Thomas The Train Ride

We headed to Baldwin City recently to take Gavin and Avalyn to see Thomas The Train. Ava did really well on the train ride. Gavin, he LOVED the train ride. The kids also liked listening to the band and playing with toy trains.

Dancing to the band

Checking out the fire truck

All Aboard!



Look at that big girl. 



22 Months

22 Months already!

Talking:

You are getting more verbal skills. You’ve started putting words together like, “Lets go” and “All done.” You love to sing. Your favorite song to sing right now is "Row Row Row Your Boat."  You like reading books. You are picking up on more commands like, “Ava pick that up please.” A few new words this month are bird, tweet, bunny, hop, and airplane. You are also starting to interact with your toys, like feeding your dolls and pretending to take a bite out of your play food. You even say, “MMM” and do the lip smack.

Tantrums!

Oh Ava, you are really throwing mommy for a loop in public. Especially at gymnastics. On one visit, we only stayed 10 minutes before I walked out. We’ve also left dinner at a resturant before finishing three times this month! Your tantrums resemble the show “Riverdance” because you are stomping your feet so fast.

Got some big smiles during this photo shoot!

Growing up:

Some milestones this month are you can jump off two feet now. Up until now you could only do the gallop. You can jump on a trampoline and walk a balance beam. You can almost do a forward roll. Sometimes you will walk up the stairs without holding on. You also love sitting on my make up chair and going through my makeup bag and drawers.

Found your flash light, floss, and chapstick so far mom.

Fun things this month:

Thomas the Train ride, Memorial Day, First gymnastics class, 1st Trip to the zoo, 1st trip to the aquarium, antique fair, swimming, water table, Trip to Nebraska

Fun tidbits:

You are scared to DEATH of bugs, especially roly polys and ants. You like to dip your food. Fruit and yogurt is a favorite but also chicken and bbq or ranch. You love to go bye bye and do very good with car rides. You’ve started picking out your snacks. You walk into the pantry, step on your step stool, and point to which snack you want.

Fathers Day

Jon had a nice Fathers Day.  He got home made breakfast, went to see Superman, and had a day without having to change a diaper!

Car Wash

SeaLife

We took Avalyn to SeaLife and it went MUCH BETTER than the zoo trip! She LOVED the fish. She kept pointing at them and saying, "fish fish fish." She also liked telling them "hi." We tried the "touch pool" but she wasnt into that. She also didnt care for the aquarium "bubble" photo ops.

Love how most of the aquariums are low enough for Ava to see them in her stroller

Ava was not a fan of the "bubbles"

"Fish Fish Fish!"

Creepy Eel

Thats me in the bubble, lol

Ava loved the sand

Outdoorsy Ava

So even though we have a Little Tikes playland in the backyard, one of Ava's favorite things to do is play in the grass.  She loves to pull the grass out, pick up sticks, and collect little nests of grass.

Her nest

1st Zoo Trip

Ava and I had a zoo play date with our adoption playgroup. We had a big turnout with 9 kiddos! It was a perfect day to go, about 75 degrees and breezy. Ava loved the long walks in her stroller but she hated the exhibits where the animals were behind glass. She was pretty scared and I don't think she understood they were in a cage. She did ok at the exhibits where the animals were behind fences. Hopefully next year she'll be more excited about the animals!

7 of the 9 kids

Private time with her boyfriend!

You can probably tell by my pictures, my favorite exhibits were the monkeys, polar bears, and kangaroos.  It must have been the time of day but we didn't see many of the big cats.  I think Ava would have really liked them.

The polar bear was really fun to watch

Check out the top left.  See that one on it's back.  Hilarious!

Cute little monkey