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Here is a picture of Dawson at one of the recent birthday parties we went to at Pump it up.  He did NOT want to take off his spiderman costume so......here he is.  About ten minutes into jumping he had to take off the costume because he was too hot.

The Aunt Lisa inspired fire, I'm pretty sure it had about a hundred pine cones in it.  We may also have sent smoke signals that could be seen in both Jefferson and Sidney!

Constantly

I don't have a picture of this, but I want to give you a visual description because SO FUNNY!  With the arrival of nice weather we have been playing at Danny and Julia's house after school, and often joined by another neighborhood friend Scott.  Carter was overdressed for the afternoon sun, because it had been chilly in the morning so he asked me if he could take off his shirt.  I agreed and soon there were four little boys (Carter, Danny, Scott and Dawson) traipsing around the side yard, doing construction work with their shirts off.  This has now become a regular thing, so as soon as we start to play off come four little shirts.  It is pretty funny to watch!

Dawson is hitting the dress up stage hard.  If we are home he is usually some form of a superhero.  It kinda reminds me of this post with his big brother:  http://www.and-i-found-you.blogspot.com/2011/04/fashionista.html  

Also, he has decided that he would like to be a storm chaser when he grows up.  Which is horribly ironic, because he is terrified of thunder and lightning.

Here are some Ava bounce house pictures. I love pictures of kids jumping, they just seem so euphorically happy.

Our funny Ava story comes with a healthy dose of "she is such a girl!!"

Recently I turned over her closet, removing all the winter clothing and replacing it with a spring/summer wardrobe.  All of us were outside playing but Ava spent the entire evening going up to her room trying on new outfits.  We were in the front yard and she was holding up different shirt combinations for us to see in the window.  The boys also had their closets turned over and they could have cared less!!