Naptime Ritual

For days Avery would wake up from nap crying, so to help with that I started climbing into his crib with him when he woke up. We would snuggle and laugh, a much better alternative to the crying. One of the days I got in, he asked for Venus so she joined us too!

Music Class

Today Avery, Scott, and I enjoyed a toddler music class. Our parks and rec department offers the class every few months for 4 weeks. Avery loves going because he can play with instruments, bubbles, a parachute, sing songs, and play with balls. He also loves running after the other children and giving them hugs. I was proud of him today because he actually sat in the middle of the parachute while we carried it around in circles. He was afraid to try this other weeks even though all of the other children were in the middle. He's doing great following the teacher's directions and her lead.

Painting Eggs

Avery hasn't been that interested in art, he would rather figure out how things work. So when I handed him an egg I wasn't surprised that he would rather figure out how to get inside than paint it.

This was the only egg painting he did. He loved the egg holder way more than he did painting the egg.


Once he figured out he could smash and pull the eggs apart, that's all he wanted to do.


He did enjoy the paint rollers because the paint didn't touch his fingers. He doesn't like getting his hands dirty.


Last weekend we celebrated Palm Sunday with the Wunderlin side and attended a mass in honor of my Grandma. After mass, we went to Grandpa Wunderlin's. Avery really loves his Great Grandpa. He kept taking him by the hand and asking him to play. This picture is a special one for me. Grandpa and I have always had a great relationship and it means so much to me that Avery has gotten to know him. I was impressed that Grandpa was on the floor since he had a stroke over a month ago and is slowly regaining the use of his left arm and hand.

And if you ever wondered where all of those Easter Traditions came from, there is a great history channel link HERE

Little Chef

Avery has really become the little chef around here. Whenever he sees either Scott or I cooking, he insists on helping. He drags over a very heavy stool and asks to see what we're doing.

The perfect cheerio utensil

The other day Avery and I were sitting on the couch each reading our own books. I had given him a bowl of cheerios to snack on while he read. He left for a brief moment and came back with what he thought was the perfect utensil to use while eating those cheerios. I watched him as he would stab the screwdriver into the middle of the cheerio and then eat them, one by one. What impressed me most was that he clearly had the thought and then executed it. When he proudly walked into the room with the screw driver I asked what he was doing and he walked over to his bowl and began eating again as if that's what the screwdriver was meant for.

Sometimes I feel like a tiger

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A good night for a dip...

Laura came over tonight and the four of us enjoyed a fondue party. We had a pizza fondue with bread, peppers, and cheese and a chocolate fondue with fruit and cake. It's fun to have fondue but because you're eating little chunks of food, one at a time, you don't feel like you're eating much until you're really full!