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!

Dia de los Muertos Festival

Avery staying far away from the skeletons, enjoying the pumpkins


Carson & Lolo posing with the skeleton



Kids enjoying ice cream

Avery ready to hit the festival, complete with her Easter basket AKA Halloween basket AKA

animal carrier. She insisted on wearing her backpack from Grandma.

Halloween

Avery as Dorothy


Refusing to leave the house to go trick or treating



Avery on her way to school with Dad


Playing with her "toto"

We had a pretty good Halloween with the exception of Avery being scared of everything!

We're hoping this is a phase that she'll grow out of. We didn't get to go trick or treating

on Halloween :( We figure next year we'll have a better shot!

Apple Picking

Avery & Carson picking apples


Avery with ice cream all over her face



Avery and the boys on their way to apple picking




Nate playing with his new toy


All the kids enjoying their ice creams :)

Natural History Museum

Mom & Avery playing with puppets


Avery pointing out the tadpoles

Cutest kid ever!

Mom & Avery playing with puppets

*Mom looks a little busted because of eye surgery 2 days before**

Dad & Avery underneath the shark

Avery & the dinosaur - such a grown up kid!

Avery a little afraid that dinosaur was going to bite her


Dad telling her it was a nice dinosaur


"Look mom, the bird flies." - exactly what she said


"Come on, mom - let's go!" - another Avery verbatim

Avery carrying both her sponge bob purse AND her ladybug backpack

Time to go home