Avery on the Trail

Avery's first trip to Town Forest where she walked under her own power.  She took the magnifying glass and looked at many "very interesting" leaves, and rocks, and trees, and plants.  But the bridge was really the attraction.  It reminded her of the dock in Skaneateles - and rightly so.  "I'm not gonna fall off, Daddy," she promised.  Great weekend the last weekend of September!

Avery off to School

Avery started the 3-day-3s at the YMCA this Monday!  She is pretty excited about her new backpack, playing with new friends, and all of the great toys in the classroom.

She is also getting better at posing for photos.

Trevor is REALLY 6.

Official Birthday arrived 2 weeks after the camping party.  We had a great morning breakfast with some fun presents (scooter, volcano, guitar stand) and then we hit the road to the Bronx.  Perfect weather day at the Bronx Zoo with the Dohertys, which is always a good time.  Crowd favorites on this day were the rhino, the elephants, the giraffes, and the Timar??  Then home for homemade pizza, homemade chocolate chip cookies, and lots of calls from family!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR.

Touch A Truck!!

First weekend in September, first soccer game with TEAM GALAXY, and Avery's first touch a truck event.  What a Saturday...

Big Girl Bed

The crib was too crowded, so now Avery got her own big girl bed.  She can stretch out, she can relax.  SHE CAN GET OUT BY HERSELF.  Welcome to a whole new world, for everyone.  The pidder-padder of little feet into Mommy and Daddy's bedroom in the morning has returned.  With new feet.

Crowded Crib

Avery is a big fan of trucks and cars -- more so than her brother ever was.  She is also a fan of packing stuff into the crib.  Bad combination...

First Day of School!

Trevor is on the bus!  Bus 19, with Sienna, Mick, Grace, Riley, and some other familiar faces made the first day of Miller Driscoll Kindergarten a little easier.  Mrs. Maxwell is the teacher, and "old" Kate is in the class, Caterpillar Cottage S-4.  Big school, big change, but so far so good!  Avery is taking it all in...

CAMP TREVOR

Happy Sixth Birthday!  Camping theme in the yard.  Three tents, s'mores, tent pinyata, and a movie under the stars.  Good times, good theme, and good night.  Cousins slept over as an added bonus.

Party Prep!

It remains the case that Trevor seems to enjoy PLANNING a party more than actually participating in a party.  For his 6th birthday, we hosted a party at the house for 18 kids, with a theme of CAMPING.  Trevor had lots of ideas, including some decorations with a camping theme, "laminated" with scotch tape, stuck to the windows of the living room.  He hung them himself.  Avery supported.

Bubble Dress!

Mommy's Birthday

Happy Birthday Mommy!  Fun breakfast and presents and then a grown-up dinner for Mommy and Daddy.