Disney on Ice (Oct 2012)

Ava's Birthday present from Jeremy & I was to go to Disney on Ice!!! 

I was so excited to take her, I knew she'd love it and of course she did. 

At the last minute, Shanda & Kiera decided to come down and go with us, though their seats were far away from us.  The show featured Cinderella, Princess & the Frog & Tangled, our favorites!!

Waiting for the show to start!

Princess & the Frog

I had to convince Ava that the alligator wasn't real, but she was so sure of it.

Cinderella & Prince Charming (does he have another name???)

They saved the best for last, with Rapunzel & Flynn Ryder & Maximus of course.

Our cute Princesses! 

Ava as Rapunzel & Kiera as Merida from Brave

 (my Mom made both these dresses, she's amazing!)

And the next day we had another party with the Clift's.

Great Grandpa Clift turned 89 & Ava now 5!

I didn't go too crazy on the cake, but found a cute idea of putting it in a frying pan (have to watch the movie to know why!)  Ava loved it!

Ava turns 5!!! (Oct 2012)

My spunky little Ava turned 5!!!  How did this happen already??? 

There is nothing little about this girl, she is averaging the size of an 8 year!  She's probably a head or more taller than most her Preschool friends and wearing a size 7/8.  She hasn't lost one bit of her spunk or sassiness, she keeps us on our toes.  When she grows up she says she going to marry Justin Bieber and just goes crazy when his songs come on the radio.  I blame her Preschool friends and the teens that work there!  She is not shy about pointing out all the "cute boys" she sees or saying someone looks funny when we are right next to them.  We are learning on reading, though it's going to be awhile.  She does love to draw pictures of her family and writes all our names.  When she knows it's someones Birthday she colors them a special picture to send to them.  I wish I could say she is a great big sister, though she does have her sweet moments where she'll be Mya's friend or help me out.  But alot of times I'm just breaking up the fight!  She's already made plans to move out...when I'm being nice I'm told I can visit, but if I'm mean I can't!  Love her imagination!

We love our Ava!

 My awesome Mom made this beautiful Rapunzel dress for Ava!

Ava could not be happier!

Happy Birthday Princess Ava!!!

Ava's Playgroup Birthday Party (Oct 2012)

We had a little party with our Playgroup friends a few days before her 5th Birthday.

I'm not ready for big ones where I invite her whole class, small crowds are better!

 The Birthday Girl!

 Yum, yum!

 She got some cute clothes from her friends, so nice of them.

 And of course she had to have a pinata!

Roy'l, Coralie, Daniel, & Sarah

Frey Grandparents come to visit (October 2012)

Jeremy's parents came for their annual visit, so we ventured up to Hood River and drove the "Fruit Loop".  There are lots of farms up there and they have places to stop and buy their produce and other activities.  We lucked out and only got sprinkled on a little!

 Mya checking out the produce, not sure what that is!

 Ava was playing some pumpkin bowling, but of course could stop to strike a pose.

 Mya & I got ditched in the corn maze!

 My cute family!

 Lester, Carole, Mya & Ava

 They had some cute, yet noisy little goats.

 I just LOVE this picture of Ava, she's such a beautiful girl!

 We stopped for an ice cream treat on the way home, one of Grandpa's favorite things!

The girls & their grandparents!  I think Mya has the same face on that she did for her other pic with them.  She loves family, but doesn't like being forced to sit or be held by them.  Only Mommy and Daddy get her cuddles easily!

Adventures with the Tooth Fairy!

Besides my Ava being gigantic in size and creating her own growth curve way above what she should be, she decides to lose her first baby tooth when she is 4!!!  Now the average age is give or take 6 years old when kids should start losing them.  And since she got her 1st tooth at 9/10 months old, I thought she'd have them longer.  I was wrong!

Tooth #1
"O" -lower left central incisor

 Sept 14th, 2012
Tooth was very loose and it got knocked that night.  Ava was crying that it hurt and was bleeding.  So we iced it for a minute, then I grabbed a napkin and yanked it out!  She cried more, but then realized it meant the tooth fairy was coming!  :)  All smiles then!  My Mom helped her make this awesome tooth pillow to hang by her bed.  Tooth fairy brought her $1 bill and candy, lucky gal!

 Tooth #2- "P"- lower right central incisor. 
October 19th, 2012....still 4 years old! 
This tooth got knocked out pretty much by itself, I think it got bumped and just fell out.  She was glad I didn't have to pull it!  Tooth Fairy was nice again, another $1 and candy.

Tooth #3- "F"- upper left central incisor

December 16th, 2012... now 5 years old!

This one was very loose and dangling.  She kept whining about it for a couple days, then finally came to me after bumping it and told me to yank it fast, which I did.  So brave! 

Look at that space!  Tooth Fairy came & gave as expected.

 

Tooth #4- "E"- upper right central incisor

January 30th, 2012...5 years old.

This poor tooth was hanging on forever and started to turn grey. 

It was also protruding funny, but Ava would never let me wiggle it. 

On this night, after much whining that she could only eat soft food and that it hurt, I was brushing her teeth in the bathtub and the toothbrush barely hit the tooth.  It flung into her mouth and I told her to spit it out fast!  Woohoo, look at that hole in her mouth now!!! 

Thankfully the lower two are coming in fast and the upper left one is starting to come down.  I really didn't think we'd be going through this stage yet, this girl amazes me! 

 

Now for all the fun, awkward pictures of her smile!

(There are no more loose ones yet, maybe the Tooth Fairy will get a break)

I LOVE my beautiful girls!!! (Sept 2012)

Just a few pics of my beautiful gals! 

How did I get so lucky?

Our new toy!!! (Sept. 2012)

I did it!!!  I talked Jeremy into getting the kids a trampoline!

Yes, we live in Oregon and I realize that it won't be used for many rainy months, but the kids need some exercise when it is dry.  And they LOVE IT!

 They had to test it out before the safety net was put up, they could wait no longer!  Thank heavens for safety nets though, many of times they would have landed on the ground without it.

 Bare legs everywhere!

 And why not stick a pool with water on top of it and jump the water out!

Mya did not appreciate being splashed though.

Time to play! 

Now if only they would go jump alone and not always require one of us to be on there with them.