Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Avery's Funny Sleep Positions


Avery got a new toddler bed and I think she has enjoyed her new found freedom. In a matter of a few days, I found her in several different spots sound asleep. I think she just played and played until she couldn't take it anymore. One place I found her a couple different times was right behind her bedroom door. I wish I could have found a way to get into her room to take those pictures.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Follow up on Avery's Artwork


So, as you all saw, Avery did beautiful artwork on my couches. The video didn't do it justice. It was a lot worse than it looked. Not to mention it was Red, Blue and Green PERMANENT marker! My brother used to work for Chem Dry, so when it happened, I called him and he said that I'd probably make it worse if I tried to fix it myself so just call someone to get it out... so $120 later, I now have a semi clean couch. They could get the green and red out, but for some reason, the blue wouldn't come out. It's faded a ton, but you can still see it. That's one expensive piece of artwork! One thing I forgot to mention, when I saw the marker, I went over to the couch and gasped (of course). Then I started calling for Avery. I think she knew she wasn't supposed to do that because she was hiding under our kitchen table not making a sound! It was pretty funny actually. The best thing about it is that Kaden ratted her out. Kaden found her and said, "MOM, she's under the table!" (So much for having a protective brother!)

So, I've decided to start a "destruction" list of all the things AVery gets into. Just last week she drew on my couch (as you all saw), rolled out two different rolls of toilet paper all over the house, got into a bag of tiny rocks that were supposed to go in her fish tank and "played" in them all over her carpet, spilled a box of Cheerios, and dumped out a whole container of conditioner in the bathtub for "bubbles". She's just so curious right now. Good thing she is so cute!

We'll see what next week brings.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Funny Kids


Avery is quite the "accesory" type of gal. She is totally into shoes, earrings, nail polish, bags, jackets and hats. She's the girl my mom always wished I would have been.
Anyway... this is Avery the other day. She insisted on wearing her backpack, jacket and shoes (even though you can't see them) as she ate breakfast. The funny thing is that she still has her jammies on underneath all this! What a girl!! I think I'm going to have my hands full with this one!

This is Kaden during his "nap". I came in to check on him and found the bed torn apart and him lying inclined on his bed. It's amazing what kids come up with when they have some time to themselves without the TV on. I just thought it was funny that he went to all this work to tear his bed apart, and then still fell asleep. Kids are too darn funny.