Ava's worst enemy

We had such a hectic schedule on Saturday. To summarize, I had to get the kids up and running at 8 a.m. I had made an apptmt for their annual flu shots. Suffice to say, Ava didn't know what was coming to her until we got to the examining room. You could see the hesitant look on her face as she was walking towards the examining room. She still remembers the very first Well visit when they stuck her with six shots/needles. Since then, every time she sees a nurse come in the examining room, she starts to freak out. So before Sebastian got his flu shot, she started the water works and ran out of the examining room. I had to try and talk her back into the room but ended up chasing her down the hall before she got to the main reception area. I think she was truly trying to escape. Poor baby. I hated telling her everything would be okay but how do you explain to a 22 mth old that the needle will just feel like a small prick. Kinda like when Sebastian fell on the playground and ended up with stitches. They had to numb the area around the eye before the stitches and we told him it would feel like a mosquito bite. Well, the shot stung like you know what and every time we pass the hospital, he reminds us of the "mosquito bite incident".


This place looks familiar....













Sebastian putting up a brave front.













Where's the nearest exit?













I don't care how much it "feels like"













OW....that hurt!













I don't care how much you love me....it still hurts!



























We are outta here!

Nightly routine

This was Ava getting ready for her bath on Halloween night. The grandparents were amused at Ava's bath "routine". After all these months, I finally have my children well trained (well one of them that is) ;-)



I call this the "Long Kiss Goodnight" because Ava wants to make sure everybody gets a kiss blown to them and that she says "bye bye" to every single person in the house.

One down, two more to go

Well, Halloween is over and it's officially Christmas. We were on our way to the doctor's office to get the kids their flu shots the day after Halloween (Nov 1st) and we heard our first Christmas radio station. We are always placing our bets on when Christmas songs will be played since we can never remember the previous years. We know that the radio usually comes out first and low and behold....three weeks before Thanksgiving!


Christmas radio station announced



Sebastian singing to one of his favorites..

Miss Personality

The many faces of Ava. She puts a whole new meaning in Little Red Riding Hood ;-)

Happy Halloween!

I'm posting a LOT of pictures from Halloween day and night. I tried to list them in sequential order. We started in the afternoon when Ava's daycare had a Halloween parade. We didn't get many pictures of the parade because the teachers marched the toddlers through one door and through another door. So the length of the march was about 15 seconds. They should have made a couple rounds around the daycare, in the same pattern so the parents waiting on the playground could get a couple shots of their children. Oh well, we were not lacking photos on Halloween night.

Catalog Order

I'm posting this picture on my blog for scrapbook purposes. Sebastian had his Halloween costume picked out way before I was ready to place the order. I brought the catalog to work so I wouldn't forget to order the costume. Sebastian circled his costume choice with a blue pen because he wanted to make sure I didn't order the wrong costume! You can see the blue ink scribble if you click on the picture. It will enlarge. I thought it was so cute.

Poster Child

See? She did the "pose" again right in front of the daycare! This was not a coincidence. I think I have a future model on my hands. Strike a pose!





















Will the real Ava please step forward!