Silly Ashley

Miss Ashley is constantly taking her bib off while eating so we found a kind that snaps on and boy was she not happy when she realized she couldn't take it off!

Auntie Chandra sent Ashley a new pair of sparkly purple shoes after seeing how much Ashley loves her shoes.  Well no surprise here, Ashley had to put them on with in minutes of receiving them!

It's getting hot here so we are experimenting with Ashley's hair and she got her first real ponytail in the back of her head!

 She looked so old! She knew she looked stylin' and smiled everywhere she went!

Zoo with Connor and Kennedy

It was a cooler day on Thursday so we headed to the zoo for a playdate with our friends Connor and Kennedy.  Connor loves babies and is always wanting to be right by her side.  That doesn't always bode well for big brother who is trying to take Ashley away from Connor. 

Trevor's legs were tired so we found a way to make our single stroller a double!  And a way for Trevor to hang on to his sister which keeps Connor away.  Sneaky.

Trevor had a rough morning which resulted in a few timeouts on the zoo benches but he rallied after lunch and even got to choose between petting the sting rays or riding the carousel.  He chose the carousel.

We left the zoo a little before two which was well past nap time for Ashley so she was asleep before we even pulled away from our parking spot.  Mr. I'm Not Tired even fell asleep before we left the parking lot!!  Now that was a successful play date!

Wacky Wednesday

Trevor's school is always doing fun events.  Yesterday was Wacky Wednesday so Trevor found the craziest, mismatched shirt and shorts then flipped his shirt around so that it was backwards.  He thought it was hilarious and told everyone he came in contact with that day about Wacky Wednesday!  Next year he'd like us to spray his hair the color purple :)

Make New Friends but Keep the Old!

Our very good friends Chandra, Matt and their daughter Sophia (from MN who now live in Chicago) came for a visit this past weekend.  They were here from early Thursday afternoon through late Saturday afternoon and boy was it so so good to see them.  When we were getting Sophia's bed ready for her stay Miss Ashley thought it was for her!  The girl wouldn't move!  She did look pretty cute in it but it will be at least a year before she gets this bed!

 We hardly took any pictures of our time together but boy did we make a lot of memories to keep in our hearts.  On Thursday night we enjoyed a yummy Mexican meal for dinner and on Friday after Trevor's school we headed to the clubhouse to go swimming.  Chandra and Mommy joke that this picture will be in their wedding photo montage. 

 Friday was Chandra's birthday so we celebrated with a steak dinner and cake!  

 We even stayed up way too late hanging out in the hot tub drinking wine!  It was just like old times which made their departure Saturday even harder.   But we filled the day with a visit to the park to do stomp rockets, swam in our pool and grilled burgers for lunch.  Our time together went by way too fast but we will see each other again soon!! 

Lauren's First Communion

We couldn't be more proud of our niece Lauren for celebrating her First Communion last weekend!  May God bless her on her special day and always!

Kids!

 The kids either love each other or hate each other.  And by hate we mean Trevor is annoyed that Ashley wants to play with his toys.  Ashley just wants to be by her brother at all times.  Like this picture...Trevor was saying "Mom, make her move!"

So often times we'll find him perched up on pillows with the ipad because Ashley can't reach him up there.  Yet!!!

 Trevor really is just so precious.  When Mommy went in to turn off his lamp we found him sleeping so sweetly.  He looks like an angel here!

 But the next day he was back to his normal macho boy self.  He likes to put his swords down his back (do his Lego figures do that or where did he get that from??).  So he's got three of them there plus he rigged his Nerf gun.  Guess he's prepared for any criminals as he calls them!

The Oleksa's Visit!

Brian's friend that he grew up with was in town for vacation last week so he brought his family over for a fun night of catching up.  Poor Larry was bombarded by pool noodles (aka hi-ya swords) by his boy George (one year younger than Trevor) and our son. 

 It was Larry's birthday so we got him his favorite treats - banana cream pie and carrot cake.  Everyone was very into singing to the birthday boy.

 Although Ashley here was very into trying on everyone's shoes.  What is her deal with shoes??  She can't get enough of them!!  Doesn't matter size, color...although she loves silver ones the most!

La Casa Mini-4s Olympics

Trevor had his Olympics at school this past Monday and just like last year it was so neat to see.  Ashley even wore her red shirt to support all of the athletes!  Mommy took quite a few pictures of her in her shirt because the Director of the preschool wants to use her for an upcoming brochure for the school!

She looks so big!

It feels like in this picture we could fast forward 13 years and see what her face would look like.  Time.must.slow.down!!!

Trevor was in a group of four with Connor, Stella and Jacob and they did a great job sticking together and going to each event.  First up was running with rope.  Trevor preferred to carry it rather than drag it on the ground while running.

Crawling through tunnels.

Sponge (?) toss.

Trevor sank quite a few!!

Sitting in a circle and rolling (or kicking the ball).  Luckily for the leader Sharon that each of the kids she was in charge of had a parent there to help...and complete the circle for rolling purposes.

Hurdles!

Basketball!

Obstacle course....balance beam....

...ladder...

rings....Trevor has mad foot action.  Definitely going to be a football player ;-)

...ring toss (check out Ashley perfectly content watching from her stroller)

...bean bag toss.  Our little stinkers preferred to toss a multitude of bean bags instead of one at a time like the instructions said.

After they completed all of the events they sat down as a class and had a special snack.

Every kid got a ribbon for participation!

Way past Ashley's nap time....

And at the end of the Olympics they lined up for a parade!

Just like a closing ceremony!

We clapped and hooted and hollered while the kids walked around the gym waving their red, white and blue papers.

Way to go everyone!  Those PE classes are definitely paying off! 

Spaghetti Face

Every kid has to have a picture while eating spaghetti and Miss Ashley is no different.

The girl loves spaghetti with meat sauce!

It is her new favorite food!

Yum!

Happy birthday Grandma Pauline

We celebrated Grandma Pauline's birthday by taking her out for breakfast and giving her presents!  Trevor even drew her a house complete with a chimney and smoke coming out of it.  Pretty sure he remembers that from MN because we haven't seen many wood burning fireplaces here in AZ!

Our little diva wasn't into having her picture taken but that's okay, it's still great memories!  Happy birthday Grandma Pauline!  Or 'Pauline' as Trevor sometimes calls you....although not as often as he did a year ago! XO