Little Gym Champions

We are so proud of our girls! They had "show" week at Little Gym to end the semester and they did great! Ava was by far the best dancer in her group! She was so happy to have her family there to watch her and support her. She just smiled ear to ear and kept counting how many of her friends and family came to watch her recital.

Sophie did a great job hanging on the uneven bars and really likes her gold medal. She has worn it every day since the awards ceremony. She says, "medal" and then "hi-five."

I also included some pics of the girls being silly and of them roasting marshmallows for the first time on our fire pit. Ava had a hard time putting her marshmallow over the fire, she thought it was going to hurt the marshmallow.

Also, we are on the great hunt for Sophie's glasses. They have been M.I.A. for 3 days! We are hoping that she didn't throw them in the trash!?

Family Fun

We've been very busy these past two weeks............here are some pics showing what we've been up to!

We visited the new ride area of the zoo and Ava had a blast! They have a "Dumbo ride" just like at Disney World and she had her face painted. She insisted on getting the exact same face paint that she had last year at Cedar Point. What made me sad was the fact that Ava is now tall enough for the "big" pony at the pony rides, but she was very happy about it!

Then, Ava finished her first year of preschool last Thursday with an ice cream social. She will miss her friends and teachers this summer (and so will Sophia), so we've already started setting up playdates. The photos are of Ava & Claire, Ava & Garrett and Ava with Miss Kelly & Miss D.

Also, this past weekend NetJets hosted a Buckeye Family Day at Nationwide Arena, which was LOTS of fun. The girls dressed up in their Buckeye best and we played games and listened to a Buckeye update from Coach Tressel himself! Every time that he finished talking, Sophie would say, "Yeah...........Buckeye.......Yeah!" (I included a pic of Sophie watching Coach Tressel) When anyone would look at Ava (our confident 3 year old), she would say, "What are those people looking at? The cutest Buckeye Girl around?" :)

Ava is now preparing for her dance recital this weekend. She informed me that her whole family needs to be there including her boyfriend, Garrett (who I'm sure would rather watch paint dry than a dance recital) and her brother and sister. I reminded her that she doesn't have a brother, but her sister will be there. She said to me in a very serious manner, "Well, then maybe you guys can get me a brother." I hated to inform her that they don't have any of those at Target....

A Mother's Day to Remember (or forget)??

This was definitely the weirdest Mother's Day to date. It started off great with my beautiful girls giving me flowers, cards, etc. Then, it went downhill from there! The highlights of the day were the tornado warnings in Sunbury (which prevented us from being able to come home when we wanted) and the chunk of asphalt kicked up by a car in front of us 1 mile from home that completely shattered our van windshield! Yippee! The one bright spot in my day was my family and I guess in the end, that's all that matters! Here are a few pics from our day (before the madness began)! Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers!

Mother's Day Tea

Ava hosted a Mother's Day Tea for me at preschool today and it was so much fun. She had really been practicing her songs and was just as excited as me. I posted pics of her with her friend, Claire and her teachers, Ms. Kelly and Ms. Diane. I was given a beautiful picture frame she painted with a picture of her holding a sign that said "I love you, Mommy" in it. I also got a cute piece of paper that had "fill in the blanks" with Ava's comments.



Here it is:



My mom is...........15 years old

My mom is prettiest when........she's a princess

My mom loves to make......candy

My mom always says.........I like Ava

My mom is funny when she .............sings Pooh songs


I thought it was pretty cute. Also, it was very sweet considering the parent across from me got a paper saying she was 84 years old according to her son! Here is a quick video of part of their Mother's Day serenade:

Here are some pics from their last day at swimming class. They did really well and love the water. Ava just wasn't a big fan of a life jacket. It scared her a little. They both love to stand on the couch and pretend they are going to jump in the pool and sing "Alligator, Alligator, stand up tall. Alligator, Alligator, jump off the wall"




Sophie is really growing up and talking more each day. She can almost sing her ABC's all by herself and count to 10. She now calls Ava "sissy."





Ava has been practicing her dramatic skills in preparation for Drama Camp in August. I decided to definitely sign her up when she said to me last week, "Mom, can we talk about this.........I'm sixteen years old........I'm not a child anymore." After the shock wore off, I realized that was a line from The Little Mermaid.


Sophia prefers music as her fine art. In this clip she shows off her piano skills and performs a medley of her greatest hits:

Sophie's new specs

Sophia's new glasses arrived yesterday (Ava got a new pair too a few weeks ago) and as I predicted, she will only leave them on for about 25-30 seconds at a time. I was able to snap a few shots, so here you go! I have to say she looks absolutely adorable in them, just like her big sister!