Cheukawaka training begins...

Don't you think she's ready for Deer Run?  Only 7 more years until she can go...

I love spring...

To be really honest, I just like the change of seasons, but spring has been good to us so far this year.  It's finally warm enough to pretty much be outside all day long, rain or shine.  Luckily, Avery and Landry like it too.  Here's a shot of my pretty goldfinches and one of the indigo buntings that come and see us in our backyard.

This is what the girls look like after a long day of playing outside.  Gotta love those empty stares.

You should have been there when I changed her next diaper.  I was amazed there was still sand in the sandbox.

I know this is out of focus, but I just wanted to ask why my kids grow mullets.  I can hardly fit a clip on the top of her head, but I can put a ponytail in the back.  Go figure.

One of the sweetest pictures I have of Avery right now.  I love it.

We talked about how God sends the rain to help flowers and trees grow in the spring.  She was adamant about taking her plastic sunflowers out for a drink so they could grow too.

Rolling out the cookie dough

Popsicles are too cold to eat without gloves.

She dressed herself this morning... Although, I think it looks pretty good.

Completely out in the swing.  Landry took a 15 minute nap like this.  I've got a video of her snoring.

Riding in the trailer together

Rain, rain, don't go away!  My girls love the drainage ditch!

Stubborn Girl

This is really for the grandparents out there (read: "Boring and long for anyone else").  Landry is 12 months and has only taken one step by herself... until yesterday.  I was convinced that she didn't have good balance at all yet and that it would be a while until she attempted walking for real.  She once again proved to me that her lack of attempts at things had nothing to do with ability and everything to do with... well, just plain stubbornness.  By the way, there was no coercing here.  I just looked up and this is what she was doing.

Landry learning to clap

Avery is a pretty good little teacher!

Avery's phone conversation with Roselyn

I should be ashamed of myself... but I'm really not. :)

So it's been awhile... this may be as good as it gets folks!  There are so many other fun (and necessary) things to do that I never want to sit and blog.  But, for the sake of my parents and out-of-town and out-of-country aunts and uncles, I will at least make an honest attempt at keeping this relatively recent.  Three months isn't that bad is it? ;)

Here are some updated pictures of my girls.  They're fun and busy right now.  Landry has hit that great stage where we're really starting to have fun and Avery and she are interacting together.  Avery says she loves sisters and wants "2 sisters and a lot more".  We'll see about that.

Landry at 8 months (yeah, I know she's 10 months now, but it's still a cute pic).

Playing at the farm

Tara and JM took some family pics for us.  These two were my favorites.

Can you ever have too many bath pictures?  Avery loves being "naked as a jay bird" and will happily announce that to anyone she happens to be streaking by at the moment.  That has been one of my most successful motivators in potty training in fact.  If she's gonna be "naked as a jay bird", she has to use the potty, not the carpet to relieve herself or else she has to put clothes on.

This girl loves cooking with me.  I think I need to make her a little miniature apron soon.

Intensely watching PawPaw filet the fish.

Meet Tinkerbell... Cinderella is in the background.

Does anyone else have this problem?  Where did she learn this crassness?  Uncle Clint?!?!?

Giving Q a bath.

Yelling at me through the window that she is done!

Nap time anyone?

Swinging with Neeno

Avery is actually a better conversationalist on the phone than I am.  Which isn't saying that much since I despise talking on the phone, but still impressive for a two year old.  I'll try to upload a video of a phone chat.

Alright, on to other things now.  Hope you enjoyed!

Pre-halloween and Pre-birthday happenings

I guess it's obvious from this picture that Landry is trying like crazy to crawl.  So far she can't figure out the forward movement, but scoots backward and can hold the plank/push-up position for a lot longer than I can!

One of Avery's favorite things to do is go and get her baby sister out of bed.

Kanyon came over to play for his big last hoorah before going under house arrest for the winter.  He and Avery went on a wagon ride around the backyard and Avery showed him how she could throw rocks in the pond.  

Carving pumpkins with Daddy.

Paris has a Pumpkin Festival every October and we had another good time this year.  We got almost no good pictures because Avery has decided to only like the camera some of the time and that day was not a camera-friendly day.  Here's Landry though.

Avery did get a spin in the petting zoo which she of course loved.  She thinks all animals are the greatest things ever right now.

Which made the pony ride a hit too!

Unfortunately this is the only decent picture I got of Rosie and Avery together... still cute though.

Look at my little girls playing in the sandbox together.  Do you think they'll always play this nice?

Concentrating on her pumpkin painting...

Ta-Da!