Halloween 2010

This year we lucked out again with the weather. A wonderful night for trick or treating and no snow on the ground.


Ameya was a Vampire Queen this year. Last year she was a witch and Scott did a bunch of crazy make-up on her. So this year, I said no crazy make-up. I wanted to see more of her cute face. We settled for crazy hair.


Ava was a fairy princess with wings for our church Halloween party but for Halloween, she was a She-devil. How true this is in real life.


Showing off the loot from the church party.

Ava's Comments

Comments from Ava as we drove to the park today:

Ava: Mom, did you see that brown truck
Me: Yes
Ava: There goes your favorite guy

She means the UPS guy as he brings my Stampin' Up boxes and I jump up and down when he comes.

Ava: Mom, does the park have swings
Me: Yes, Ava
Ava: and sand
Me: I think so
Ava: and Boys
Me: laughing

So Boys have already moved up to the third spot - and she is only 3.

Crazy Rain

Lately, around 4:00pm, we've been getting big rain storms blowing over Pikes Peak. The rain usually doesn't last too long but with the amount that is dropped, it doesn't have too.

This picture is of Scott's car parked in front of our house. You can see how much water is racing down our street. The awesome part is that once the rain stops, there is a beautiful rainbow. Quite nice!

Happy Birthday Ava

Today is Ava's 3rd Birthday.


The tradition Scott and I started is to decorate the night before so the birthday girl see everything as soon as she comes downstairs.


Last year Scott started hanging balloons from the ceiling and creating this big arrangement, so of course, we needed to do that this year too.


Ava is just starting to get the Birthday idea and that she is the Birthday girl. She is still not too sure what that means. Here she is coming down the stairs and seeing her "arrangement" for the first time.


But she is catching on quickly and having a great day. She was at the splash park followed by a bike ride on her new bike (a strider)and then we'll be off to a fun family fun center this evening. Woo Hoo for Birthdays!

Ava the Dressing Diva

Ava is so funny. She is really into picking out her outfits everyday and they usually consist of some fancy dress or costume along with my shoes.


I don't know how she does it but she walks around in my shoes, including coming down our stairs.


This day she picked out her Josie and the Pussy Cat's costume, my high-heels and about 30 minutes later, her pink tutu.

Dying Easter Eggs

We had a great time dying eggs this year for Easter. Ameya and Ava both love doing "crafty" activities and of course, we never have enough eggs for their liking.


Ava is really growing and able to do so much for herself....or maybe I should say, wants to do so much for herself and we only had a couple eggshell disasters.


As you can see from the pictures, Ava loves her big sister and Ameya is awesome with Ava. They have so much fun doing activities together.


I had out a bunch of Easter stickers as both girls like playing with stickers. I usually find them all over the house, stuck on furniture and windows and flooring. In this case, Ava was taking them and putting them all over Ameya. You can see a few of them in Ameya's hair and on her face. Ameya is always a great sport with her little sister. It was a great night.

Feeding the Giraffes

We have a great zoo here in the Springs and when the weather is nice we go up to see the animals. One of our favorite activities is to feed the giraffes. At first the girls were nervous but now they love it.