halloween 2007

Happy Halloween! The girls were dressed as fairies this year. They had a great time at our neighborhood halloween party and trick-or-treating. This holiday is more fun with each year they grow older...even little Ava kept up with the girls!

some october photos

here are some pictures from this month. the girls are doing great with their activities and each other. in the past few weeks, maya and ava have really started to play together. sometimes i think that we don't even need to keep any toys downstairs because most of the time the are making up games out of common household objects. this month, ava decided she is too big for the high chair and refused to sit in it anymore----- so we moved her to the booster seat at the table and she loves it. at dinner, she often reminds us to say a blessing by reaching out for our hands and saying "gace" (grace). maya continues to amaze us with the things she says. she missed school 2 days thins week for various reasons and she reminded us that she needs to hurry up and get back to school so she can get "more spanish in her mouth". enjoy!

afraid of heights? not my girl....

we had a community picnic a few weekends ago and maya surprised everyone with her daredevil stunts. she jumped on this trampoline higher than the older kids. she kept yelling "higher, higher!"..... while mommy was on the side about to get sick. take a look st this crazy child. and yes, she is higher than the trees.

little "wanna-be's"

these girls are crazy! yesterday, i let them play in the car while i unloaded groceries and they decided to "drive to starbucks". while talking on the pretend cell phone, maya ordered a "tall-skim-no whip mocha and a cholcolate milk for me, please". i don't know where she gets these things from! ;)

fall fun!

what's a better way to kick off fall than going to the farm for some pumpkins??? we had a great time at hillridge farms with the graham family this morning. take a look :)

september fun

Sorry it has taken me so long to post... I have received a ton of harassing emails and phone calls about the blog not being updated- I never realized how frequently people were looking at us! :) Nonetheless, we are all doing well and adjusting into our new fall schedule. Maya started preschool 3 days a week this year and has been doing great. The first day of school, she hopped out of the car before I could even yell "have a great day, honey!". She even received her first homework assignment, which she insisted on perfecting it all weekend. Ava started in her "parents morning out" program at a local church and is slowly adjusting. It was a bit of a rough start- I had to pick her up early the first 2 weeks (the program is only once a week), but last week she had a great day! We are really looking forward to some cooler weather and October fun! Enjoy the pics...........

maya's first day of school

ava's first day of "school"

maya with ava on her first day

maya working on her first homework assignment

maya at soccer practice

yes, that's ava in the bottom corner- we teach 'em young :)

silly

a maya sandwich

ava and her current obsession- SHOES

a sneak peak at halloween......................

sneak peak #2......

weekend at the lake

we were invited up to lake gaston (in NC) with some friends for the long weekend. everyone had a GREAT time swimming, boating, and most importantly relaxing with friends. maya told everyone she knows that she was going to spend the weekend with her boyfriend at the lake :) take a look at how adorable these kids are together.......