Averys Big 3 Birthday PaRtY!

I guess to start off I have to give Cash props for being so unbelievably good during Averys entire party! He smiled and played with balloons the whole time :)

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He certainly is my little stud ;)...so handsome!

Although Avery is very LOUD and out of control at times when it actually comes down to being the center of attention it throws her off...
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Pouting before opening presents...she had serious stage fright!

Luckily her best friend stepped in and showed her how to get things done :)

Oh for the LOVE of dinosaurs!!

Avery made out with a LoOt of dinosaurs!

Here comes the cake! What else? Yes, you guessed it! MORE dinosaurs and a volcano!

Have you ever seen so much cheese?! Avery absolutely adores her cousins :)
...and can you blame her? Look at those handsome little devils!!

Balloons...another one of Averys great loves.

Harley and I decided to get Aves a trampoline for her birthday...I look at it a little more like a cage :)...somewhere to zip her and and let her become the wild animal she is!lol!

All the kids had a good time with Averys present...I'd say the parents benefited from it as well as this is where the kids spent most of the party!

Overall I'd say the party was a success!
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Good food!
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Great Family!
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Awesome Friends!
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We are truly blessed :)

Sally DOG!

Avery is hilarious to me. She's obsessed with our dog Sally.

She calls her 'My Sally DOG!' There's quite a bit of emphasis on dog.

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As you can see in this picture Sally is pretty lazy. She maybe got 1/4 the way through our walk before she pooped out and had to be put in the stroller with Avery :)
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Lazy Sally DOG!

The Dinasour Park :)

For Averys Birthday we decided to 'brave' the Dinosaur Park again...

I was pretty excited she had the guts to go in this time...she had a blast and so did we :)

When we pulled up she started to get scared but, wanted to have a 'picknick' inside the park. We showed her all the kids that were playing on the slides and swings inside the park and said 'See, those kids haven't been eaten by any dinosaurs!'...:)

She still won't stay inside the museum part of the Park. I think because it's enclosed and she feels trapped inside...strange kid;)

To help ease Ave's into the park with all the dinosaurs and noises we started out on the playgrounds they have. At first, Cash wasn't so sure about the swing but as you can see, quickly got used to it:)

I can't believe Avery is 3!!! She's my 'little handful'! I love her so much and am greatful she decided to stick around after she was born:)

Easter!

Look at Avery's face!LOL! She's so funny about getting her picture taken...weird child of mine :)

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Avery got a bunch of clothes for Easter. She's growing so fast I just went all out and got her a bunch of dresses, shirts, pants and socks.
She also got a book of animals and bubbles, of course! :)

She got some summer sandals, too!

My little man that's still to young to care got some sippy cups, clothes and a Noahs Arc baby eistein video....As you can see below, it's been a big day and I think we're all pooped :)

Coloring Easter Eggs!

We actually colored Easter Eggs on Easter Sunday.
Harley had to work so we decided to celebrate the Easter Bunny this morning.

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Avery loves doing 'arts and crafts' :)
We headed out to grandma and grandpa Roskelley's so I could do some laundry (our washing machine broke :( ) and color Easter Eggs!

I made Avery take her shirt off and put on an apron Aunt Heather made in sewing class :)

Easter egg coloring kits are such a disappointment. I bought some glitter glue to make it a little more entertaining for Miss Aves :)

She, of course, loved them and went to town on her eggs...then when the glitter became boring grandma busted out the stickers ;)

Avery Gave Up the Binky!...

.....With a little help ;)

Harley and I decided with her 3rd birthday coming up this month we should get rid of the binkis. So, we cut the tips off of them, put them in a bowl, showed them to her and told her they were broken....

....She told us to go get her her hammer and she would fix them.
One by one she hammered, put in her mouth and decided, yup, they're all broken :( We told her that she's a big girl now and doesn't need things like binkis...and that if she threw them away we'd take her to the store for bubbles. She agreed :)
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That night was a little bit rough and the next day there were a few screaming fits of 'I WANT MY ORANGE BINKI!', which we still haven't found...
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All in all she's been a champ about the whole thing! We're very proud of her and she's doing amazing after giving up her security blanket!!!