Best of Both Worlds

Avery has a love-hate relationship with mowing. She love, LOVES to be outside, but HATES the sound of the mower. Ben will go out and mow and she wants to out there so bad but she has very sensitive ears and the sound of the mower really bothers her. So here is Ben's fix to a very big (well, for a three year old) problem!

Preschool and Things

We did it. We took the plunge and finally enrolled Avery in preschool. She has been ready for quite some time, but as for me... not so much! She starts in August and will attend two days a week. She can hardly wait to start!

I have been working with her on her letters and handwriting for quite some time, but about a month ago it all clicked! She started writing her name and very well, I might add. (However, I might be just a little partial!)

She's so proud!

Don't you love the "e"?

Bath Duty!

Special thanks to Annie Miss for providing the "wardrobe" for these two cute kids.

Bath time has become quite the ordeal since Graysen started sitting up. Before, Avery wanted nothing to do with taking baths with her brother, however, now that he sits up and doesn't take up all the room she is thrilled with the idea!

(Well....until tonight, when he decided to poop. GROSS! Luckily for me, daddy had bath duty tonight!)

So...Soooo Tired

Graysen is in a tough phase right now, as he is transitioning out of three naps a day and only needing two. Sometimes that leaves him very sleepy and we have to distract him to keep him awake. But today....

....There was NO keeping him awake!

Graysen is SeVeN MoNtHs!

We have had so much going on that six months was here and gone, and now we are on to seven! In the past month, Gray has really hit a growth spurt. He just started scooting on the floor to get where he wants to go and he'll pull himself forward to get what he wants. Not sure if I am ready for this?! We are SO enjoying getting to know his little personality. God has given him a sweet, loving personality and it is such a blessing to watch him grow in that!

He is obviously WAY more interested in Aardvark than taking pictures!

Memorial Day Weekend

Ben got home on Saturday from his long week of recovering, so in perfect time to enjoy the beautiful, long weekend. Sunday we headed toward Santa Barbara and spent some time at the beach, which went from being a good idea for family fun to a horrible sand nightmare. Avery was throwing sand (with Ben's not-so recovered eyes) probably wasn't the greatest idea and then there was Gray who was getting upset that his pacifier was covered in sand and everything that you could use to clean it off with was also covered in sand... But, through all the wildness, we really enjoyed getting out! Then on Monday, we set up the pool in the backyard, so much fun and SO much cleaner! Both of them really enjoyed being in the water and Ben and I enjoyed getting some (much needed) sun. This was the definitely the most relaxing weekend we've had in a long time!