Playdate Fun

We have been keeping busy this winter with playdates. One day we had our friends Mo, Liz, and Megan over with all their respective offspring. It's a lot of fun because all our first and second children are close in age.

Emmy and Ava dining out

playing with old VHS tapes- "What is this Momma?!!"

Lets get out all the bins!

Peter and Liz

Chit Chat between Ava and Peter

Emmy has the cutest outfits!

sweet sweet Maeve

Liz and Mo with the little ones

Megan with her tikes Emmy and Brenner

There is no way you can get 4 toddlers to sit still for a picture.

Dress up time!

Professional Pictures from December 2009

Ava is 2 years and 1 month in these pictures. This one is my favorite of Ava. By the way, that is her natural curl (I have NO patience and enough sanity than to use a curling iron on a 2 year old).

Ellie is 6 weeks in all these pictures

Favorite Ellie picture

You can tell by this picture they are a handful but A LOT of fun.

Snow Day!

Hampton Roads had it's biggest snowfall since 1989 last weekend. We got almost a foot of snow! We were snowed in for 3 days and had a great time.

Ready for the snow!

Snowballs- Ava wanted me to make them and HER to throw them

Aunt Jen and Ellie watched us from the window. Aunt Jen is moving into our NEIGHBORHOOD! We are so excited. She is staying with us for about a month while she works until her husband and things arrive from California. We are spoiled having her around!

Showing Ava the art of Snow Angels

Ava's snow angel

tried to make a snow man but the snow wasn't the right texture

Penny and her nemesis next door.

Came in to read her favorite book at the moment- The Monster at the end of this book

We read it at LEAST once a day. In other news, Ava has learned most of her colors and has learned more numbers. She also has finally learned to say her name. She she pronounces it so dramatically like this- "AAAAA- VA!