Valentine Playdate

Avery's class last year was split up according to birthdays and her friend Hunter moved to a different class.  However, the girls usually get together on the playground so they have kept in touch.  Last Saturday, Hunter had Lily and Avery over to her house.  Her mom had crafts ready for the girls, but they were not in the mood for "structured activities".  A pillow pile-up was way more fun.

 You can just the legs and feet of Lily and Avery before they bust out of the pile up below!  Also note that first on the agenda was to raid the dress-up trunk.  Lily and Avery kept their princess dress on the whole time.  The only way I could get Avery to take it off before we left was to assure her we had at home she could wear for the rest of the day (and she did).

A little bubble time on our way out.  We needed something to ease the pain of departure ;)

Park Date

We just missed Lily and her family at the Boo Bash on Saturday so we decided to set up a play date on Sunday afternoon instead.  Avery was so excited, the first thing she asked me on Sunday was where was Lily??  I told her we were meeting at the park after nap, but I guess that was a mistake because Avery never took a nap.... too excited.
Of course on the short car ride to the park Avery almost fell asleep, but she powered though it when she saw Lily.

With the nice weather, there were lots of kids there.  Luckily ours had on bright colors so we could follow them from slide to swing to bridge to slide to ladder to etc :)
Avery is definitely the runt of the group.  Lily's big sister was there too so she helped Avery keep up and waited for her to slowly, carefully cross the obstacle at hand.  Lily did not need any help - she zoomed around that playground and was always like "Avery come this way!"

I managed to snap a few pics of them sitting still for a moment.  I think it's funny that Avery is wearing her necklace and bracelet, while Lily is sporting her pirate head band (and you can see in the picture below the "pirate belt" she is wearing that is actually from a bath robe).  These girls really compliment each other.

As usual, our play dates turn into play dinners.  With Robert out of town, I had no one to cook dinner for me so Brixx pizza and Coldstone ice cream really hit the spot!  Lily's mom and I are going to have to draw straws on who hosts the first sleepover because I don't see much sleep going on with these two nuts.

Summer Days

Avery and I were watering the plants one evening and she handed the hose to me and ran inside.  I assumed it was to use the potty, but when she came back out, she was naked!  She has a big smile and said "Ok I"m ready!"

Pretty sure it had something to do with her visit to the farm this past weekend.  Robert and I got a last minute chance to go the U.S. Open in Pinehurst.  We have some friends that live in the village and some great babysitters (thanks fam ;) near by so we couldn't say no.

 Aunt Stephanie took Avery outside Saturday morning and she started out in her bathing suit.  (I wish they had turned the sprinklers on at the gold course too).

But Avery thought Harpo was having more fun and he wasn't wearing any clothes, so why should she?

At least Stephanie moved her to the shade and of course applied more sunscreen.

All the water play (and Papa play) really wore her out (she also woke up at 6:30 that morning, but did have an afternoon nap) because when we came back Sunday morning she was still fast asleep at 9:45!!  I'll let you know if that ever happens again :)

Play Date

Avery does have a few other friends besides her Lily-bo.  Last Sunday, Hunter came over to play.  The girls were so excited to see each other.  It's sweet to see them interact and amazing how the energy (and noise) level goes up when this age group is together.  (Again I have so much respect for their teachers).  I had planned for them to run around in the backyard with the sprinkler on, but it turned out to be stormy that afternoon so we did about a hundred other things instead.  Hunter gets bored quick.
Here are some pics of some of the things we did: wagon ride, story time, snack time, painting.  Not pictured is bubble blowing, doctor/patient play, bike riding, pretend cooking, golf, chasing Charger, dancing in tutu, and one meltdown over who was using the purple marker - favorite color of both girls.