We went down to Vancouver for the weekend and took Avery to an easter egg hunt at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. Avery warmed up by collecting rocks in his basket, then he managed to nab three easter eggs during the 30 second free-for-all in the under-three division (some of those parents are quick). Shortly after, the easter bunny himself arrived in helicopter, which stirred up a fierce bark dust storm. He sure knows how to make an entrance.

Avery once again took extra precautions to avoid being pinched today. The poor little guy has a bit of a cold again so he did seem like a sad little leprechaun at times. Hopefully he’s feeling better in time for his birthday this weekend.

It snowed again this week. Not enough to go sledding or mess up traffic, but enough to play in and make everything pretty. Avery had the opportunity to use his new word, “snowman,” and enjoyed crunching around in the snow.

Avery’s personality continues to blossom. He uses short sentences now, and says such things as:
“Load the truck!”
“I love cars/trucks/garbage/mommy/daddy”
“I want _______” (water, juice, milk, snack, raisins, mommy, etc)
“I nice”
“Let go” (he says this when he’s trying to play fetch with Commodus)
“Bobby Hill” (his friend Jackson taught him this. it’s a character from King of the Hill)
“Backing” or “Back up truck” followed by “Beep beep beep”
His favorite exclamation these days is “No!” He says this to pretty much any question you ask him, even when he means yes. He seems disappointed when we can’t read his mind.
We’ve been letting him watch a little bit of TV, and he’s gotten good at asking for particular shows. He’ll chant: Caillou, Caillou, Caillou! He also likes to watch Bob the Builder, and Thomas the Train. His favorite character from Bob the Builder is scoop (the talking excavator). When Avery says his name it comes out more like “shoot.” It’s pretty funny.
He’s also getting into playing dress up. Lindsey stocked his drawer with a couple pairs of sunglasses, hats, gloves, and a hand bag. The other day he wore his sunglasses through dinner.

This was Lindsey’s toy house, now it’s Avery’s.

Watching Caillou with Mommy and Commodus.