Stuff we've been up to

And here is where I post a billion pictures to catch up on some every day stuff we've done that I want to remember/share.

We got Ava this sock monkey in Utah.  She named it Sockette and it immediately became her best friend.  One day she came to me and said "Tomorrow is Sockette's birthday and we have to have a party."  Lol  So we had a party, complete with little birthday cakes and Ava's best friend Ande.  They each blew out a candle for Sockette as well.

Ava built this set herself.  That's a dinosaur in there and she put on a little play for us.  When the dinosaur climbs the mountain, you turn the set around and there's a different scene on the other side. 

Proud of herself after putting on her little show.

Being fancy pants in mama's shoes.

This girl loves to play in the rain

Charlie loves to play in the rain but always keeps coming to me saying "I gettin wet."  Yep, rain will do that.

Ava asked her daddy to do a painting project with her and then gave him very specific instructions about the rainbow they were going to be painting.

Just a Sunday stroll

Some things I forgot

Although I blogged about our summer trip to Idaho, I just came across a few pictures that I forgot to add.  My parents have a fish tank at their house and my girls just love it.  Every day they would ask if they could feed the fish but most of the time my dad had already done it when he left for work.  But one day he saved it for them and they were thrilled.  The other thing we did while in Idaho was to let Ava see the stars.  She loves looking at the stars but where we live you can't see many at night because of all the city lights so she was really looking forward to how many she could see "out in the middle of nowhere" which is where she says my parents live. :)  Last but not least, on the drive home I told Rob I wanted to stop and see cadillac ranch.  He must have thought I was joking until we accidentally drove past it and I made him turn around.  I just thought it was fun and next time we'll bring some spray paint.

Here fishy fishy!

She was pretty excited about all she could see!

Hanging out on the tramp to see the stars

Cadillac Ranch

It's a race!

Why sisters are great

Because they can be there when nobody else is willing and because they share history with you that nobody else does and because when everyone else at the park says no when you ask them to go find acorns with you, your sister says yes. I'm always telling Ava that sisters come first and that your sister can be your best friend because she will always be around and today after a rough day at the park with friends, Ava learned how true that can be.

Bedtime

Charlotte loves to come find me after she's been put to bed and pretend to have a very important question that is usually totally random. She has also learned to never ask for anything right now because she knows I'll say no and tell her to go back to bed so she always asks for things for a future time/date. Tonight, the first question was "Um mommy, (make cute adorable face) can I take a bath next time?" I of course replied yes and sent her back to bed. The next time I saw her the question was "Mommy, (another adorable facial expression) can I have all the candy toomahwoe?" I clarified that she could have one piece of her Halloween candy tomorrow. She was satisfied and was off to bed again. We do this every night. :) Good thing she's so darling.