Fall 2013

 Gma and Avery putting together a puzzle.  Both the girls have gotten really good at puzzles.

 Kendall practicing her letters using an App on the Ipad.  Her memory is amazing and I swear she has all the little songs/jingles memorized for each of the letters. 

Avery's personality is changing a lot lately.  She is becoming so much more independent and self assured.  She no longer copies everything Kendall does.  That also means they fight more. But even with those battles, the girls still have their moments where they can play so well with one another. I love that they are so close in age and will have each other as play mates (and hopefully friends) as they grow up. 

 We recently got a new trundle bed off craigslist and retired/sold the old car bed.  Avery loves her new big girl bed.  They haven't yet had a reason or opportunity to be roommates (that is, to pull out the trundle and sleep together) - we will see how that goes. 

 Avery on her way to preschool.  Avery really seems to like her new school. The other day I got an email message from her new teacher telling me what she did along with a picture of her at school. Meant so much to know to me that they took the time to share how she is doing. Everyday she asks me if I am 'going to work today' to which I reply 'yes' and she informs me that 'you don't want to go to work today' - not going to lie, breaks my heart a little every time!

 We've barely started potty training...she just doesn't seem really ready or interested.  I don't think it will be too much longer.

We recently went to a great event sponsored by the Lexington Recreation and Aging Commission. An overnight camp out at a local soccer field, complete with smores and a movie (the Croods). Despite the awesome night and great time, the girls opted out of spending the night in the tent, so we took down the tent and headed back home...both were just so tired after a long week! We woke up the next morning and headed to mom and dad's for a garage sale (the second one in two weeks) where we successfully got rid of nearly all of our stuff...even made a little money.

Here is Avery being silly and repeating a series of lines from the movie Merida. It isn't exactly correct, but cute just the same! 

Kendall is amazing us every day with how much and what she is learning at school. She has progressed from the continents to learning metal insets, addition (no joke, she can actually add numbers), and all about apples.  She can tell you all about the various kinds of apples...their correct names, what they look like, etc. The other day she mentioned learning a new lesson using dominoes. So, I pulled out the Mexican Dominoes game and had her 'teach' me the lesson - to count and write out the numbers from each side of the domino...place value! After my lesson, I decided to have some fun and 'teach' her how to make a long line of dominoes and then knock them down. We have parent teacher conferences next week. I am very much looking forward to learning more about her lessons. She has also taken to calling me on the way home with daddy to ask me about what we are having for dinner. It is just surreal to have an actual conversation with her on the phone - she is getting to be such a big kid.