Avery Sings

Before bath tonight I heard Avery singing a She & Him song.  It was just about the cutest thing ever so of course Ronnie and I both had to video this!

She doesn't always get the words right and I love how she adds the instrumental parts.

Watch out Zooey Deschanel!  I think you might have some real competition.

And yes, that's what Avery is wearing to bed.  Pick your battles right?

Father's Day

It was a great Father's Day around these parts.  Ronnie's first with TWO girls!  Such a fun day!

Avery and Ellie have the best daddy that's for sure!

Avery put her mad creative skillz to work and made a super great card! She even wrote Happy Fathers Day all by herself!

 

And the girls even picked out a gift for daddy! And helped him open it too!

The girls got him an OU pizza peel since he loves grilling pizzas. He also got the new Jack White album on vinyl and Avery painted him a picture on a real canvas. She did a great job! 

I also had Avery complete an "All About My Dad" fun sheet.  Some of the answers cracked us up!

Ronnie sure does love his girls and I couldn't have picked a better dad to our girls!

Planting Flowers

At our house, we had really let our flower bed go.  I mean, if you know Ronnie, you know it wasn't horrible, it just wasn't as pretty as it had been in the past.  We had talked about planting flowers for a while and finally we found some time to get it down.  Avery was none to eager to help!

Now then, let me say that Avery would wear a tutu skirt, sparkly shirt and tiara everywhere she went if I would let her. But for planting flowers we settled on a pink skirt and an old t-shirt, tucked in. I'm glad I have one child I can still pick out clothes for.

This is the before. Ugly right.

We bought a whole slew of flowers. With Avery's input of course.

And then we got to work!

There's always time for a picture break!

Of course, Ronnie had to step in and show us how it's done correctly!
Dig a hole.

Look cute and take a picture.

Make sure hole is big enough and flower will fit.

Squeeze container and release flower.

Gently break roots.



Cover remaining hole with dirt.

Yep, Ronnie is way better at planting flowers and way more precise than I am. 





But he has the bestest of helpers! Now here is where I would show you an after picture. But I don't have one. I assure you though the flower bed looks 95 times better, especially with the black mulch I picked out!

And where was Ellie during all this? Napping of course. She's got the right idea!

Sisters

I think sisters have a special bond and it makes my heart happy.

And daddies have a special bond with their girls. And that makes my heart happy too.

High Chair Fun

Ellie has been able to sit in her high chair for a few weeks.  It's really nice during dinner time because she can play in her chair and we can eat.  I love having the family together at dinner time!

Laughing at her big sis.

She is getting so good at picking up her toys!



Ellie is really getting to be such a little big girl!

Spa Day

So the other day Avery wanted to paint me toes.

Avery: Mommy, can I paint your toes with pail polish (nail polish).
Me: Sure!
Avery: Really?! All by myself?
Me: Yep! That sounds great!
Avery: Yay!  We can play nail store.  I will be the nail store manager. You can call me Rainbow.

Seriously! Where does this girl come up with this stuff? 

I let Avery pick out my color.  Pink.  Big surprise.  And then I let her paint my toes all by herself.

It's very serious work being the nail store manager! Avery takes great pride in her work.

I've never had a better pedicure by a 4 year old!

  Avery was so proud to paint my nails. I'm pretty sure I kept them that way for several days because I was too lazy to fix them so Avery would know how much I loved them.

It was a fun mommy daughter time. I'd do it a million times!

Starting Solids

At Ellie's 6 month appointment we got the green light to start solids.  I remember with Avery we started solids sooner that 6 months but this time around I guess things have changed.  Our peditrician recommended waiting until 6 months and quite frankly that was fine by me.  Adding solids to our routine was just one thing I wasn't ready for.

But finally we figured it was time. We started Ellie with rice cereal.  Let me say, baby girl LOVED it.

Couldn't get enough.

Was grabbing my hand and pulling the spoon toward her.

I'm pretty sure I could have let her feed herself if I wanted to.

And because Avery can't be left out, Avery was loving her corn on the cob that night! She's such a big girl (with wild and crazy hair).

I can't believe we are feeding Ellie solids! It just doesn't seem possible.

I can't decide if time goes by faster for the second child. It certainly seems like both these girls are growing up too fast!

Next up on the menu: Acorn Squash! Sure to be a big hit!