Archive for the ‘Ava’ Category
21 Dec
Slip and slide
Mom captured a video of Ava sledding down their hill while the kids stayed there over the weekend. The outcome was somewhat thorny, but all’s well that ends well!
20 Dec
Snow fun
Ava and Olivia are at my mom’s this weekend, enjoying general spoiling and lots of snow. Ava was finally able to make a snowman, with Grampa’s help.
Thanks, Mom, for the great photos (and of course, the awesome childcare…).
14 Dec
Ava Fix(ing dinner)
Ava has been requesting spaghetti and meatballs for about two years now. Last weekend, we finally put her to work with this recipe from Gourmet.
After she combined the ingredients and formed the balls, I browned them on the stove.
After a simmering in sauce for a couple of hours, they were ready.
Guess who else was a big fan of this dish?
Out of necessity, spaghetti night is also bath night.
7 Dec
Tis the Season
Saturday morning, we bundled up and headed downtown for the annual old fashioned Christmas parade.
We’ve attended the last four of the parade’s 17-year run. As far as Ava is concerned, this is the start of the season, and it is serious business.
Tom joined us, too.
The parade began with a fly over:
Next up, about 100 entries, all horses and horse-drawn carriages.
Ava loved the carriage with Santa.
Bryan’s favorite:
Olivia loved all of them. She squealed with delight every time a horse came into view.
Every. Single. Time.
That was definitely my favorite part!
4 Dec
“What, Mom?”
Sometimes, even simple instructions like “put on your coat” can be creatively interpreted.
15 Nov
Huskers at heart
Bryan managed to snag us six tickets for the KU/Husker game yesterday. Doug and Karyl came down to join us, and we took the girls as well. (For the first half, anyway.) Later in the evening, Doug got these great shots of the girls in their Husker gear.
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