Holy July Batman!

Where have we been for the last 3 months???  Well...the answer is a little bit of everywhere.   I will be adding pictures soon, but wanted to at least get started with the words tonight since I have been putting this off way too long!

The kids finished up with school and both of them had a wonderful year. 

The biggest event of the last few months was Avery's 3rd birthday!  Here is the birthday questionairre I gave to her the morning of her birthday:

1.  What is your favorite color?  Purple
2.  What is your favorite toy?  Little Mermaid Darbie (Barbie)
3.  What is your favorite fruit?  Grapes
4.  What is your favorite TV show?  Caillou "He is a stinker pants."
5.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
6.  Waht is your favorite outfit?  Zebra clothes
7.  What is your favorite game?  Catch with a ball
8.  What is your favorite snack?  Goldfish!
9.  What is your favorite animal?  Gecko
10.  What is your favorite song? Little Mermaid-Under the Sea, Look At This Stuff (Part of Your World), and Kiss the Girl
11.  What is your favorite book?  Princess books
12.  Who is your best friend?  Ryleigh and Daisy
13.  What is your favorite breakfast?  Donuts
14.  What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Play soccer
15.  What is your favorite drink?  Ice water
16.  What is your favorite season? Fall "It is chilly and hot too"
17.  What do you like to take to bed with you?  Little Mermaid
18.  What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  Chicken Nuggets
19.  What do you want to be when you grow up? A daddy
20.  What is your favorite movie?  Little Mermaid


We had a wonderful visit from Nana and Papa and we celebrated Avery's birthday with them and her best friends Ryleigh and Baby Daisy.  The night before her birthday, she and Nana baked a cake.  She had it all planned in her head, she wanted a chocolate cake, with princesses, sprinkles and cut in triangles.  It turned out perfect!!!

We started the day with a housefull of decorations that surprised Avery when she woke up.  She walked out of the hallway and said "IT IS MY BIRTHDAY!" It was so cute.  She was excited to have birthday donuts from Papa too.  We then went to Build a Bear, where the girls wore their princess dresses.  Avery was set on being a princess for her birthday so we obliged.  The girls both chose the Minnie bear and dressed her in the same dresses they were wearing (Rapunzel).  Daisy chose a bunny and Evan chose a "Read Bear" which surprised me because I was sure he was going to chose an angry bird!

After Build a Bear we ventured Chuck E Cheese (along with every other kid in Jacksonville!).  The kids played as many games as we could fit in, ate lunch and had cake and presents.  She was still celebrating her birthday on my birthday 3 days later!  :)

The kids just finished a week of swimming lessons and did great!  Well...Evan did awesome and Avery is in a phase where she doesn't want to participate in many activities lately.  They both really love So You Think You Can Dance, especially Contemporary and Ballet routines.  I have so much fun watching them enjoy dance.  Evan has started playing the drums too and he is awesome at reading music!  His attention span could use a little work when it comes to drumming, but he has fun doing it. 

We have one month left of the summer then Evan begins VPK and Avery starts at a new school...things should get even more interesting around here!