Polar Express at Pre School

The day finally arrived that Avery could wear her jammies to school (all day!) Miss Keely had her parents come in and set up their polar express train and her mom reads them the story and all the kids (and teachers) are in their jammies! How fun is that?! I stayed about 15 mins to get some pictures.....I know you are ALL surprised!


Getting her ticket stamped!


Twins, Cali and Kenzie. Avery missed Cali since she had to get her tonsils out.

Amazed..........

Yes her hands were a twisting :)

Avery, Cali and Grace....her best friends at school!

Santa Claus came to MY house!

Some more pictures at Nana's house

We didn't tell her Santa was coming and she was trying to hang on to my leg when we came in the door :) She wanted to know why he didn't use the chimney and thank goodness we had a fire (that was my excuse!)

She told him "You're the 3rd Santa I've seen this year!" She is correct!

Telling him what she wants: sleeping beauty and a Barbie with a pony and that's it!

She was so tickled he gave her a surprise!

Loving the candy, apple, orange and candy cane!

Dec. 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13

Here is what we've been up to so far this COLD and SNOWY month of December:

Mom still watches Avery 2x's a week and once in awhile 3 (if I need a sitter while I work at Walnut Creek) and Avery just LOVES her choo-choo train!

We had a surprise waiting for us when we got up on Friday morning. So while I shoveled Avery could hardly contain herself...she LOVES eating snow!

We had another surprise Saturday morning. Mimi and Pop-Pop kept Avery Friday night while we went to our 3rd and final Christmas Party, so Saturday morning after Mimi and Avery went to the Craft Show she dropped Miss A off then a little while later in comes Janna and kids....Avery was so excited! The kids played about an hour while Janna ran to the craft show. Then Saturday night on their way home they stopped back in and we got pizza and the kids got to play again! I was glad because Avery had slept 4 hours that day and I was afraid she wouldn't sleep that night but she did all night long...yea!

Some cute ones of Kaid and Avery

Then trying to get all 3 to cooperate just wasn't happening!

Avery's little nest on Sunday morning :)

She told me she was doing her homework!

2 thumbs up on being 3.5 yrs old today! This year is flying by so quickly!

Just being silly!

Night time routine with Daddy.....being carried up the steps

Getting ready to be.............

thrown as HIGH as he can onto the bed.....

over and over and

Over again! I'm afraid one of these nights there is going to be a bitten lip or tongue :( But she just LOVES it!

Santa Claus came to Town...too early!

This post is out of order but I just couldn't post this BEFORE Thanksgiving even though it happened on Sat. November 20th. I couldn't believe it was time for Santa - technically he was a week earlier than last year ;) I made lunch for Mom and Avery and then we went to see the Pomerene Auxiliary Tree's that were decorated and of course Santa!


She wasn't afraid at all! :)

"I would like Snow White and a Barbie with a big pretend pony" (she saw at Kohl's)

Then later that night mom and Avery went to the Victorian House for the lighting of their trees and Santa was there again! Mom said Avery said "this Santa's face is fatter and not skinny like the other one"....mom said because he went home and ate too much lunch ;) Josh and I were at a Christmas Party.

Thanksgiving 2010!

I can't believe Thanksgiving has come and gone! It just didn't seem like it was time for Thanksgiving yet and I'm not sure if it's because Thursdays is normally my day off or the fact I worked 5 days this week or is this year just flying by?! We spent the day at Proper's and didn't know if Avery and I were going to get to go she had started with a fever Wed. night. During the day she seemed ok, besides her raspy voice and we decided to let her sleep in her own bed Thurs. night and then go to Mimi's all day on Fri. to play and have a sleepover with her cousin's on Friday night. Then all day on Saturday and they went to Beechy's for Tgiving/Christmas get together which I had to miss because I worked. November has been extremely busy this year I think everyone is trying to make Dec. not so busy and so everything seems to have been in Nov. I didn't get many pictures at all since I was only around on Tgiving Day and hoping Janna took some.


Crazy Avery eating her turkey cookie.


Miss Kaidrie



and Mr. Kason....of course he smiled AFTER I took his picture.

The girls loved looking at my scrapbook and a book I had made for Avery.

Goofy Girls.

Friday night after a busy day at work I went to Proper's to grab a bite of pizza and see everyone for half hour then I met some high school friends at Bag's. Vicki Riggle-Steele was in town! I haven't seen her in forever! We crashed her parents 50th Wedding Anniversary Party :)

I was so tired and home by 9:45pm plus I also had to work the next day. Town was so busy since it was the kickoff of the Holiday Season. It was good to see a lot of people I normally don't get too.

I'm not tired.........

Avery and I went to Wooster after work and school today. I stopped at Mimi's to get her 30% off at Kohl's and Avery wanted a blanket. I knew she'd fall asleep since she doesn't nap at school.....

She also fell asleep on the way home too! I think she's having a growing spurt b/c she's eating A LOT and sleeping very good.

P/T Conference

We had our first parent-teacher conference today. This is what her teacher wrote on her report card:

"Avery is doing very well in school. She is willing and excited about learning. She knows and follows all routines. She has a tendency to want to do things only on her terms and can be very independent and not allowing help, but we are working on that. Avery loves to sing our songs in class. We are working on colors and shapes. Keep up the good work Avery." Miss Keely.

I think that is VERY accurate! Miss Avery is VERY independent even at home. Miss Keely also said she's going to be a leader in the class. This doesn't surprise me. She is the youngest in her class and I'm glad she's doing very well!

Josh and I did get a chuckle when Miss Keely asked about Avery wringing and twisting her hands! NOTE the picture....yes she was EXCITED to go to school that day :)