Coral Reef

Ava did it!  She raised over $200 to donate to the Coral Reef Alliance for her birthday!  We are so proud of her.  She's so proud of herself!  Thank you, everyone, for your help.  You should be proud, too.

  

Here are some shots from the big moment when Ava clicked the "donate" button...

Daddy's getting it set up...

 "DONATE" 

 Hooray!

Snapshots

The Cat in the Hat visited us at story time...

Look!  Linc colored his hat red!

 Rainy day = fort, popcorn and a movie.

Bucket List

Ava recently crossed something off her bucket list...

She's wanted to help me cut in the kitchen since she was Lincoln's age.  Her dream finally came true.

She did such a good job.  Seriously.  Perfect form and just enough pressure.  All with a dull kid knife.  

She cut and cut and cut all those strawberries.  She probably cut for forty-five consecutive minutes and she was so happy the whole time.

Bubble Dome!

I.love.preschool.

Pass Member Preview

Some shots from Pass Member Preview day at Busch Gardens...

They're awesome...

 Ava is into birds right now.  She was full of questions...

 Snake!

 They don't need us to help them on rides anymore :-(

I think the Dads secretly like the dragon ride...

 She loves herself a map (hmm, who does that remind me of?)...

 My loves...

 Smooch!

 She's also into facial expressions...still...

 How much fun is this picture?!

 A real smile!

Snapshots

Sam and Tyler - Day 2

On day 2 of Sam and Tyler's visit we made volcano's following this easy tutorial. It was a huge hit!

Samantha with her volcano - ready for eruption!

Ava with her volcano - ready for eruption!

WOAH!

Even the boys were into it!

Here is a video of the action!

After our volcano experiment we enjoyed lunch outside...

(the girls are modeling the napkins that their Great Aunt Maureen made for them)

Check out the cool napkins GAM made for the boys!

Then we played outside for forever.

Here, the girls are attempting to catch a bird...

How sweet is this boy? This is how he pops bubbles...

The girls couldn't catch a bird on their sticks so they made a nest, complete with a worm, in an effort to lure the birds...

Sam and Tyler - Day 1

Sam and Tyler stayed with Honey and Papa a couple weekends ago and their trip was filled with adventure (and we tagged along too)!  

We went to the Virginia Air and Space Center...

Linc loves wheels (and all parts transportation)

 Uncle Ryan tagged along too!

 The museum had this totally cool "Grossology" exhibit where we learned all about poop, boogers and burps!

Tyler was all about the talking nose faucet thing...

 Ava was grossed out by the talking nose faucet thing and Linc was a little frightened by it...

 Chris got his game on...

 Simulator: Before 

Simulator: After

 We worked up an appetite!