Thatta Girl!!!!

After many tears and frustration (from Mom and Averie) we have beat our

fears of falling and just putting on a helmet without pinching her chin (oops). Now she is on her way to a great summer!! I am so SO glad we live in a subdivsion where there is so much room to ride without so much (if any) traffic. I am so pround of you Peanut!!!!

Averie's Summer Look!

I Just LOVE IT!!! And so does she.

Look Out Shirley Temple!!!!

Mom and Dad were so proud of her. She did a great job. How fun to see her doing something she truly enjoys! Her class did the song "3 Little Fishes" Perfect for her age

Dance has become a big part of Averie's personality. She dances to everything as well as sings. I really have no idea where she gets this from. We have never pushed anything on her, she asked to take classes and plays recital and talent show all the time. In some ways I was quite hesitant to have her in this recital because I was so worried about the "pageant" aspect of it all. (The costumes, make up etc...) Luckily that is not the part she is interested in. It is purely the dance and performing that interests her.

April Discoveries

1. April showers are no joke!!! I am so sick of rain!

2. It is possible to have a successful easter egg hunt on the absolute worst saturday of the entire month. We planned our first big Easter egg hunt strategically between spring break and Easter weekend to make sure we could get a good turn out. Little did we know dhow bad the weather would be! We are so grateful that everyone still came out and we had a great time reguardless.

3. Corn meal is the EXACT same color as my kitchen floor. Odd discovery, I know, and I am certain I do not have to tell you how we found this out. I will share that it is incredibly hard to clean up. It has a very fine consistency and the vaccuum misses a lot of it. A little like sand perhaps.

4. my kids LOVE peas and carrots but hate raisins

5. Phil has an obsession with cutting down trees...we may not live in the woods in a few years.

6. Tornados do come through this area

7. Christopher Churchmouse is Averie's favorite story book character lately. We have signed the same book out of the library 4 times.

8. I make chicken way too much during the week.

9. My house is much cleaner when gas is high.

10. There is a show on PBS on tuesday afternoons called "Signing Time" that teaches kids sign language. Not only does it replace Caillou but it is a fun show Averie and I can watch together and really learn something.

"Dollhouse Logic"

There is no comparison to the imagination a girl can have with her doll house. I love to listen to Averie (and sometimes Meg) play and use her imagination to create a world where chocolate chip cookies with pink and purple frosting and sprinkles on top can be lunch...."but just this one time!" Today I had some time to sit down and play with her. Apparantly I have no clue on how the dollhouse world works....Here is how it played out.

Let me set the scene...Averie is playing the Mom and the baby brother, while I play the Dad and the little sister.

The Mommy decided to bake some cookies (for lunch) so she asked everyone what kind of cookies they would like, which of course were all different. Of course this is no problem in the dollhouse world. (Why wouldn't the Mom make three different kinds of cookies for lunch?) So down to the kitchen she went. While making cookies the baby brother got sick and couldn't play with the sister so he went to bed in the oven where he couldn't get anyone else sick. (of course) So me, asking the obvious question "where will we bake the cookies then?" she replied quickly with a little bit of disgust that I didn't already know "Moommm...this is pretend!!! we will use the other oven because there are two!" The daddy was playing with the little sister when he was so tired and needed a nap. He slept on the dog bed because he liked it there better. (???) Sleeping Beauty stopped by to borrow some sugar, blueberry muffin stopped by to play but that was not allowed because everyone was sick. Cinderella was cleaning the floors(HA, she got that part right!) The dog needed to be fed so he got grilled cheese that baby sister made. When they all sat down for a well rounded meal of cookies no one could eat them because they were all sick and had to go to bed again so Mommy ate them all and then cleaned up the kitchen

I could go on... but you get the idea. Where she gets this all from I am not sure, but I can assure you that we do not have cookies for meals AND my kids are not taking time outs in my oven. I would love to have a cinderella but I don't. Maybe the dog bead for the Dad was the "doghouse!" ????? Just kidding.

I love little kids imagination!

Do you Want One???

Easter fun today!!!

Lots of finger licking on this batch (ewe!)

March Highlights

This post is a little late due to the fact that our computer decided to go out... Now I am typing March's highlights on a new computer. (possibly an April list! ) Anyway... 1. Hudson turned ONE!! this is by far the most important. 2. Hudson is rarely eating meals simply because he has learned how to get to the cereal cupboard and open the boxes. We find him in the middle of the kitchen floor eating cereal a couple times a day. 3.Averie has defeated her fears of sleeping in the basement again 4. One cannot forget the meeting of the former muskrat in the basement window. 5. I signed up to help out the Cystic Fibrosis fund in honor of a very sweet little boy, Elliot Leegwater and am excited to due a small part in raising some money in that. the website to sponsor me is below if you would care to helpe raise my goal. www.cff.org/great_strides/kimBrower 6. I uploaded AND ordered prints from back when Hudson was born until now in one order...I am now updated, FINALLY. (Maybe April will bring the start of a baby book!) 7. Hudson was declared a very healthy very big boy at the doctor. He is 26 pounds! 8. Hudson is now walking everywhere. He has learned how to get up from the middle of the floor and just go! 9. Just to be fair to Averie (since she is not mentioned at all yet) She is now riding her training wheel bike with no fear thanks to the practice we got this month 10. Last of all, I turned another year older. I am now 33 years old. Not sure why this is a big year for me but I am taking it seriously and going to do everything I can to make this year my year to better myself. Bring on the year!