Bunny Basket

Here is a cute and simple bunny basket I am doing with Avery's class tomorrow for Easter. I was in charge of the craft for his party. I found the basket here. I made a few changes to ours. I wanted the bunny to stand out more so I bought sticky back foam and cut the bunny shape. I also used that for the nose. I think the colored pipe cleaners add a little flare. They are the perfect size to hold an Easter egg or small treats.

Thank you!!

A special Easter package came in the mail today for Avery and Alia.


Avery was excited about EVERYTHING that came in the package. He played with the packaging all day. He said that we all needed to dress up with it, so we did.


He loved these monsters. He said the one with the yellow hair looked like Grandpa Davis.


Bowling


He especially liked this chicken that laid eggs. He played with this for quite awhile. I like where Venus is, she knows where to be when candy is involved.

Thank you Grandpa and Grandma Davis, we love you!

Blog Book

A little while ago we were commenting that it would be sad if blogger ever stopped because we have so much on our blog that we would like to remember. We debated printing our blog so we at least had a backup, then we found Blog2Print.

We now have nice glossy color book of our blog. The whole process was pretty easy and in about 20 mins we were done.

Welcoming Spring

We enjoyed the first day of spring today with lots of activities. The weather was gorgeous out and we spent it all outside.


We started the day off with a 3 mile walk to help raise money for the meals on wheels program.






Then we headed out with the Mom's Club and enjoyed pizza and icees!


Rita gives away free icees on the first day of Spring.


We ended our day by going to a local church festival. They set up their grounds to look like an ancient town from biblical times. It was a really fun, interactive experience for all of us. Avery enjoyed the camel rides, jewelry making, grape stomping, and using a sling shot.

Typical

When your kids get older you expect them to get stronger and faster. They should be able to help with the little one. Avery decided that he was going to help be Alia's personal trainer and it was his job to help Alia get strong so she can walk soon. Here is his favorite workout routine for her.

Fun for all.

From WI with Love

We enjoyed a visit to the zoo. I liked this zoo, especially the gorillas. The zoo mimicked the gorilla's natural environment and it was neat to watch them and picture what they would be like in the wild.


We were able to feed the goats. I remember when Madison used to do this, but stopped because of safety issues. This zoo did a great job by making it a pet only area, without feeding. That way you weren't trampled by the animals who thought you had food. Alia liked petting them and Avery was fascinated by how thick the sheep's coat was.


We spent a lot of beautiful days walking and going to various parks. The paths through town really are wonderful, even when you read the map wrong and get lost! Good thing Grandpa offered to push the stroller that day since it weighs close to 100 pounds with both kids.








Enjoying a moment on the deck after a 3 mile walk. It was a little hot out and I over-dressed both kids. I guess I just didn't think Spring was really going to come.


Yes, she STILL drools! I'm hoping this ends soon as she's outgrowing her bibs.


I was a good hostess because I made sure to leave the yard work for Grandma when she came. Just kidding, Grandma was sweet and offered to make the yard look acceptable since she LOVES raking. Thanks for making it look great!

She has curls!!!

Comforting?

When Avery was born we bought him bears just like this. We bought two in case one was lost but he decided he needed both to sleep. He was always so cute with his bears. He had to have both with him, tucked on each side of his ears. Those bears are still his favorite and he still sleeps with them but now instead of tucking them by his face he sniffs them, weird I know but manageable. Since he was so attached to his, we thought Alia should also have a bear. We didn't introduce her to two like Avery because we wanted one as a back-up. Well, the back-up had to be used because she sucks on the arms while sleeping! It is so gross and smells so bad that I have to wash the bears every day. We now own 5 bears because I have to rotate them. I thought Avery's sniffing was bad but I think that sucking on the bears is way worse.

At least he's ready for hopscotch

Alia is an amazing sleeper, she has been since birth. I lay her down at 7 pm and don't hear a peep out of her until 7:45 am. Avery on the other hand would rather wake up several times a night to say "I love you", eat random pears, or watch the monsters dance in his room. He says that they dance around at night. In the 3 years 7 months of his life he has slept through the night maybe 5 times. Scott is always an amazing dad and sleepwalks through the house at night to help Avery. It really works out nicely since he doesn't really wake up and Avery is put back in bed. Well the other night we both woke up to elephants stampeding through the house. Scott gets up to investigate and finds Avery in the hallway hopping. It turns out that he was complaining to Scott during the day about how tired he is at night when he wakes up so he doesn't want to walk back to bed but have Scott carry him back. Scott jokingly tells Avery that perhaps he should consider hopping since walking makes him too tired. He never imagined that Avery would take him seriously and actually try hopping from his room to ours in the dark.

Safari!

While my family was here we took the opportunity to visit a nearby animal safari that you can drive through and feed the animals. We had so much fun interacting with the animals and listening to one another shriek and laugh. Enjoy the pictures:



We rented this van and Scott drove it through the safari


This giraffe stuck his head right in the window and stole Scott's food out of the bag. He got so much slobber on Scott.


This bird was freaky and scared me a little. I would put a piece of food on the window and he would wildly peck it away and then stick his head in the window looking for more.


This animal scared me. I was turned around taking a picture of my mom and when I turned back around his head was completely in my window looking for food.


The animals were pretty comical with their tongues!

Alia's Birthday Party

Here's the birthday girl. We had a ladybug theme for her 1st birthday. The dress she is wearing was my Mom's dress that she wore at her 1st birthday. We were pretty excited that it fit her since they share a birthday.


Happy Birthday Bama and Alia!


I think we went a little over board on the ladybugs.


I loved this backpack


We had a pinata filled with candy and plastic bugs


I'm one!


The cupcakes


We painted bugs and monsters


She is laughing at Gaven

It followed them here......

Well, my family pulled in early this morning from WI and we were able to welcome them with open arms and way too much snow! Yes, I said snow. They were hoping for the nice weather you hear about down south during the winter, but I guess Mother Nature had other ideas. At least it will feel more like home for them. We ended up with at least 3 inches of snow in the end.










This was all that was left the next day

Holy Cow I'm One!!

I lost track of Alia tonight while cooking dinner and found her screeching with delight in the bathroom where Avery was taking a bath. She scooted miles to the bathroom in search of him. He was giving her toys to throw at him. It's so much fun watching them play together!

Starting a tradition

When I was a wee little lad, my dad made me a bookcase which Avery has now inherited. I thought it was awesome that his creation had been passed down to my son. However, I was a little sad that Avery had a handmade treasure and Alia didn't. I decided that Alia should have one too, so for for her first birthday I decided to make one for her too.



Here is the one my dad made me.



And the one that I made for Alia. She instantly pulled all of her books off and laughed with glee. I hope my creation gets as much use as Avery's has.

Alia and Banana 12 mos

1 week


6 months


12 months


I'm 1 today!!!!