Weekly Funnies

Weekly Funnies

• I love nicknames, and all our kids have had multiple nicknames over the course of their lives.  Carter is following along this line and has nicknamed his sister A-V-A.  Dawson is still learning how to say his sister's name and for awhile he was calling her Uva {spanish for grape} Eva, and finally Ava.
• Today I had a funny conversation with my oldest.  He was playing with a neighbor boy who is in first grade and he wanted to play with him again. I said that wouldn't be a problem, but he is in first grade so we would have to get together in the afternoons or weekends.  "What's first grade" he demanded to know.  After I explained all the grades he would have to go in for school he said "that's a really long time."  Then I proceeded to explain that when he went to college he would have to be a freshman, sophomore  junior and senior before he was done.  "What's that, something to eat?"  Um, not quite.
• In case you were worried Ava's pink blanket is five year old, in first grade and her real name is Corvette Marie.  LOVE this girl and her imagination.
• DAWSON'S FIRST FUNNY!  Recently I was reading a book with him and he repeatedly called a dog a woof woof.  I was trying to get him to say dog so I prompted him "look, it's a d...d..."  and then he said "da puppy."  Well yes, it is a puppy! 
• I can't believe this little boy is growing up so fast.  Today Carter was telling me about the prettiest girl in his class.  But he won't talk to her, he just likes to defeat her.  Also, to him, pretty means that she wears a lot of pink.  Pink shoes, pink pants, pink shirt. 

Carter and Ava have been doing chores and were finally able to pick out their roller skates that they have been talking about since last spring.  My cautious Carter refused to stand up for the first day or two, but now he is cruising all over the basement.  Ava was amazing from day one on her skates!

This evening we went to a local park to play, picnic and hike.

Dockie, this could have been a cute picture if you weren't throwing grass!  This was even the best one out of about ten that I took.

This park has a fun zip line for KIDS to swing on.

I know Carter had a ball.

Dawson thought he was riding a zip line, in reality it was the poles on the swing set.

This girlie can play her daddy like a fiddle.  When Daddy is around she is all of a sudden unable to climb up a tunnel without him, can't buckle her seat belt or even hang up her clothes.  These are all things she does for me on a regular basis.  

Thank you my family for a fun evening together!