Bode is 5!!

Happy Birthday, Bode! Everyone came outside to have an impromptu celebration with Bode--even Gunther!!

Ava and the hose

It was a hot one today and she had so much fun outside playing in her pool and with the hose. We had to hose off the driveway because it was SOO hot on your feet! Somewhere there is a picture of me with the hose from about 27 years ago that I will find and put here too...to see if there are any similarities!

Pretty big shoes...

Ava has some pretty big shoes to follow in if she decides to take after Daddy!

Pool time!

The best place to have a drink is definitely in the pool!

I decided to add warm water to Ava's "pool" and she thought it was my best idea ever! She stayed in the water for almost an hour! OK, so maybe "in the water" was also "on the table" but she was having fun! We followed pool time with snack time, what a sweet girl!

Where's Ava?

After walking around the zoo with Mason and Trenton Ava decided to play hide and seek. I think she is going to be pretty darn good at that game!

Happy 4th of July!!

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout...
...down came the rain and washed the spider out...
...out comes the sun and dries up all the rain... ...and the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again!!

Ava LOVES to play outside. It doesn't matter if we are on the driveway, in the grass, on the deck or at a store in the parking lot--she has a great time. At one point she had had enough and decided she could open the slider and let herself back inside. She even closed the door behind her!! What a good girl!!

Girly day

I thought Ava should be girly today, so she got to wear a pretty white dress--thanks, Tammy!! She had a great time playing but then decided she should wear pretty pink shoes with her pretty white dress. Here she is, attempting to put those pretty pink shoes on!