AHNS Halloween parade

This past Saturday, we went to Avas school for a Halloween parade and trunk trick or treating. We joined the parade for about 5 minutes and then ended up on the playground for the remainder of the time. It was a gorgeous day and quite a scene to be seeing all the kids on the playground in their Halloween costumes! Max Ring joined us and seemed to also enjoy the morning out. He created much dialogue for the parents around as I carried him to and fro. "WOW. And the little lady bug is yours too???" they would say glancing at my swollen belly. HA! NEVER! I should have went with it!

The big Halloween day is coming and we are not sure if we will keep her in her ladybug costume OR give her a 'new look'.

I may as well be posting my belly shots here too for Avas lil sister. The emails are getting tedious. Her sister is roughly, 13.5 inches long and over a pound now. Shes moving constantly and seems to really enjoy cheesy dance music. AWESOME! 25 weeks, 15 to go!

Mac-n-Cheese

Who woulda thunk Ava was an eating machine. I mean how many handfuls of pasta can she get into her mouth at once?! I wasn't sure if she was even chewing.

Wilson Farm & the Snake Regatta

This weekend was a busy one! We had lost of play dough time, Wilson's time and watched dad race in a regatta.
Play dough is play date that Ava and I have at least 3 times a day if IM home all day with her. I cant believe I have not taken any pictures to post them since i have purchase the wondrous play dough. Its AWESOME. It really keeps her focuses and busy,not to mention we can make so many different things. Like jewelry...and animals...you name it! Fun stuff....we are also making a variety of multi colored play dough by mixing them together. Soon they will all be brown. Check her out:

We also went to Wilsons Farms to check out the haunted hayride. Im not sure Ava has as much fun as mom and dad - maybe next year.

We hit the Snake Regatta this am, dad came in second! Not very many shots here...had to keep a GOOD eye on Ava.

Communtiy Rowing move

Check out Ava in action cleaning ergs at the CRI moving party! She even got on an erg for a few strokes!

My first burrito!

I should have known that Ava would have eaten a burrito like a pro! She didn't eat any tinfoil OR anything! She ate everything even though she didn't eat all of it. She made a mess of course, but I was so impressed with her burrito eating champ style! I mean ONE handed even!! Come on!! Joses here we come!

Everyone needs to cook

It happened. I broke down and bought Ava a little kitchen. I blame mark and Nancy. Actually, I thank them for giving me reason for getting it beyond me just wanting to get it for Ava. One of the only things setting me back was that it was pink...and now since we are having girl #2...its fine. Not that it wouldn't have been fine if it as a boy...but you know what I mean. It took Rich ONLY 3 hours to assemble. It may have been worse than something from Ikea!! Thank god he read the directions because it came out fabulous!

Miss Ava played with this kitchen set while half built and then when it was fully built she would NOT stop playing with it. She was making eggs, cleaning dishes, cooking in the microwave...you name it! Even this am she brought her leftover breakfast over to it to cook on the stove. I love it!!

ZOO!!!

Today we went to the Stoneham zoo with the Stroms. We saw bears, jaguars, birds, otters, snakes and SPIDERS! WE also spent some time on the playground and had lunch at the train with multiple yellow jackets. Ava seemed to be into the bears because you could get seemingly close with the glass wall. But as we moved on to the exhibits with more things to climb on and other kids her age running around she got distracted from the animals pretty easily. She called many things kitties and dogs. I can imagine that it must be hard to see a jaguar and not want to call it a kitty!! I've posted the photos form the day on flickr here, and you can see them in the side bar to the right as well.

The picture below of Ava on the train kills me...so was SOOOOO excited and happy. The picture doesn't even really capture HOW excited she was. IT was SO cute!