AVA & CLARA: July 2009

Sunday, July 26, 2009

First Baseball Game

Hugs for Luke!

Liam, Ava & Luke Discussing the game.

So we tried it. A baseball game with the family and some friends on a hot July Sunday afternoon. No clouds but a slight breeze. Shockingly Clara did the best. Ava was a turd through the process of getting out of the car and applying sunscreen. Apparently I brought the WRONG sunscreen for her. Meltdown central.

THe good news about the Lowell Spinners is that its super kid friendly. If you thought the NBA was a circus...this crushes. Every inning there was a side show. Dogs catching Frisbees, the mystery machine tearing around the field tossing out t-shirts. 2 Giant alligators dancing on the dugouts and throwing t-shirts. Bugs bunny and Donald duck were there...crazy balloon trick guy also had a booth. Ava enjoyed these over sized characters until Donald tried to shake her hand. The alligators also caught her attention. She kept saying, "The alligators teeth are not for biting people." I dont know why this was crossing her mind....with the exception of the giant felt teeth protruding from his jaw.

We all made it to the 7th inning which we thought was pretty impressive. We cooled off in the blue kiddie pool afterwards.

Ava RUNNING into the pool. Several wipe outs to be had.

Applesauce break after the pool party.

Ava is A funny face.

Daddy & Clara

Friday, July 17, 2009

What to do after School?

Why not drag yourself through the sand? Better yet go swimming run out and then lie down and pull yourself through the sand. Good times. When Rich got home tonight we went to the Arlington Reservoir for a swim before dinner. We were actually going to have pizza delivered, but Ava was turning blue and shivering. With no sun it was hard to get her warm. She dunked her head under -by accident. Drank a little water with that. EWe. Its a nice thing to do at the end of the week, that is for sure.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Tall Ships : Navy Yard

Today we headed to the Navy Yard to see the Tall ships that were in town. We only saw a few due to the limited melt down timespan we had with Ava. But she was good. She actually stood in line with Rich for 40 minutes. ARGH! I would have died. At least we bumped into our friend Kristin in Chucktown who helped entertain them in line. I however found a tree and sat with Clara under it an enjoyed the nice ocean breeze. Kristin took a pic of all of us...our first family portrait.

Ava & Clara chillin in the crib

Whos cool?!

Mousse and headband

Movie Star

Ava stole these out of the center console in the car.
She was just sitting there with them in like that when
Iturned around. HA!

This does not look like Ava at all! But it is.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Claras first bite!

If you can call it that. IT was more soupy than solid for sure. At dinner, Clara watched Rich put every bite of food into his mouth - so we figured it was time to bust open the rice cereal.

PlayDate

Our friends the Sadeckis came over for a play date last week. Ruby was So awesome with the potty, I was hoping it would really peak Avas interest and make her want to go all the time. Eh...not so much. And one thing I DID notice with Ava and maybe its because Ruby is older...but she kinda played with her..not just alongside of her so much. And what i love most about kids is that they love babies so they keep Clara very much entertained.

Mark, Ruby & Clara

I just like this shot from that day.

More Fourth Vacation

We spent the week prior to the fourth in Dennis at Richies parents house. We spent LOTS of time with family and most importantly COUSINS! Fun times on the beach, in the water, at the house, in the yard! There were forced naps in the car and one forced go to bed evening. It took 45-60 minutes to get Ava down but Rich did it. She ended up falling asleep in the pack'n'play on the infant height, which was jammed up against a bureau and a bed. Can you believe she didn't try and climb out?! This blows my mind.

Clara was talking a lot from her high squealy voice to a sound that was not human, I SWEAR! It was so funny. And still is! Clara was a doll the whole time. Stayed on schedule and enjoyed the many arms and smiles that were given to her. It was her first real dip into the ocean...feet only. I think she LIKED it! If not, shell learn. ;)

Ava saw her first hermit crab and was fascinated with the lil guy inside. She kept trying to pull him out. I kept having to explain to her that they live in there its their home like Avas house is her home. Her response was nothing other than, "WHY??"...over and over again. UGH! Everything is 'why?' or 'whats that?' EVERYTHING. She did release a tiny crab back into the ocean that was close to death from the clench of her forefinger and thumb. Poor guy.

She ran and ran and ran in and out of the ocean until she was blue and shivering....tearing her suit off and laughing. "mommy go deep!" was a line i heard often, meaning mommy please hold my hands and take me out deep up to my chest...and then i want to let go and walk myself into the beach. HA! i don't think so.

The Rings came out to spend the holiday with us as well. Ava and Clara really enjoyed chillin with Max. I think Max has the best baby hairdo I have ever seen. Its incredible.

I have SO MANY more photos....UGGA! So enjoy these for now. My apologies to the other cousins and lack of pics.