Just overheard from the kitchen...

Eric, "Tate, did you know I used to be as small as you?"

Tate, in a hushed tone, "Like a little mouse?"

Here's a video of Tate's ramp.  Yes, it's a little anti-climatic.  I like Avery perched in the stroller so contently.  Tate was posing in the kitchen for the picture with the stools.  Then, some rare pictures of Avery because as you can see from the braids shot, she's always on the go.  Unless she's in the stroller.

Sunday at church, Bre handed us some butterscotch lifesavers of which Tate said, "What are those?  Oh!  Are they little donuts?!"  I wish!

Tonight we ate dinner at Bre's house, first BLT's of the season in fact, and they were delish!  Thank you Bre.  Avery brought her soap.  B.Y.O.S. we say around here =)  It's her latest favorite plaything.  She promptly climbed into Bre's shower to check out their bar of soap and break it in half.

This afternoon 3 brave adults, Eric, Bre, and I, took a 1 year-old, a 2 yr-old, and a 4 yr-old to the Disney movie "Brave" in the theater.  What follows was great entertainment, and the movie was good, too.

It was packed and we sat in the center of the 2nd row.

Lane threw-up in the popcorn, then kept right on eating.  Then, he poured water in my purse.  Later, he poured pop on the floor.  I should've left a tip for the clean-up crew.  Bre threw away his dirty shirt and he lasted most of the movie in all his shirtless glory.  He also called me "mommy" and wanted me to hold him, which I loved.

Tate had a hard time keeping his questions that came every 2 seconds to a whisper.  Bless his heart, he tried to keep quiet...sometimes.  He also required cuddling and made me cover his ears because of the noise.  As we left he said "That was great!  But I didn't like it because of the fighting bears."

Avery was enthralled with the movie and shushed Lane while pointing at the screen, indicating that he should watch the movie.  She had some good gasps as she watched.  Near the end, she realized that Lane had left.  She said, "Wheh Lae?" and walked to the end of the isle, stopped to tell us "bye" and took off in search of him.

At one point I had all 3 kids on my lap.  Thankfully, it's a kids movie and the theater was full of noisy kids, so hopefully we didn't stand out too much.  People around us know to expect loud distractions in a kid movie, like Avery or Lane grabbing your seat and jostling you.  (Sorry poor guy in front of us!)

It's 10pm and I just about had a heart attack.

I went to check on the kids after Eric and I finished a movie and I couldn't find Avery.  The concern was that she was outside somewhere.  We left the back door open for ventilation since we primed our walls today to paint this week.  I was hoping she was in Tate's room since she likes to sneak in there and play with him.  But he was sound asleep and alone.  My last hope before checking outdoors was under the crib. I felt a little head right behind the crib skirt when I lifted it.  Phew.

We tried to pull her out, but she keeps moving in deeper.  Maybe this is her Memorial Day "camping" experience since we aren't taking her out in a tent =)

(And even if she had gone outside, she would be fenced in, but still scary to me.)

Coffee Table

 Avery posed like she was slaving away on the paint job (above).

 But in reality, while I painted outside, she left this artistry on the leather couch!

 

Anyway, here's the before and after of our coffee table paint job.  I like it =)  Plus, it matches Tate's shirt!

Tate walks in the room and says "Did somebody say chocolate?!"  I'll have to remember that one, but insert "donuts" for "chocolate" =)

Tate likes to talk about his birthday in 5 months, and on the drive home he was also talking about Halloween in 5 months.  He was assigning costumes to Avery and all his friends.  He said somebody was going to be the Holy Ghost.  I said that the Holy Ghost is a real special person that we don't dress-up as for Halloween.  I explained that lots of people are plain ghosts for Halloween.  Tate said, "Ooooh!  Yes, he can be an airplane ghost for Halloween!"

Tate asked what Eric does at his office and I said that he lets people borrow cars for a fee.  He gasps and says, "That's a good thing! a good choice!"

As I picked up the kids from the gym nursery today, the sitter had a cute story: 

Some kid hit Tate with no warning.  Before Tate could get up and get his wits about him to react, Avery came running with fists flying ready to take that kid down!  Ha ha.

Also, yesterday I wish I had my camera when the kids were going down the slide together with big smiles on their faces.  Too cute.