How I got my cold

An Avery Update

She is 16 months and full of personality. It seems like when little day to day things happen I will remember them, but as I am realizing, my memory isn't all that great. I figured I should write down some of the little things she does that we find so entertaining. And so my mom and dad can have an update in MN.

-she know who each of her siblings are and will go and give them each a hug and a kiss when directed. Ex: "Go give Cameron a kiss" and she will run and find him with her mouth open for a kiss.
-can "say" Natalie's name. "Na-na"
-thinks pinching is funny- Every time Eric changes her diaper she will fiddle with her fingers as if trying to decide if she should do it or not. And then her little hand reaches out and pinches his knee and is back on her tummy before you know it. Then she will shake her head no because she knows shes not supposed to do that. For me, she will pinch my upper arm when I am holding her. And again shake her head no because she knows better.
-climbs on the table a MILLION times a day to try and get whatever someone else is eating, to get whatever papers someone has or just because she can
-is a dance maniac. If any music starts, so do her hips. And if it is something she knows, she goes all out with hips, arms, head, everything.
-does not like to go to bed. She knows that as soon as Cameron's bedtime story is done it will be time to get in bed. Before I get off his bed she runs out of the room, down the hall and looks for a hiding place.
-can say: baby, cocoa (although she doesn't drink it, yet), bumble (for Cameron's Transformer Bumblebee), animal sounds (woof woof, meow, moo), no no, mama, daddy
-loves to wave hi to people, but if they talk to her first she is stone faced
-is learning to navigate my phone

First Day of School -2011

The kids were all very exited for the first day of school. I drove the girls up to school so I could meet their teachers and help them get settled. Natalie wanted to be dropped off first, so first she was. Her teacher is very nice and she has some good friends in her class.Then it was down the hall to first grade. Ella met her teacher, found her desk and we unpacked her supplies. She was a bit nervous but had a great first day.Cameron also had his first day of preschool. He was excited but confused when I didn't drive him up to the elementary school. He had a great first day. He did come home and tell me he took the lid off the cricket cage. He will defiantly be keeping his teacher on her toes.Since it was a busy morning to get to the school in time to get a parking spot, I took some pictures of the girls in the backyard after school.Ella thought she needed this blow up crayon that she won at Big Al's in the picture because it was the first day of school.