Birds of a feather?

I think Ava and Marley have been hanging around together too long.  ;-D

(Tooth) Fairy tales

Notice anything different?  Sebastian lost two of his baby teeth this past week.  You can hardly notice the gaps on the upper row because his adult teeth have crowded out the baby teeth.  

The first time he lost his tooth, he came into our room at 2:30 a.m. to let us know.  Michael was barely awake so I tucked Sebastian back in bed.  I took some money out of my purse and put it on my nightstand along with the tooth.  I was going to put the money under the pillow before we got up in the morning.  Luckily, Ava came in around 5:30 a.m. looking for her blankie and I remembered to fulfill the Tooth Fairy duty.

Later in the day, Sebastian brought up the Tooth Fairy while he was doing his homework.  He said he didn't think there was such thing as a Tooth Fairy.  I asked him how he came to that conclusion or why he was thinking about it.  He said he was awake this morning and he was pretending to be asleep.  He felt a hand go under his pillow.  I asked him to describe what the Tooth Fairy was wearing and he said he couldn't see because his eyes were closed.  But he could tell it was probably Mommy or Daddy.  He said the Tooth Fairy was wearing pajamas.  I think he's unto me   :-(

Michael had a funny story to tell me after the kids went to bed.  He said he almost forgot to put money under the pillow so when he went to make Sebastian's bed, he noticed that Sebastian hadn't checked yet.   Michael pulled up the pillow and slipped the money under.  He noticed that I had already put some money there and took back his money.  In the nick of time too because Sebastian came into the room.  Boy, wouldn't Sebastian have been surprised if there was double the amount left by the Tooth Fairy.  Sebastian told me that his friend got a whole quarter for his tooth.  

Sebastian came into our room at 6:30 a.m. this morning to tell us his second tooth came out.  The Tooth Fairy has to make another appearance tonight.  We'll see how things go in the morning ;-D  I think the Tooth Fairy theory is going to be blown out of the water (from a nine year old standpoint anyway). 

Another celebration

We went to a spanish tapas restaurant for my birthday over the summer.  Sebastian was spending the week with his Mom Mom and Pop Pop.  Poor Ava had to endure two hours of wine and several mini courses.  But she was a trooper ;-)

Mommy and Ava moment.  Ava had something in her mouth and wasn't sure if she liked it or not.

Hmmm...this isn't so bad, I think.

All right, enough with the pictures...what's that on your plate?

One of the many tapa plates.

Ava not afraid to try anything.

I mean everything! 

Mmmmm, Mommy's favorite....lamb chops.

Yes, please!

Doing the mid-dinner stretch to make more room?

July showers

Every once in a while we would take a break from the swimming pool and go over to the water fountains at the outdoor mall.  

Don't ask me what she's doing. I think she thought it was hilarious to spank her own hiney.

Family Festival Day

It's hard to believe the company picnic/festival was July 20th.  It feels like it was soo long ago.  

This was a shot of our reflections outside Michael's office building.  Of course for Ava, it was like a moth to a flame.

My little man not too old yet for face paint.

It was hot out that day so it definitely called for water ice!

On our way back home.  After walking around for an hour and a half, I don't know how he had the energy to jump around on the sidewalk.  It was really hot (you can see Ava's cheeks all pink below).

Hard head

Yep, this pretty much summarizes how Sebastian plays with Ava.  Except this time, Sebastian wasn't around and Ava was missing him.  Ha ha....just kidding!

Happy and healthy

This was during Sebastian's 9 year check up with the new Pediatrician in July.  I don't know why I get so gushy looking at this picture.  I guess because I caught a glimpse of his baby-ness.  It makes me sad that he won't have this baby face for much longer.

I don't remember why Ava made the reactions but aren't they so expressive?  ;-)

Swirly Girly

Seriously, don't get in the way of a girl and her lollipop.  My eyes would be all cross eyed if I had to stare at a lollipop that close and for that long  :-P

She's a live wire!

This morning I told myself that I have to sit down and take time to update my blog.  Ava's personality has bloomed over the summer and she's definitely coming into her own.  Ava has been in such a good mood this week, both in the morning and after daycare.   She says the darnest things and I wish I could only remember half of them.

Senario 1:  I wanted to put two piggy tails in Ava's hair today.  Sometimes I loop her hair under the rubber bands so that her hair is off her neck and face (like in the pic below).  She told me that she didn't want "balloons" in her hair.  I never made reference to balloons before and I asked her who called them balloons?  She replied, "Ava does."

Scenario 2:  Sebastian was packing his backpack for school and he asked his Dad where the lunchbox was.  Michael had given him lunch money to buy lunch in the cafeteria.   Sebastian put the money is his pocket and had already forgotten about it.  So Michael asked Sebastian (sarcastically), "what do you use that's on top of your head?"  Ava was drawing on the table and just when you think she's not paying attention, she answers, "BRAIN."

Scenario 3:  Ava has taken on her Daddy's sense of humor and funny sayings.  Every morning when I get her strapped into the carseat, she'll say, "Thank you.....Come Agaaain!"  Another of her favorite sayings is "Nice job Einstein!"  That was Daddy's phrase whenever somebody dropped something.  Now Ava calls everyone Einstein, LOL!

Scenario 4:  Ava has recently discovered the difference between sexes.  Even though she has taken hundred's of baths with her brother in the past, the question never came up.   It's been a couple months since they have taken a bath together.  Yesterday, Ava was inquisitive about her Daddy's "parts" and proceeded to point it out.  Since Sebastian was our first child, we never had to worry about this question (not quite like Ava's questioning).  Of course Daddy told her it wasn't nice to point and she concluded that Daddy just had an "accident" and it was perfectly acceptable.  Hey, accidents happen!