so excited to tell me all about it when I picked her up. She will be in pre-school too while she is there so I think she’s going to enjoy her time there.

I think they wore her out!

Mackenzie and Gavin also started a new year of school. Gavin is in first grade, and Mackenzie is a big 3rd-grader! I can’t believe it! Where has the time gone? Mackenzie will soon be starting in a sewing class that she is so excited for and she and Avery both will be starting dance classes as well.

This is Avery’s jeep we bought her a couple weeks ago at a yard sale. She was so excited! she plays with it every day!

These pictures were taken this morning.. Avery walked up to me and said “will you get all of this hair off of my shirt?” Then I realized what she had done.. She cut a big chunk out of her hair!! She has done this once before, but she only cut a little bit so it was easy to hide.. There will be no hiding it this time! She is pretty proud of herself.. She said she wants hair like daddy’s!