Mother-Daughter Tea Party

Last Sunday Avery and I got to attend a Mother-Daughter Tea at Richland Hills Church of Christ, which is where she and Kendall go to preschool. The event was entitled "Lemon Drops and Lollipops," both of which they used for table decorations. It was too cute! They had 2 picture stations set up where you could have your picture made with your daughter, a refreshment table w/ cookies, fruit, cupcakes and lemonade, and a candy 'bar' where the girls could choose what kinds of candy they wanted to fill up a treat bag. After doing all of that, we sat at a table with 3 of her friends from school and their Moms to enjoy our treats and then watch a skit and listen to a little talk on manners. A lot of the little girls, including Avery, really enjoyed wearing the tiaras and purses they received as party favors and licking their big lollipops during the entertainment. It was a really fun afternoon and we are already looking forward to going next year and bringing Kendall along!

my sweet princess

watching the entertainment and eating her treats

sugar high!

Avery and a friend from school (this little girl waits at the classroom door every day for Avery and won't go play until she gets there!)

playing with friends by the playscape

Ft Worth Children's Museum

Saturday my parents and I had planned to take the girls to a strawberry patch in Granbury, but it was closed due to the rain. We opted to go to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History instead. They have an actual Children's Museum inside, plus several other exhibits geared toward children that we were able to see. We built things, did crafts, played with shadows, did mini science experiments, saw dinosaurs, and played doctor's office and grocery store. Kendall's favorites were the blocks, dinosaurs and the pretend grocery store. Avery's favorites were the shadow box, the TXU Energy blast exhibit, and the pretend grocery store as well. It was a fun (and popular!) way to spend a rainy day!

playing with blocks and marble run materials

Avery enjoyed making designs in the sand on this rotating wheel

checking out at the pretend grocery store

Kendall insisted on getting as many apples as possible. She practically climbed right in trying to get every last one in the bin!

Easter 2010

This year for Easter we joined my parents for church over in Coppell not only because it was Easter Sunday, but also because it was my Dad's birthday. The girls really enjoyed seeing the live bunnies they had on the lawn at their church, and they also really liked helping their Poppi eat his birthday cake and ice cream after a delicious lunch that my Mom fixed. Sadly, we didn't get any really pretty pictures outside or anything. We just snapped what we could really quick inside before the girls wanted out of their shoes and dresses. I guess it was for the best since we all kind of clashed!

Avery and Kendall with their Poppi

The weekend before Easter a couple in our class at church had everyone over for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. We enjoyed a great meal out on their patio with friends and then the egg hunting began! Avery and Kendall both ended up with full baskets. Actually, Avery was really good at finding eggs this year and hers was overflowing! She was sweet enough to top off her sister's basket, although Kendall did pretty well on her own too. The couple that hosted the egg hunt has such a great backyard for an egg hunt and it is so fun every year.

Avery ran around filling her basket as quickly as she could

Kendall completed wiped out one flowerbed

Avery and Kendall wanted to share a chair while they ate

Fort Worth Zoo

Avery's birthday last Wednesday also happened to be 1/2 price day at the Fort Worth Zoo. I decided that with the beautiful spring weather forecasted it would be the perfect day to go. And it was! The weather was great, and all the animals were out eating and playing. We saw pretty much all the major animals, including those in the new MOLA (Museum of Living Art) exhibit which was really nice and houses all the snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, and fish. We also fed the parakeets, and did the petting zoo and the play barn this time. It was a great way to spend Avery's actual birthday!












That evening I took the girls up to Scott's office so we could give Avery her birthday present from us (we had been storing it there) and take her out to one of her favorite restaurants, Pei Wei. She loved her Barbie bike and had to try it out right away!

4th Birthday Party!

Last Sunday evening we had Avery's birthday party at ASI Gymnastics in Keller where she takes classes. This was her first year to have friends at her birthday party, and she was so excited to show them where she takes gymnastics and have them there to help her celebrate. We invited her whole class from school (15 kids), and had a good turnout of 8 kids from YCW, plus her 7 year old cousin Brooklyn and of course Kendall. It was a very hands-off party which was really nice for us-- the coaches took care of set up, all the games and activities, serving cake and lemonade, and even writing down the gift list. The kids all seemed to have a really good time too. They got to jump on the trampolines, swing, bounce, and slide into the foam pit, play with the parachute, and do relays and other games. Avery really liked being presented with her own gold medal by the coaches, being the line leader every time, and all the other special attention. She was all smiles when they turned out the lights and brought her cake over to sing "Happy Birthday." And of course she had fun opening all the presents and giving all of her little friends thank you hugs. We topped off the night with a big family dinner at Spring Creek Barbecue-- delicious! Here are a plethora of pictures from her party:

The birthday girl, Mommy and Kendall

Jumping-- her favorite part of gymnastics

Catching a little air

Playing popcorn

Swinging into the foam pit

Bouncing into the foam pit

Getting fanned w/ the parachute (wish I had zoomed so you could see her laughing)

kicking the foam blocks in a relay

getting ready to play "Cookie Monster"

Receiving her birthday gold medal

Ready for her Barbie cake

opening presents surrounded by friends

thank you hugs for her friends