Just a few photos of the kids enjoying the HOT weather we've had this week! It is supposed to be 90 today--yowza! Is it sad that I'm so proud of how cheap Ava's little swim-set was? $.95 each for the top and bottom, and the hat and shoes were also $1 each, making the entire outfit total under $4. I love a bargain! :)
Just a quick post to say Happy Earth Day to everyone! At Aiden's school they spent the entire morning outside to celebrate our planet and this amazing spring weather we're having! After lunch the kids and I planted some flowers in pots on the back porch (thank you Susan, as they were a birthday party goody-bag present and we saved them until today!) Having children has definitely made me more aware of my impact on this planet, and I want to make sure that I teach them to treat it well. Chuck is VERY diligent about recycling, and he's certainly made me more aware of the things that I can recycle instead of just throwing away.
Take the opportunity today to "Be Green" and do something wonderful for our planet! Plant some flowers, pick up trash (we're going to take a "trash walk" this afternoon around the neighborhood to clean up!), recycle--anything to help our Earth!
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
Native American Proverb
Ava has a new obsession: bubbles. She says it "bubba!" and while this is a mere 1 minute and 30 second clip, we blew bubbles for 40 minutes today and she could NOT stop yelling about it, lol. Too cute:) Aiden is really good at blowing bubbles and loves to blow them for her to pop. Such a good big brother...well, some of the time, lol. The rest of the time I am begging him to please just "leave sissy alone!" :)
it's Youtube that I'm having trouble with on the second video of my last post. Sorry! I'm working on it--I've re-downloaded it several times but nothing is working. Hmmmm. If I fix the problem I'll repost the video! Just wanted to let you all know.
I think I'm starting to lose track of all of these video clips! But here are a few more from the past few days. Nothing too exciting, just a glimpse into life with Aiden and Ava! :)
More videos from the last day or two. I am loving taking clips with my digital camera, it is so easy! Makes me sort of wish we hadn't bought the actual video camera--no need for it now! These are also mainly of Ava--sorry Aiden!--but I wanted to post them before they get buried in my youtube account and I completely forget.
And here are a few more videos. They are mainly of Ava, Aiden doesn't like being video-taped much these days. I haven't figured out how to edit clips taken on my camera yet, I'm working on that though! One of the videos is from Easter morning and the other is from a few days ago.My dear friend Holly makes the most adorable hair bows for little girls, and her website has officially launched! Visit www.pixiebows.com to see all of her cute bows and make sure to click on "baby snaps" to see a very special Lil' Miss as the baby snaps model! That picture of Ava was taken back in Nov. of last year, so she has a LOT more hair now, but unfortunately she refuses to keep hair bows in her hair--otherwise I might go broke buying bows from Holly!
If you know someone with a little girl, please feel free to pass along the link. I know Holly would appreciate it!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter! We are planning a yummy Easter lunch with a spiral ham, Au gratin potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, rolls, and cherry pie. YUM!! The kids had a great morning finding their baskets and the eggs hidden all over the house. Thank you so much to Granny also for the Cars movie, the pez dispensers (Aiden looooves his!) and the window clings. The kids were so excited!
Here is a quick slideshow of pics from the morning and a video of Aiden going through his basket:
We've had a very happy and fun Saturday. An egg hunt at Dauset Trails nature center with some friends this morning, then an afternoon of playing in the yard. I scored this Little Tikes climber for $15 on Craigslist, and Ava just loves playing on it. Aiden does too, although he's a bit too big for it! :) Here is a slideshow of random pics (some from the hunt) and a video of Ava playing on her new climber.
This isn't the best video clip, but I am testing out uploading and posting videos taken on my digital camera instead of the video camera. Chuck upgraded me to a 2GB memory card and I can finally take videos on my camera! Yay! This is a clip of Ava feeding her baby a "ba ba" and Aiden, as always, trying to get in on the action:)
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Ava and Mommy
Snuggle bunny--both of the kids love their blankets!
