New Fad

Ava started this new fad of carrying a stuff animal with her where ever she goes. First it was the giant pink bear and now it's the white puppy. It's so cute when she asks for her puppy. It sounds like she's saying "bobby". It's cute until she drops the puppy five times and expects you to pick it off the floor while your'e driving.

Repairs and Improvements

When the laptop replacement parts arrived, I had no idea that Michael had to take the entire laptop apart to replace the hard drive! Michael decided to purchase a hard drive upgrade for his laptop as well. So he had to take two laptops apart. He also had to purchase special tools (screwdrivers) to perform the delicate "operations". All I can say is...Thank Goodness my husband is the computer "wiz" because I would have been the sucker who would have paid a technician $1000 to fix my laptop!













Oh yeah, I decided to throw in this last picture of a new toilet still in the box. We had to replace one of the toilets in the upstairs bathroom. After tinkering with the darn toilet for almost three weeks, we decided to replace the entire fixture. So this has been the month of home "projects". The laptops were unintentional, the toilet was a necessity! :-P

Dinner Guests (Epilogue)

Well, I finally have my laptop back! I've been slowly resetting everything back the way it was (reloading old software and installing upgrades). It's all so technical and boring but I couldn't function without a fully loaded laptop!

So here are some pictures from two weeks ago when June, Bruce and Mary came over for dinner. Mary and Sebastian had this "bond" where they were inseparable but I think the age difference is starting to finally catch up as they are getting older. Mary is 3 1/2 yrs old, Sebastian is 7/12 and Ava is just over two yrs old. This past visit, Mary and Ava had a little more in common because they are both closer in age and both girls. That didn't stop Mary from being Sebastian's little shadow at times ;-)

A game of Candy Land before dinner














Bath Buddies














The girls drying their hair by running around the kitchen island a hundred times















Pajama Party!

Out of the mouth of babes

My dearly beloved laptop is on the fritz! I've heard and read about other people's hard drives crashing, burning out, etc. but I never thought it would happen to me! This past weekend my mac notebook died! I don't know how many pictures I've lost until the back up hard drive Michael ordered arrives later this week. Thankfully, I backed up my pictures last December?? So hopefully I only lost one or two months worth of pictures. Of course that could mean 500 - 1000 pictures may have been lost.

On another note, June, Bruce and Mary came over for dinner last night. I have pictures of the kids on my digital camera but I can't post any pictures right now! I'm using an interim computer to access my blog (Thankfully).

June brought over a Chocolate Lava Cake box mix for dessert. It was a hit with Sebastian. We had Lava cake, cookies and ice cream. This morning when Michael and Sebastian were doing their morning routine before school, Sebastian told his Daddy that he couldn't believe how delicious the Lava cake was last night and he could still taste the cake in his mouth. He didn't know Mommy knew how to make Lava cake and last night was his favorite. I don't know if he meant last night was his favorite night because he had so much fun with Mary visiting or if the Lava cake was his favorite dessert. I will have to get further clarification after work today.













p.s. this is a professional display only. The real lava cakes were consumed before I could take a picture.

Fish lips

I was outside doing something and I turned around to see this face staring back at me behind the glass door. Don't ask me why I had my camera outside, but I did. I don't remember frankly.

A few months ago, Ava and I were alone in the house. I think Sebastian and Michael went to their piano lessons. I was vacuuming downstairs and stepped outside to empty the vacuum canister. Ava was standing by the front door and when I turned around to open the front door, I found a little surprise. Ave knew how to turn the latch next to the door handle and LOCKED ME OUT! It took about 25 minutes to get Ava to turn the knob the correct way to unlock the door. I thought for a second I might have to call 911 because it was freezing outside and I was almost panicking. It must have been a sight to see me talking through the glass door at this two year old. Suffice to say, we both survived.

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"Mommy, I want to come ooouuutttt!"

Big Brother!

This weekend we were practicing the shoulder ride on big brother. He's not quite there yet but pretty soon we won't need the stroller! We'll have Daddy's shoulders and big brother's shoulders. Ummm....let's just say we still need a LOT of practice. Sebastian's steering isn't all that reliable.

New and improved

This weekend Ava graduated from her "baby" high chair to her "big girl" booster seat. The only difference between the old seat and the new seat is that Ava is no longer strapped in. The booster chair is actually Sebastian's when he was younger.

Another proud moment for Mommy. You have to be a parent to understand I guess.