Strawberry picking

Av's first day at Cornerstone

Ugh being a parent is sooooooooo hard. I know dropping her off there was harder on me than it was on her but it just sucked! There were no tears on her part and I was able to hold mine back until I was alone in the car. It just breaks my heart. She was okay though. Looked very unsure of things but did go off with a little girl to play before I left. One of her teachers was one of the teachers Camille had so Av kind of knew her so that helped and one of the little girls in the class was in class with Av last summer so she was going to show her around today. With this as hard as it was I just know I am going to be a mess her first day of kindergarten. How did that get to only be a year away???

long weekend

We had the very best weekend ever!!!! My parents and sister and brother in law came for the long weekend. My parents got in late Friday night and sis got in Saturday afternoon. Saturday morning the girls woke up to G&PP being there. They knew they would be but forgot and were very happy to see them. We played for a while and then my mom, Av and I went on a few errands. Got the girls a bigger pool for the backyard and G bought Av a new bag that she didn’t put down all weekend. I think PP pushed Camille on the swing the entire time we were gone. That afternoon/evening we played with the girls a lot, played corn hole and had a cook out. It was a great night. Sunday we got up and all left the house early for strawberry picking! It was a blast. Road a tractor to the strawberry fields and we all picked for a while. Camille mostly hoarded while the rest of us picked. When I say hoarded I mean she clutched them to her chest and squeezed the life out of them the entire time until G hander her an ice cream cone. She gave them up at that point. Poor G was covered in strawberry juice from holding Camille while Camille held those strawberries. After that we came home, napped, showered and got ready for a big cookout at a friend's house. The girls again had the best time playing and getting soaked with their friends. On Monday we played until everyone had to leave. So sad. We did head to a festival with friends for the evening to end the long weekend right.

week 21 and 22

I had an OB checkup this week. The baby weight is making up for lost time. I knew I had been getting bigger but I had not really thought too much of it until my OB said at the end of my check up, “and don’t worry about gaining 10 lbs this month. That’s about all you’ve gained so it’s okay but don’t do it again!” It stopped me right in my tracks. “Wait, did you say 10lbs?!?!?!?!” Crazy. He likes to do whole body flops in my belly. So funny. The other day I was sitting on the couch with my dad and we could see my belly moving. I know I saw that with both girls but it seems like it was way later in the pregnancy than now. He’s pretty active when I am still. Still no name yet. Still feeling great. I have started having some mild Braxton Hicks. Only weird craving is for pie. Not usually a pie fan but I finally broke down and made a pie. Heheheh Strawberry. It is very yummy.

last day of preschool blended 3/4s class

Friday was Av’s last day of her school for the summer. It was so bittersweet. She loves that school so much. I hate when it ends each year. She had such a good last day though. They had a little singing performance. It was so cute and I could actually hear her sing parts of it. Then they got to have a carnival outside. Lots of games and fun things to do. At they end they all got to take aim and squirt their teacher with a big squirt gun. They all thought that was so funny. Her teacher had made each parent a CD full of all the pictures of the fun things they did all year. It was so cute and so sweet. A tear jerker for sure. Av will for sure miss Miss Blaine and Miss Denise. This fall she will start the 4 day 4s.

Camille timid vs. bully

She can be so timid but then be such a bully too. She is scared of things. The other day someone rang the doorbell once. She dropped everything she was doing and ran crying to me. Our doorbell never rings so it’s not like she knew when she heard that noise she would see a stranger in the house next. She hates the noise of the vacuum and just cries when it’s being used. Loves to watch airplanes but hated the noise of the air show. The other side of her though can be so out of control. She bit again at school. This time she has become a paci stealer and when the child tried to take their paci back Camille bit them. She still bites Av daily which about half the time it’s partly Av’s fault (Av knows the signs and needs to get out of the way and also Av has started picking fights with her). Camille pushed a boy who was about a foot taller than her at Av’s school because she wanted to crawl through a tunnel first. Then yesterday at a festival we were at she just walked up to Stella who was sitting on her mom’s lap and just tried to bite her for no reason. John thankfully caught her and we left right after that. One of these days she will learn the fun stops when she behaves like that. It’s so weird how she can have 2 such strong personalities that seem to contradict each other.

purple dress

A few weeks ago Avery had to get her blood drawn. I was not looking forward to it and I knew just telling her would not be fun. I waited until the last minute and then told her we had to go to the doctors and she was going to get a shot. Poor thing was not happy. I don’t do this often but I told her afterwards we would go to Target and I would let her pick out something small. After getting the blood drawn we headed to Target where she proceeded to pick out a purple DRESS. Out of everything Target had to offer she wanted a dress. We are in trouble when she is a teen if our 4 year old already cares that much about clothes.