Category Archives: avery

May Happenings

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Lindsey

Here’s what else we were up to in May:

This boy loves his Tag reader

Avery and his 1st grade teacher, Mrs. McMichael

Kieron and Silas in front of the truck mural down town

Baking cupcakes!

Photo bomb!

Stuffing the pinata

Kieron’s last night as a three-year-old

Avery shooting a basket at his game

Entertaining Silas at the game by taking selfies

Snips and snails and puppy dog tails…

Walking to the bus stop

Messy day at farm school=riding home naked

Haircuts!

Watching the local wildlife

Birthday dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory

All ready for his well-child visit

Adorable sleeping baby photo

Movie Night

At the dentist

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At the end of May, Avery’s Tiger Pack had their first campout. Jonathan, Avery, and Kieron all went, and had a fun time together.

Setting up their tent

No surprise here, but Jonathan brought coffee beans from home along with his grinder and full operation. Apparently this attracted the other dads in the morning, who were pleased to have a decent cup of coffee. Here’s Kieron helping grind.

The pack went hunting for Snipe and Sasquatch before bed. The pack leader even made clues like giant footprints to make it very real.

Notice the serious expression on Avery’s face.

Accepting his tiger badge

The tiger den
The pack
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Grammy’s Visit

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Lindsey

Grammy paid us a visit in May, and we had a terrific time. Coincidentally, she arrived on the day the Nordstrom half-yearly sale began, so we did a little damage there. I put her to work at the house hanging things, painting walls, and planting flowers. Then we piled the boys into the van and headed east to visit Uncle Scott and his family in Pullman for a couple of days. We had a nice, relaxing time together, and the cousins enjoyed playing. After we got back, we only had a day before Grammy was off to Texas again.

Here’s Kieron and Grammy perusing a Pottery Barn catalog together.

A quick painting project

While Grammy and I hit the Nordstrom sale, the boys kept busy at The Apple Store

We had a s’mores night

Road trip to Pullman

Andrew and Avery, together at last!

Kieron and Silas love playing with Uncle Scott’s old trucks

We went to a park and fed the ducks. Silas thought he’d have some bread too.

The main attraction at the park for these two

The grandsons competing to see who can give Grammy the biggest hug

Cousins!

We remembered to get a picture of the adults!

The last bedtime story of the trip

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The Play set

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Lindsey

One of the things on our list of home improvements was a big wooden play set. The boys had outgrown their plastic one, and were in need of something substantial that wouldn’t lift off the ground with each swing. The right set finally came along on Craigslist on Mother’s Day weekend, and we pounced on it. Jonathan was such a sport, and spent the weekend renting a trailer, disassembling, moving, and reassembling the new set. We love it!

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The Ants

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Lindsey

Last spring we hatched butterflies. This year the boys picked ants. We ordered the anthill though Insect Lore, and it was so entertaining to watch them tunnel and use teamwork to move the sand around.

Here’s the boys with the vial of 20 harvester ants that arrived via USPS. They were checking the mail every day for these little guys!