A Few More Things About Ava

That I meant to say in the last post.

For many weeks now she follows every statement with a question, although she says it more like a statement as well.  She will say things like:

This dress is blue...isn't it?

I'm hiding under here...aren't I?

You like that...don't you?

This baby is soooo cute...isn't she?

Genie don't like that...does she?

I do that too...don't I?

That made you laugh, didn't it?

Genie was thirsty, wasn't she?

And on and on, all day long, about everything.  =)  It sounds so grown up and I'm amazed that she knows whether she should use the word don't or aren't, etc.

Also, Genie feels and thinks the same things that she does.  Last night I was making tacos and Ava said, "I don't like taco meat.  Genie don't like it either."  Today when Joel left for work I said, "I love Daddy."  She said, "Yes, I love Daddy too.  Genie does too!"  Or if Ava is scared about something, she will tell me that Genie is scared (and not mention herself).  "Genie don't like that.  That scares Genie."  When really, its Ava that doesn't like it.  Such a strong relationship those two have!  =)

Coming tomorrow...All About Gracie!  

All About Ava

I have been jotting things down about each girl on a scrap of paper for awhile now so I could do a post about each one.  Here are some things about Miss Ava:

She love, love, LOVES to dress up.  Preferably in a 'fancy dress'. 

She prefers her drinks lukewarm so they don't make her feel cold.

She says a lot of funny things, although she doesn't mean them to be funny.

Some frequent sayings are:

I smell something.

I'm learning!

I'm growing!  (said with great pride)

Aww...isn't she cute?!

Gracie yelled at me...<insert sobbing>

Whoa...that's cool.

Yep.

Is it my birthday time yet?

When its my birthday time, I will be FOUR!

I'm not smiling, but I'm happy.

Last night in the van she sweetly says to Gracie, "You want to count cars together?"  Then on the way home she asks, "You want to sing the alphabet together?"

She loves her Genie with all of her heart. 

Most of the time Genie stays home while we go somewhere and the minute Ava walks back in the door, she runs to Genie and hugs her.  "Oh Genie!!  I missed you.  I went swimming, Genie."  (or whatever else we did)  She talks to the dog like she does to a person.  Its very, very sweet.  She'll tell me, "I missed Genie ALL DAY."  We've come close to losing her several times so if anybody ever sees a similar dog, please buy it and send it to me!

Pictures from the Aquarium

Gracie was pretty brave and petted a sea cucumber and a stingray!

Check out the lips!  I saw so many creatures that I had never seen before.  Some of them were just plain weird!  I kept thinking, 'Wow.  God has such an imagination!'

Jeremy cooked us a delicious meal and then he and Joel went and did 'manly things', which included driving around without air conditioning and going to Academy.  Ava and Gracie had a great time playing with their friends and their friends' toys.  And I enjoyed chatting with Barb and looking at her lovely scrapbooks!

We had some worn out little girls!! 

Super Duper Saturday!

We are meeting Jeremy, Barb, Kate, Emma and Reed at the Aquarium today.  We have been wanting to go for a long time.  I took these pictures off the website.  Should be a fun day!!

Splash Pad

Fun at the Splash Pad yesterday!

Worn out! 

Story Hour

We went to Story Hour at one of the local libraries yesterday.  They don't do it during the summer so we've been looking forward to it starting back up again!  In a couple of weeks the other library will start theirs up again so we'll be able to go twice a week, although we like this one the best.

First Miss Shaun read a book about jumping frogs, then we made frog hats, sang a song about frogs, did a jumping game and got 'certificates' showing how far they jumped, read 2 more books, and then played with toys for awhile!

Wordless Wednesday

First Memory Verse

This week they have learned to quote "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."  Joshua 24:15

Can't wait to teach them some more verses!

Reading

Gracie is reading their 'Otional' (Devotional) to Ava.  =)

Fun at the Lake

Aunt Jody brought toys and helped them build a sand castle!

They LOOOOOVED it! 

Gracie was completely fearless. 

Laughing and having SO much fun! 

This is what Gracie looked like most of the time: smiling and running!  We kept a close eye on them since they didn't have life jackets.  Joel is going to buy them some and take them back out more often since they loved it so much! 

A Fabulous Friday

The highlight of our week, by far, was having Barb, Kate, Emma, and Reed come spend the day with us!!  We went to the park, hung out at the house and had lunch, went to the library, the splash pad, and then played at the house some more and ate dinner together.  Sadly, I only managed to take pictures at the splash pad.

Ava and Gracie weren't too sure about the splash pad at first.  They watched on the sidelines for awhile.  You can see Reed running through the middle and Emma cruising around the outside in this video:

But eventually they ventured in and ended up loving it!  Especially Ava, who was NOT happy to leave and keeps asking to go back!!

SUCH a wonderful day!

7th Anniversary

We celebrated 7 years on August 7th!  I was planning to scan some wedding photos to put with this post but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

We went to Subway for lunch after Sunday School and John and Jody treated us to Interurban for dinner!  Not having to cook, especially on a Sunday, makes it a great day in my book!

I'm thankful for my sweet family.  =) 

♪ Oooooooooklahoma ♪

♪ where the wind comes sweeping down the plain! ♪

(and rips our fence apart!)

Week Gg, Part 2

Tracing lines.

Tracing G's.

Starfall.com.  I slowed the mouse way down and they were able to navigate the whole website!

We ate lots of grapes!

Drawing a line from the uppercase letter to the lowercase letter.

Making their guitars.

Joel giving guitar lessons.  =)

We got a few books from the library.