The Beginning of something FRESH

My dad!  I L.O.V.E. my dad, he can grow anything! He can revive anything that is mostly shriveled up and dead and turn it into something beautiful.  He has (naturally for his entire life) not just a green thumb, but I think all ten green fingers...he is amazing in nature.  I...on the other hand.  am not.  I have black thumbs.  I thinks plants die just because they know Im breathing the very oxygen they give out.  I have killed cacti (who need little to no it none watering...) So my dad, bless his heart.  He knows how bad i wish I could grow anything...gave me this gorgeous avocado tree for my birthday!  Not only that, but he spent the whole Saturday planting my entire bank with pretty flowers and ground cover and...another tree...of a Valencia Orange nature!  He has so much faith in me.  Everyone cross your fingers that I keep my pretty new bank alive to grow and flourish!  

Our trip to the Fire Station

Its nice having my brother be a Fire Captain, for Gavins sake...since he got to go on a Fire truck ride, play with the hoses, run the sirens and horns, use the walkie talkies, wear the gear and play inside the fire trucks.  All because My big brother loves his nephew!  Gavin LOVES fire trucks, and now that he is old enough I thought I should take advantage of Rod working at the station.  Lets just say Gavin drank it in!  Kid didn't want to leave the firehouse.  We brought our lunches and had lunch with Rod and had all sorts of fireman fun!  What a great day!

Pooping like the doggies do

This photo will be best interpreted in the dialog prior to this event.  Gavin running is from outside "Mommy, I got to go potty. Go outside?" Me- "you can go potty outside G." Gavin- "I can go potty outside! Okay! Yeah! I go potty outside!"...Next thing I know we are cleaning poop off the patio with the hose.  Then he comes to me and says "I dont poop outside, only doggies poop outside."  Only a little too late.  Sorry for the nakedness of my child, but it was too funny not to post.  

Egg Carton Wormie

Today's craft was making a worm out of an egg carton!  We painted them, gave them googly eyes, and pipe cleaner legs.  Gavin was SET on his being all red.  Avery (AKA Lizard.) was playing on the floor, striking a pose,  and playing with tupperware. 

Cookie Time!

Alphabet sugar cookies!  Gavin is such a helper cleaning up those extra dough pieces! 

Baby Chicks

The Chicks!  We like to take them outside and play.  6 tiny little chicks!  We love them.

Diva Chick

She is always so happy when she wakes up from her nap!  Gavin always loves climbing up on the side of the crib to say hello.  yesterday I said "Talk to her honey..." he replied "mommy, she cant talk, she doesn't know how."

Haaaayyyy Girrrl. Wassuuup?

These kids! I love them!

Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs!  Gavin LOVED getting these ready for the Easter Bunny!  HE also loved finding them the next morning, and he OCD got the best of him (hence the line up)  Needless to say, Avery liked them too.

This Girl...

This girl...loves her food!  Also, she is really good at rocking leg warmers.  She has like 5 pair. 

Biker Mania

Gavin is a maniac on his bike.  He rides up a hill then comes down balancing with his feet up.  He has a training wheel bike, he just cant work the pedels yet.  but I think it will be sooooooon. 

Easter 2012

Our Easter project.  We made an Easter bunny and Easter chick out of paper bags! 

Better late than never...

I realize that it has been extremely long since my last post.  5 Months since new pictures, and I also realize how much kids change within a 5 month time frame.  My apologies. My kiddos are so fantastic!  Avery turns 9 months next week.  She has 2 teeth and she is changing everyday.  She has quite the personality, much different than Gavin was. She makes everything more dramatic, growls and screams at you when she wants something, and she knows she can milk it more with Daddy.  We just gave her her first mani/pedi today!  She is such a girl.  she will crawl crawl crawl and then stop to pose on her side and throw her shoulder back like a model!  She is a bossy sassy little girl!  We love her to pieces!
Gavin is 2 1/2...do i need to say anymore.  No seriously, he is still (for the most part) a good boy.  He is mostly potty trained (except for bedtime), still LOVES riding hid bike and playing outside.  He is talking so much better, and using full sentences and reasoning with us.  He is definitely Ren's child.  He is like the king of negotiation!  He loves Legos and Ren had most to do with that!  The best thing is...he LOVES playing with Avery,  now that she is in a more mobile and fun age.  He will cry at her door sometimes when I put her down for a nap.  I sure love my kids.  For Mother's Day Ren brought home baby chicks, and both the kids love playing with them.  Gavin is actually really gentle with them, and when he holds them he says "Hey chickies, its me! Its me chickies!" I will post a bunch of pictures.  just to get the most recent goodies.  I will try to get better at keeping this up.   

Christmas 2011

Oh Christmas...it was eventful this year. I got the flu with a nasty cold a few days before Christmas, and so of course the kids got it ON Christmas. Avery got an ear ache with a nasty cold and Gavin was throwing up every half hour on Christmas Eve night. Nevertheless...it was fun with their cousins here!

Family Christmas Pictures

Ok all of you who got our Christmas card, these pictures will look familiar. We took these pictures in some friends of ours back yard, and o-m-g...their yard is so beautiful! We saw Colin and Ashley (since it was his parents house) and got some good shots with their little girl Jayne too. Gavin just loves Jayne. Really...Gavin loves lots of little girls way older than him! Anyway, they have a very large Koi pond and Gavin had a fun time feeding the fish with Beth and Jayne. Enjoy the photos!

Is there a Librarian in our future?

I dont think AP needs +2.50 readers yet...but doesnt she make them look good!

A day in the rain!

I really like this picture of David with Gavin. Ren and David took Gavin down to Mission Bay a few weeks ago for the Catamarans races while I did my Super Saturday. It was totally raining and cold, but Gavin still had a good time.

Kids in their costumes

So despite all 4 of us having a cold this Halloween, that didn't stop us from taking some pictures! I had to bribe Gavin with Smarties to take pictures so you may see some candy in his mouth! Avery, our little bumblebee was really cooperative. We didn't take Gavin out trick or treating cause he and Avery were both sick, but we opened the top half of our door and he stood on his chair and just waited for all the trick or treaters to come. They would come and he would say "trick or Treat" to them, I'd give the candy out and he would yell "BYE!!!" He would stand there waiting saying "more people, momma...more people?" So even though we didn't go out, he still had fun.