The Law of InAVAtability

Alex (Heading upstairs to grab a dvd): Ava don't touch my legos okay

Ava: Silent, waiting for Alex to get out of line of sight and then slowly creeping over to the aforementioned legos

Me: Ava you don't seriously think I am going to let you play with his legos do you?

Ava: Smile

Sunday Sunday

After mass this morning Eddie called our dear friends at the Cross Creek Ranch and inquired as to their plans for the afternoon. No objections were posed to our arrival and so we headed out. Alex was born to live in the country, dig in the dirt, investigate watering holes and gather tinder for fires. Uncle Rich indulges his every story and so off we went over the bridge and through the woods



Ava was hot on their tails investigating all things woodsy, just with slightly more glamour



Then back to the house where Alex and Riley found a common interest...ahhh a boy and a dog on a mission



and ava was all smiles, but what else is new.

Mom, I have a song I have to sing to you right now

"Sabalo" is my favorite day of the week for sure

Don't forget to pause the audio player at the bottom of the page before playing the movie

2nd Grade Ho!

I have a Second Grader. Holy Camole. When did that happen?

I have this same post I think every year, just the grade number keeps changing.

This milestone that rolls around each August shouldn't surprise me, but for some reason the new independence that comes with each changing school year surprises me more than the birthdays that somehow seem more subtle.

And so here he is in all of his 2nd grade glory. My sweet AJ. Who loves to invent things, tell stories and go fishing.



And boy did we have trouble getting him out the door. We had to bring in the enforcers this year.

It's always fun and games until someone gets hurt

Today was the fire station family picnic and we all gathered together for a good meal and some great conversation.

As things were winding down the chief said that we should let the kids jump on the beds before we left and so some good old fashioned monkeys on the bed commenced.

That is until one little monkey fell off and...you guessed it bonked her head.

I guess if you are going to have an accident it is ideal to do it in the middle of a fire station surrounded by Daddy and his fire fighters.

Off we went to Dell Children's Hospital to get our sweet little one all patched up.

Aunt Jayme and Uncle Ross picked up Alex and took him to Grama & Grampa's for Grampa's birthday party and because as he said "I don't want to see what they are going to do to Ava's chin when they fix it."

While we waited we had a tea party



She was such a tough girl and while she started out with this



The child life specialists talked her through what was going to happen and let her touch all of the instruments. We hoped that they would glue her wound, but when it was all said and done we left with this.



5 stitches and she is all put back together now and proud of herself for being so tough.

She is surely one tough little girl.

And until next year

Vacation wrap up

Alex and I went kayaking out to los arcos

and he discovered a new hobby

And now on to some examples of what happens when the kids commandeer the camera