Henry is a busy little elf

fishing for Sydney the Betta

He stepped in reindeer poop and needed a bath

He caught our colds...poor Henry

Ava the Turkey hunter

Tis the Season

Henry the elf has arrived and has been up to some shenanigans this year.  Ava gets the biggest kick out of his little jokes too.  She gets really excited to find him each morning. Brynn hasn't caught on yet, but Ava is really enjoying it. The girls have loved helping us get the Christmas decorations up this year.  As for me I've already gotten a jump start on my Christmas shopping.  I'm so proud of myself :)  I actually made the HUGE mistake of going to Walmart on Thanksgiving evening for one of their deals.  What a nightmare!  I will never do that again.

That silly elf!

very proud of all of her hard work on the tree

Henry took Barbie on a joy ride

Helping daddy put lights up

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Princess Fairies

They picked out these pajamas all by themselves. Ava of course had to have princesses and Brynn immediately chose "baby bell" for hers. Even over the super cute Minnie Mouse ones I liked. In this picture they are playing in their club house that we made out of a sheet and the dining room table.

snuggling up before bed

While daddy's away the girls of the house pile up in  one bed

Sisterly Snuggles

My babies snuggling in Ava's bed with her Christmas Flannel Sheets
watching a movie


 

Brynny also said her first sentence right before I took this picture!  She pointed to the pillow and said "Ava's night night pillow"  and it sounded like "Eva night night payow"

They have been up there just a giggling and squealing for about 30 minutes.  Music to my ears :)

Abby bite

Ava Michele at 4 years and 3 months

Ava is a big girl now...no longer a toddler that's for sure.  She loves her sister but doesn't like sharing with her, especially me.  She's starting to play much better with her as long as Brynn doesn't touch anything.  She would prefer Brynn just be a blob that was present but didn't actually play with toys.  Ava still likes everything in it's place and just the way she likes it.  While her sister annoys her at home, she gets really upset if Brynn doesn't play with her at school or when other kids are around.  She wants Brynn to herself and doesnt like other kids playing with HER baby.

The other day she asked Steve "Daddy why do I have to have curly hair?  All the other kids have straight hair"  Steve said "and so it begins..."

Today she told me "mommy tomorrow I'm going to be very sick so I can't go to school"  I said "no mommy is going to work tomorrow" and she said "Alma can babysit me", I said "no Alma is babysitting other kids"  then she said "okay well Lisa (Alma's sister) can babysit me then"  She's only 4 and already has the playing hooky thing down.

She loves cuddling, snuggling and sleeping with us at night.  Most of the time she sleeps in her own bed, but from time to time she'll sneak into our bed in the middle of the night.  While some parents might find this annoying, I find it endearing and it melts my heart. 

She hates soccer, refuses to play. 

Loves art and coloring us pictures.  Always sings us the daniel tiger song "making something is one way to say I love you"

She loves surprising us with things she's made, built upstairs or by cleaning her room and making her bed all by herself.

She LOVES playing outside in her club house and making "pies" and "soup" out of mud.