Happy Halloween 2009!

The Halloween party at daycare was so cute! Everyone wore costumes, the parents brought treats, and we all took a short walk around the neighborhood!






Avery really wasn't interested in trick-or-treating. He preferred staying inside to play with blocks!

Avery's questionable fashion sense, continued.

Avery decided to put on Gogo's beaded necklace (as a headband), skeleton gloves, Thomas stickers on his face, and Mom's shoes.

Winter Hats: The latest in toddler sleepwear!

Train Love!





Pictures from Olivia's 3rd birthday party at Pump It Up (Avery had a GREAT time!):

Tee ball is funny!

Avery has been enjoying putting things other than balls in the tee ball stand. His trains, the salt and pepper shakers, and other toys all make excellent (and hilarious!) alternatives. The game continued outside, where he found it quite funny to put a large tree branch into his tee ball stand! He also likes to hit the ball with his bat which is, of course, the "ordinary" way to play!

Apple picking and new clothes

Avery got very lovely blue and green flannel pajamas from Bubbe and Opa:



Olivia called Avery's new Wonder Pets shirt (a gift from Grandma Gogo) "handsome." It sure is!

Avery and Olivia = best friends

Do-dos and Bedtime

On a stressful Sunday morning, Avery got a glazed donut from Dunkin' Donuts but instead grabbed Mama's coffee cake muffin and gobbled it down, saying "Me cake! Me cake!" Mama had to settle for the donut :(

Big Boy clothes and Leaping Lizards

All of a sudden, all of Avery's clothes are too small for him! We went to the big consignment sale last weekend and sold a bunch of his old clothes and bought a bunch of new things, all 4T and 5T! What a big boy! We got him new jeans, a jacket, a winter coat, a halloween costume, a bunch of sweat pants and casual shirts, a really nice dinosaur sweater, and some new toys.

He also has these somewhat "retro" pjs:



Avery loves these fruit snacks. He calls them "snacks," and asks for them a lot: "Mo' snacks? mo' snacks?"




We decided to take Avery to Leaping Lizards on a rainy Saturday. We hadn't been there in months, and he had a GREAT time. Since it was rainy, it was very crowded, but we still had a nice time. Avery loves playing in the balls, with the video games, and going down the slides.




This boy insisted on "helping" Avery play all of the games. He also offered to take our prize tickets if we didn't want them (we let him have them) and to have any of our unwanted tokens. Wasn't that nice? :)






Avery loves basketball. When we go to the playground, he runs over to the teenage boys who are always there and looks longingly at them. I tell him that he has to be out of diapers before he can join them, so this is at Leaping Lizards:


Avery loves to pick up all of the balls at Leaping Lizards. Seriously, they should pay him:

Lamaze Reunion with 2 year olds!

Avery got to get together with his friends Oliver, Ernesto, and Reagan. They are all just over 2 years old and 3 out of the 4 will have baby siblings early next year . . . ;)

They loved playing with toys outdoors, especially with Reagan's golf clubs and Dora house, and eating delicious Italian pasta made by Ernesto's parents. They also played ring-around-the-rosie together!

Showing off and Cuddling with Mom

Lately, Avery has been VERY cuddly with mom and wants to snuggle all the time:




He likes to show off his letters:

New Haircut and a Train set

Is there anything cuter than children in overalls?!?!

I don't know whose motorcycle this is, but Avery thinks it is SO COOL! "Bike! Bike!" he says, noting that the brake lights in back are "oh-wee" (orange). I tell him that when he's a big boy, we will buy him a big boy bike, but not a motorized one. Anyway, first he needs to master his tricycle.

at Jason's 3rd Birthday Party

The birthday boy on a pony:




Kim with 2-month old Spencer (Olivia's little brother). Kim made the birthday cake!!!!:

Making pizzas and memories

Avery likes to say his letters and erase them!


handsome new outfit:




Playdate! Avery, Olivia, and Jason made their own pizzas (sort of -- Avery just ate the sauce straight from the jar), swam in the backyard, put on jewelry, and had fun!

New York Aquarium

It was a beautiful day out, and we decided to go to the New York Aquarium where we'd never been but where we get free admission thanks to our Bronx zoo membership. It is a great place, but Avery was just a little bit too excited: he would yell as loudly as he could: "SHEEEEF!" ("fish") every time he saw a fish. And it is an aquarium, so he saw a lot of "sheef!"






After the Aquarium, we swung by Kim and Jess's house for a "quick lunch" that ended up, as always, being an all-day playdate! The kids played in their kiddy pool and ate ice cream outside. They got so messy that the three Musketeers had to have a bath together and they LOVED it! None of them wanted to get out of the shower; they just wanted to stay and play!