Our Life in Pictures

(Picture from last week, when they went to the pizza birthday party)

These two.  Well, we have been having a HUGE problem with fighting.  Yelling and shoving over who gets to look out the window, who gets to open the door and even because someone was looking at someone else.  So, last Tuesday things were just getting worse and worse.  We were trying to get out the door to preschool, and in less than an hour they got into four little arguments.  I am not proud to say that I totally lost my temper with them, and took their television away for the ENTIRE WEEK.  Believe it or not, we survived with no television from tuesday until friday.  I say "we" because let's be honest, I use television at times when I need a little break.  In particular, that period of time between 5:30-6 when I need to cook and they are getting antsy.  I must say, things have gotten dramatically better since then.  We have talking about being kind to our siblings, but I really think that threat of no television has changed their behavior the most.  Although I'm sure this is not the last time I'll be dealing with this issue. 

Four is Fun

Carter is getting to the fun age where he really enjoys working with me.  During nap time when his brother and sister are sleeping we always spend time together working on different skills.  He was cutting out gingerbread men and then decided to name them.  I asked him to tell me a story about his gingerbread men and this is the result.  This particular day we sat and worked together for over 2 hours!  He suprises me every day, because for a long time I thought he would never sit and cut/color/write longer than 5 minutes!

Daddy is amazing

This girl loves her Daddy.  We had a low key weekend and worked on things around the house.  Ava was having a clingy Daddy weekend and wouldn't even look at me.  Ava took a sweet little nap on her Daddy.

This week, during football time, Ava got it in her head that she was going to play dinosaurs with Daddy.  It was so sweet to hear the dinosaurs talking to each other, poor Mike.  Maybe he'll be able to watch football when everyone is 18.  Probably right around the same time that I get to have floatie free water! 

For those of you who are afraid that Ava is too much fluffy princess and not enough dig in the dirt girl, I think the knees of these pants tell a different story.

This shirt reminds me of Aunt Margie.  Dad used to joke that Margie was the child who added "texture" to his life.  Ava's shirt says "I light up Dad's life."  Boy, is that true in more ways than one.

This picture was from a couple weeks ago, but still cute.  Daddy snuggles on the couch.