Swings, Scooter & Shades....

Ava has discovered how to "pump" on the swings and she is proud of her new talent.  She will tell anyone about it that will listen.  She also loves to practice! 

 

Bubbles! 

My Sunglasses Cuties 

Big Shot 

Big Wave to Mom! 

Ava's beloved scooter- she thinks she's riding without training wheels!  She just loves her new scooter so much we can hardly get her off of it!

Mother's Day Part 2:

Take 1:  Mom & Dad with the kids 

Take 2:  Owen is out

Soccer Boy!

 

Waiting for Owen to "pass" them the ball. 

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Ava 4 1/2 yrs, Owen 19 mths 

 

What a beautiful Mother's Day we had this year!  The weather was absolutely perfect!  I had a wonderful gift brought to me in bed--the zoom lens for my camera that Brad and Ava had shopped for.  I was pretty excited! We went to church and then had my parents over and had a picnic at the park.  Gary and Joyce couldn't make it to our picnic this year.  The kids had lots of fun playing in the backyard and at the park.

"Beep, Beep, Beep".....

 

 

 

Owen's favorite word right now is "beep".  Okay, so that probably isn't officially a word, but we'll take it as he doesn't have many right now!   He has discovered vehicles (cars, trains, airplanes, tractors) and they all say "beep, beep, beep".  He just loves to play with things with wheels.  We have an official "boy" on our hands!

Ava's Last Day at Little Lambs/Conferences

 

 

 

Ava had her last day at Little Lambs preschool.  She really seemed to enjoy her year and made some good friends.  She still remains tight with her BFF Hannah Kempema but also liked Rosa Fey and Peyton Blom.  They had a closing ceremony/graduation for all the preschoolers, not just the ones "graduating" into kindergarten.  Grandma Chris came to see her sing in the program which Ava seemed to thoroughly enjoy.  We had a great conference with Mrs. Sonntag.  She said Ava is a great listener and has good comprehension/recall skills about what they had learned.  Her only complaint was that she couldn't put Ava and Hannah next to each other during story time because they talked too much--big shocker!  I'm sad and wondering if I made the right decision by sending her to the preschool at the school next year, but I've heard such great things about both programs, I thought I could give it a try.