Summer Fun!

It's still May but it feels like summer! We've already been to one of our neighborhood pools twice...one of them has a small spraypark that was broken all summer last year but works great now. Aidan still swims on his own with a lifejacket but I plan to put both the kids in swim lessons in July, so maybe he'll be able to swim without one soon! We're noticing Avery is a little more timid about getting in the water. Last year she would jump to you without a care in the world, but this year she's taking her time and making sure we've got her first. Yesterday we headed to Granbury to hang out with Cookie and Jeff for the day. We swam at their condo and then went to a Memorial Day party at their country club. Happy Memorial Day!

With Cousin Sage at the pool (they're looking at the sun so they're a little squinty):

Cousins don't shake hands, cousins gotta HUG!

Popping bubbles:

Spraypark:

Little Logan:

Jumping in the pool with Jeff:

Bounce House at the Memorial Day Party:

Aidan's New Wheels!

Papi and Grammy weren't able to come for Aidan's birthday, so this weekend they brought Aidan a belated birthday present...a new bike! Aidan was so excited and it took him all of two minutes to get the hang of it. Now I need to figure out what to do with Avery...Aidan has passed his tricycle on to her, but she needs lots of help and I can't exactly inch along with her while Aidan is pedaling down the street. I'm now on the lookout for one of those ride-on cars with the long handle for adults to push.

Lewispalooza

This weekend my whole family (Grammy, Papi, Uncle Jason, Great-Pa, and Gamma) came to visit! Everyone got to come watch Aidan play blastball on Saturday morning, and the rest of the time we just ate, played games, and had a good time. We also skyped in with my uncle's entire family who were staying with my cousin in Alaska. It was a surprise for my grandparents, and they were excited to talk to everyone at once! Since my family wasn't able to come for Aidan's birthday, Grammy and Aidan made a belated pirate birthday cake. He also got a toy bow and arrow from Uncle Jason!

This week

Some of what we've been up to this week...

Aidan sang in choir at church on Sunday evening:

We met my friend Sarah and her boys at Celebration Park in Allen. It was HOT!

I took the kids to a place called "Paint 'n Party" with some of our mom's club friends to paint some ceramic gifts for Father's Day (shhh!). I'll pick them up in a week when they've been fired so I'll take pictures of the finalized products then. Aunt Lindsay came with us to help, which was great because there were breakable things EVERYWHERE. Nerve-racking!

We met Sarah and her boys in Allen again for ice cream, along with my friend Brandy from college. Brandy and Sarah know each other from their church and they both have twins (plus a younger one). Fun friendship triangle! All the big kids were too busy running around to pose for a picture, but here are the little ones (Bryce, Avery, & Lyla):

We went to a playdate for Avery's speech therapy. She was a little grumpy until snacktime :) That's her speech therapist Miss Beth. They had a firetruck and police car which Aidan liked:

Bluebonnets

I had bluebonnet pictures taken a few weeks ago but am just now getting around to posting them! My friend Vanessa did them for our mom's club as a fundraiser. She has taken our pictures before and is terrific! Aidan was great and cooperative that morning, but Avery was not such an agreeable subject. So this is the best we could do!

Mother's Day

I had a fantastic Mother's Day! The kids both made me something beautiful at Wee School the week before. On Sunday we went to church, then enjoyed an early lunch at Cheddar's. My sweet family gave me a card and a gift certificate to Cold Stone ice cream...yummy! That night, we went to Cody and Amy's, where Cody and Daniel made us a delicious dinner - roast (for everyone but me, my hubby bought me a delicious lobster tail!), mashed potatoes, green beans, salad, and strawberry shortcake for dessert! We put our kiddos to bed over there so we could enjoy some TV/hang-out time with Cody and Amy before we headed home. This day means so much to me, I am so lucky to have a wonderful mother of my own, and I am so blessed to be Aidan and Avery's mommy! Hope all you moms had a Mother's Day that was just as special!

Miss Avery

Sorry for not posting recently! May has been extremely low-key and uneventful, which is a nice change from crazy April. Anyway, I wanted to do an update on Avery, since it seems like our last few posts have centered around Aidan or our family in general. A couple months ago we switched from a developmental therapist to a speech therapist and I don't know if the timing was just right or what, but Avery started making some progress right away. She has started repeating two-word sentences which is huge for her, like "Hi Mama", "EE (please) Daddy" and "Nigh-nigh Bubba". She loves to identify family by name when she sees them and has names for a lot of our extended family. She's also discovered drinking out of big-girl cups and loves it! She does really well with the drinking part but still manages to make a mess carrying cups of water around. We're testing the waters with potty training and have a LONG way to go. But she has gotten one sticker on her potty chart! And do you like her new hairstyle?