Ava

This photo is just SO Ava. Looking up with her big brown eyes, food all over her face, a cute little half-grin, still in her pjs.

Sprinkler Fun

More summer fun photos. Here are some photos of Max and Ava playing in the sprinkler with Zoey. Max refused to run through the sprinkler until Zoey drug him through it. He doesn't like to get water in his eyes.

Ava didn't want to get water in her eyes either :)

The baby pool

Okay, so obviously these photos are kinda old. We're finally starting to get through all of our personal pictures from the past summer. So, here are some photos of Lia enjoying the baby pool.

I love the crinkle nose face!

iPhone Videos: Start your engines!

It's no secret that my kids love to run around the table. Here are a couple videos of them doing what they do best :)

iPhone Videos: My little singers

iPhone Videos: Lia eating yogurt

Lia loves her yogurt! And she's pretty good at feeding herself. Enjoy!

iPhone Videos: Lia's Baby Sign

We did baby sign language with all of our little ones. In fact, our good friend Dave was the first one to tell me about baby sign language way back when Max was a teeny baby. I'm going to dig around and see if I can find any old videos of Max and Ava doing sign. It's been such a great transitional communication tool for our family. Lia doesn't talk much, but she will do a few baby signs that at least give us a glimpse into what she's thinking. The signs she regularly does are: more, bite, drink, all done, and an occasion milk sign. Here are a few videos of her showing off her skills...







Sorry this one is vertical! I didn't know you couldn't rotate it :)

iPhone Videos: Max's Narrations, Volume 1

So Max got a hold of daddy's iPhone the other day and took this video of Lia. I laughed so hard when I watched it and knew I had to post it. So enjoy!

iPhone videos - Max reading

So I just figured out how to upload videos from my iPhone to YouTube. So, (lucky you!) I am going to start sharing them here. Hope you enjoy! These first two are from sometime this past summer when Max was starting to learn how to read.

Trick or Treating

Finally, the last Halloween post! Most of our friends who came to the party stayed to trick-or-treat, so we had a big group. On to the pictures...

Ava was excited!

Caleb didn't know what to think.

We had a big group this year!

Quite a few people were giving out playdoh and other small toys instead of candy. Right on!

Micah was really excited about the candy though :)

Waiting patiently...

Lia's like, what's up?

We actually ran into another family who had Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and Captain Hook.

Lia was done and ready for bed at this point.

Max was obviously not.

Josh was excited for the candy!

Baby Sam made a cute frog.

A wrestling match broke out in somebody's yard.

Dora was happy!

The Halloween Party

WARNING: IMAGE OVERLOAD!

Every year at Halloween, we love to get all our friends over and have a little party. This year, since Halloween was on a Saturday, it worked out even better. We had the party during the afternoon and then everyone stayed to go trick or treating.

We had pumpkins for the kids to decorate.

Lots of treats and sweets. This is a kitty litter cake that Rosemary made.

Yay! The group shot!

Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and Tinkerbell

Lia wasn't sure what to do with the hook.

I'm not convinced that she is a mean pirate.

I call this game, 'Tackle the Zoey!'

There were lots of super heroes and good guys in general. Not sure who they are fighting here :)

Now we're playing dog pile on 'baby' Josh

The light was so yummy that day!

Everybody get daddy!

Don't be fooled by Josh's first-hand account of this battle... he did NOT win.

Sam just slept most of the party.

Dave really wanted to be Dora the Explorer for Halloween.