School Egg Hunts

I guess since we are already almost a month past Easter, I should post some of those pictures! ;) I feel like I can not stay caught up anymore. But I am trying! :)

Ava and Harrison both had egg hunts at school/daycare. I was lucky enough to be able to be at both of them.

Ava's school egg hunt started early because of rain that was on its way, but I made it just in time. It was so funny to watch her. She was actually very selective about the eggs she picked up and instead of picking some up, she passed them for ones she wanted. She ended up with lots of girly eggs including 2 that looked like cupcakes (one pink and one purple). Those were the eggs she really wanted. I was so proud of her when a friend of hers was talking about how she wished she had a cupcake egg and Ava actually gave her one of hers. :) It made me so proud!

Harrison's egg hunt had to be inside because it was rainy. Harrison didn't care much for the eggs, he was there for the snacks. :) He did get a couple of eggs, but was more worried about his Rice Krispie treat!

Halloween Wrap Up

I guess since it is now the second week of November that I should post the rest of the Halloween pictures. We had a pretty busy time leading up to Halloween, but all in all had a good Halloween.

The kids' costumes proved the most stressful. Ava wanted to be Rapunzel, but I convinced her to be Cinderella since Aunt Bethany had gotten her a beautiful Cinderella dress for Christmas last year. But alas, it was still too big and she was having none of it.

Harrison was scheduled to be a dragon and I ordered him an adorable dragon costume that was supposed to fit 2-4 year olds. Lets just say that unless they are elfin people, this costume ain't working!

So at the last minute we settled on Fancy Nancy and a "ductor."

Other notable events included Ava tie-dying shirts for her school party and making cupcakes for her party. We also carved several pumpkins this year and had a good time working as a family.

As far as actual trick-or-treating goes, we didn't even make it all the way down the street. Half of it and Ava was done. I think Harrisons slowness just wore her out (I know it did me!). After we had walked up the street and returned home we headed out to Nana Cheryl's and Harrison and I had a conversation that went something like this.

H: Monster gonna get me.

Mommy: No monster is going to get you. Monsters aren't real.

H: Are to.

Mommy: They are not.

H: Is to.

Love that little guy. :)

A view of all our pumpkins - Witchy Hello Kitty, Lightning McQueen, Thomas the Train, St. Louis Cardinals logo, Mike Wazowski (from Monsters, Inc), and the face that I named Carl.

Lightning McQueen and Thomas the Train

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

As promised, here are pictures from our recent decorating for the holidays. Of course, Ava is as curious as a cat and just loves the trees and pulling ornaments off of them. She especially loves the Pooh ornaments on the family tree. The other night I was showing her colors on the tree lights and she started going around the tree pointing at every light saying, "Wed, Wed, Wed, Wed." In case you didn't know, that stands for red. So she thinks every light is "wed." If you could die from her cuteness, I would definitely be dead many times over! So here's a little bit of our Christmas spirit from our house to yours!

Daddy couldn't get the tree set up because Ava kept lying on the towel he sets it on.



She doesn't really look amused by these antics.

Hanging the first ornament.

How many of the Rogers family can catch a cold?

Over the past couple of days, I have been battling the cold. Just stuffy nose basically. I knew eventually it would spread elsewhere and the who was answered last night at around 10:30 when Brad says, "Ava's crying." I knew what that meant, the cold had struck it's next victim. Poor baby girl was so stopped up I had to get out the Dimetap (sp?) and the dreaded snot sucker. She was so tired she fell asleep in my lap downstairs, but through the night I would wake up and hear her sniff or cough a little bit.

So this morning at 7:30 when I got her out of bed her little face was so crusty with snot. Daddy was calling her a dirty baby with a dirty face. Once again it was snot sucker time and Dimetap time. Anyway, she is running just a slight fever and now every time she sneezes and huge string on snot slides down her face. She is eating good, not drinking so good, but acting like she feels pretty normal. A little clingy, but not too bad. So we have just been playing and cuddling and now she is watching Jack's Big Music Show and hanging out.

I have taken several pictures already today of us playing. Like I promised, her are some Halloween pics from our house and I while post my daily something of Ava closer to bedtime. I also have pics of her finished play area (while it's still neat and organized). Anyway, happy day and Bethany be careful on your way home!

This stack of pumpkins was a gift from my mom last year.
You can't tell really good, but the tree has some cool purple lights on it.

My villains snowglobe that Bradley bought me after our trip to Disney World in 2003.