We took a family vacation to Bermuda, and I mean FAMILY vacation! According to Aunt Kathy, there were 29 bodies in total, kids and adults! There was so much happening, Aunt Betty had a big birthday....Ava said she was turning 5. WOW. There were wedding anniversary's and other birthdays too- Alan had a big number jump (Ava will have to give me the report on his age)!
We had so much fun Ava has asked me daily to see ALL of her cousins! A large amount of us flew on the plane together. We swam in the pool and the ocean but was most of all, Ava, was really attached to the hot tub. The small pool had a slide and lots of floating rafts to play with, not to mention lots of cousins to play with!
Clara was on her normal schedule. Fell asleep whenever and whereever she needed to, even in the bjorn deep in the caves! She sat poolside and ocean side under umbrellas much of her trip. Just chillin. She even took her first crawling steps poolside! We also set her up in the pool swimmy floating thing. LOVED it esp when all her cousins were playing with her. Ava liked playing with her in the water too. As for swimming Ava finally 'purposefully' went underwater with the help of mommy and daddy. She held her nose and closed her eyes real tight and let us dunk her. WOOHOO!
All in all it was lots of fun and so great to be with so much family.
Anna drawing a giant cake!
Ava carrying a very heavy pail of sand!
Sacked out poolside. Lifes tough.
Daddy & Clara at the party.
Dinner.
Cousins playing on the slide.
We had the Carlstroms over for an impromtu pumpkin carve. We had delicious snacks provided by Dave & Cam and fun conversation! The kids wore their costumes and Alex was so kind to share his loot!
Clara got baptized a few weeks ago. She was a good sport, only a little crabby due to the fact this was happening smack dab in the middle of her nap. Took the water on the head fine until it went into her eyes. Ava was good too...I think. She was with her cousins mostly and bopping back and forth to where we were sitting. Kim is Claras Godmother and Gigg is her Godfather.
Water in the eyes!
Ava on the way home....done.
The caves were really cool and worth the trip there and back. I wish I could remember some of the history to write about it. I do remember the first caves we were at were discovered by some boys looking for a ball they lost. I think I would have been WAY to chicken to look for that ball in that dark dark place. YIKES!
Anna drawing a giant cake!
Ava carrying a very heavy pail of sand!
Sacked out poolside. Lifes tough.
Daddy & Clara at the party.
Dinner.
Cousins playing on the slide.
Most recently Ava likes to have picnics on the floor in the family room. We have crackers & cheese, grapes and apples. Its quite lovely. Ava will even make tea!
Scared Face!
Its blurry, but I love it.
Ava is obsessed with her bike. She wants to ride it all the time. In the rain, in the dark, when she wakes up...Im sure she even dreams about her bike!! So on a beautiful afternoon we met the Stroms at the park and let her loose. She rode around in circles over and over again, saying, "Look at me mommy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Clara!" Its amazing to see her ride a bike...and shes fast too!! I just sometimes don't give her credit for being able to do the things she does. It shouldn't be weird that she can ride a bike perfectly fine without assistance at this age....or want to go for a run or sit on the erg, right? Her running technique is pretty good. If you ask her to show you how she runs and especially ask her about pumping her arms, shes happy to show you ask you to watch her. She might even ask you to chase her!
Too Cool.
Can this kid ever stop smiling?! I hope not.
Not the best shot, but I love Clara sitting there next to her daddy. So cute.
Luke taking a shot!
Clara checking out whats under the hood.
Bikin at the basketball court.
