Disneyland!!!!

So this was Avery's very first time at Disneyland; we had an absolute blast!!! Her favorite part of the trip was visiting Pixie Hollow and getting to meet Tinkerbell and Silvermist! She also really loved Big Thunder Ranch, she is such an animal person!

Tarzan's treehouse (formerly Swiss Family Robinson's treehouse)

Avery didn't want to actually meet Minnie Mouse (she was a little freaked out by the costume); so you can see Minnie in the distance behind us.

Goofy's playhouse - we also had the opportunity to meet Goofy but Avery wasn't interested.

She LOVED the roller coaster - even though it was pretty fast and a little scary, even for an adult!

When we first walked in to Disneyland, she had her "O" face on; was overwhelmed by all the characters and buildings.

Bowling & Carson's Birthday

Avery bowled for the first time at her cousin, Carson's, birthday. She had a great time and, of course, loved the carousel most!Notice the cute princess skirt with the Dora t-shirt; always working that odd combination!

Fall 2010

So I thought it was time I start Avery's blog again - it's been like an entire year!!! This is the easiest way to post pictures though....so without further ado :)

These are all pictures from Fall 2010

Apple Days Festival - tractor riding, panning for gold, and just being a cute kid!

Avery is very much into being a princess and Dora so she works pretty hard to incorporate the two into her daily life.

Veteran's Day with Mom

Avery & Mom Day! We were able to spend the holiday with just the two of us. We spent the morning out at Grandpa Jack's with Avery's cousins riding bikes. We then headed home for lunch and a nap before hitting up the carousel. It was Avery's very first time riding the carousel by herself. We went on several times and she got to pick the animal she wanted to ride each time. Her favorite was the elephant and the giraffe, coincidentally her 2 favorite animals!

San Diego Children's Art Museum

Avery rockin' & rollin' in a scoop seat

One of the exhibits were these bee suits that had velcro on them so the kids would stick together. Avery wanted no part in this. She just stared at them like they were freaks.

Oooh, now here is an exhibit we can get into! Bubbles!! She made a bubble wand out of pipe cleaner - part of the whole recycling effort

Avery running around the "Rain House" - a soft styrofoam house where kids can run around. Lots of germs is all I can think of....

Avery playing with a chariot type vehicle that is made with recycled crap. It didn't really work that great.

Now to the clay....she had a choice between clay and paint - she chose clay. I asked her what she wanted to make and she said "Dusty Brown." So we tried to do that. We got home and showed it to Nate who said "wow that looks like a bunch of s***." I told him that's what he gets for sending the non-creative parent to the Children's Art Museum. So after we made what didn't look like Dusty Brown, she decided she wanted to also make Schatzi and Brody (her cousin's dogs). It's like what's with the dogs? Can't you pick something easy like a smiley face or a snail???

Playing with crocodiles - the theme this month at the Museum is animals so Avery was all over that!

My pretty girl!!! Stealing mini bikes from the infants. That's my kid!