boys

My boys are watching a basketball game together. It's so cute. I can't wait until Everett loves sports and is getting to play them. I brought in a few toys for Everett to play with and he is going to town on them. He dropped one and we didn't realize it and he started to get sad. When John handed it to him he grabbed it as fast as he could. Really cool how he is growing up and learning things. So fun for a parent to watch.

tomorrow is the day....

...that I go and sign my first born up for kindergarden. Oh my how did that happen? Where did the last 5 years go? Such mixed emotions. Very proud of her. We have kind of unique situation. We had no clue what kindergarden would look like when she was born but because she is so amazing it's looking pretty normal. Normal, I never knew I would be so happy to have normal. Sad that she is growing up so fast. More than anything though proud for what an amazing young lady she has become. She makes me smile everyday. Our sweet Avery Lou will start kindergarden this fall. Wow!

Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend. It was 52 on Saturday and we finally saw the sun. It's been weeks and boy did we all miss it. Outside we spent most of the day. We were out so long Camille happily went upstairs for a nap. We were playing tag and having races and after trying to do the crab walk with Av and I and getting so mad she couldn't off to dream land she went. I got the car cleaned out too. Feels so nice to be driving a clean car. Then we went with friends to the charity event. We had a blast! I drank too many beers and didn't feel the best Sunday but it was all worth it. The Holy Grale was not as cool as we had hoped but it didn't matter. It was just VERY small. We had late night food (late night for us 11pm hehhehe) and home we went. Alex did GREAT with the 3 kids. He acted like it was no big deal. To us it's a huge deal but I guess to him he doesn't know what a big deal it is, so it's just easy. Everett didn't drink even half an ounce of what I left him but still went to bed like it was no big deal. Av told Alex, "mommy's going to be mad" when Everett would not eat but what could he do? John and I were amazed when we got home to a perfectly quiet house and 3 sleeping kids but again Alex just shrugged his shoulders. On Sunday it was pretty again. Not as warm but still nice. We spent a lot of time running around outside. Had to soak it all in while we could.

We are still cool....

kind of. heheheh A few weeks ago for John's bday we took some great friends out to dinner with us. We had such a nice time. We went to restaurant called The Blind Pig. It has a very cool vibe and it's in the old butcher town of Louisville. They are reviving the area with lots of restaurants, bars and shops moving in. No chains, everything is unique to Louisville. Lots of cool buildings are being used and remodeled. Very neat. The Blind Pig has bacon in almost everything on the menu. Even a bacon martini. I don't think anyone tried it but I did have a spicy sangria. (for the record I didn't have a single piece of bacon that night...mussels, salad and a portobello mushroom and goat cheese sandwich) We waited over an hour for our table but nobody cared. We had a great spot at the bar. The boys stood in a circle and were so engrossed in their talk they had no clue that we ordered a appetizer and ate it all. heheh It was a white bean puree and it was delish. After that we went to a local bar and danced to a friend of a friends band. A great night!!! This weekend we are heading to a charity event at another old building downtown. It is called The Mellwood Arts center. It is for Avery's therapy place and is a beer tasting event. It is from 5-8 and I am pretty excited about it. Last year we went by ourselves. This year we have some really nice friends coming with us. So neat to have such good friends support something for Avery. After the event we are heading to a new bar in town. It's called the Holy Grale and it's in an old church. It is a European-style beer bar, inspired by the beer in Belgium and Holland. When I told John the plans for the night (he wanted to have peeps here for a wii party, that's why I am the social director of this ship...hehehe....kidding that would have been fun too) he said, "yay I love going to bars like that when I am in Europe" and "Louisville is getting pretty freaking cool!" Glad he was happy with the plans. All this is happening before 11pm though because I turn into a pumpkin then. So I guess I'm not still as cool as I think I am.

cousin time

What a super great week we had. My cousin Emily came for a visit. It was such a treat. She lives in Reno and I don't get to see her much. We did see her this summer in Snowshoe but other than that the last time I saw her was when Av was 18 months and then before that was my wedding. Needless to say I don't get enough Whistler time in general. Wish her mom and sis could have come to but boy did we have a blast. She arrived on Tues just as I was getting home with the girls. We cooked some dinner and hung out. The girls were in heaven with all the attention. After spoiling the girls we put them to bed and shared a bottle of wine. On Wednesday she worked most of the day but afterwards we took her on a little tour of the city (which of course included a starbucks) and then fed, bathed and put the kids to bed. Emily and I left John home and went to a little sushi restaurant up the street where we proceeded to stuff ourselves with 4 rolls. It was so nice to sit down and just get to know her better. We really had a nice time. I loved having the company and help with the kids. Come back soon please!!!!!!!!

feet

This morning we were all up but Everett. I was ready to go wake him to eat when John said, "he's awake up there, he's playing with his feet." "He's WHAT?!?!?!" was my reply. "He found his feet for the first time and didn't come get me to show me????" I still have not seen it but sure it's the cutest thing ever.

moving stool

Everett started grabbing at things about 2 weeks ago. If you dangled a toy in front of him he would eventually get his hands to it. You could tell it was very hard work and he had to try very hard to do it. Tonight we were all up in the girl's room putting them to bed. I laid Everett down on the carpet to tuck the girls in. As I was going to turn off the light I noticed the plastic stool right next to him was moving. He had grabbed it and was moving it and lifting it up. He also brought his other hand over and was using that too. I said, "girls look what Everett is doing." They laughed and laughed. It was a pretty funny sight to see the stool being moved by him. Very cute. They have no idea that soon he will be doing more than just something cute to look at. Soon enough they will have another playmate!!