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Thursday, July 16, 2009

4th of July Richfield Style . . . . .

We go to Richfield every 4th of July. Great Parade (not the clowns of course), bouncy houses and food at the park, and best of all, Grandma and Grandpa's Dirt Pile! We even ran the 5k on the morning of the 4th. Well, Randy ran it. I mostly walked it and there were AT LEAST 4 people behind me at the end of the race. Ha Ha. Ava loves to go to Grandma and Grandpa Cuff's. Everybody was there this year and it was crazy, chaotic, and so much fun. Ava loves her cousins and ESPECIALLY loves Tiger. Those two were practically inseparable the entire time. Everybody was surprised that Ava could handle the roughness and even dished some out herself. She comes by it naturally though because most of her best friends are boys. All in all we had a blast. Thanks for the good times and hospitality grandma and grandpa!

These are actually the week of the 4th at the Payson Pool. Ava had so much fun with her cousins and Hailey was such a sport to take care of her! Kai is enjoying the day as usual. :)

At the parade. Ava couldn't get enough of the princesses and kept yelling "HI PRINCESSES!" We decided she needs to be a bit more aggressive with the candy, even if it IS only salt water taffy.

Slip N Slide. A GREAT Richfield tradition.

This is how Ava and Kai slept the first night; WITH me and Randy. One big happy family. :)

Grandma Vicki and Aunt Jodi helped the kids become fireworks with this cute craft! This is why it's so cool to have elementary school teachers in the family.

Watching the Fireworks!

Love them!

3 comments:

Annie Nielson said...: Looks like you had tons of fun. Jake has the same little red, white, and blue outfit that Kai is wearing in the pics. It's a cute little outfit--I love patriotic stuff.; July 16, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Heidi said...: I love that hat! Going to have to try it out! And I love that the 3 of you are all 4th festive...but not Randy. :); July 17, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Kaydee said...: How fun, small town 4ths are the best!; July 17, 2009 at 9:14 AM

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Insight from Ava and Kai

We saw a newborn baby panda on the tv and Kai said, "Mom, can we PLEASE get a baby panda instead of a dog?" I told him that Panda's have to live either at the zoo or in the wild and he said, "I know! Let's move to the wild!"
8/12 Kai yelled to me, "Mom! Boston just pointed at the window and said 'curtain'!" Wow - what a 2 month old. :)
6/12 Ava and Kai call Boston a "born baby" in place of newborn baby.
3/12 Kai recently decided that he was having a baby too and his name was Yogurt. Also - my kids got stick horses from Grandpa and Kai named his Poban. Ava said the name "just came to both of them! It was perfect!"
7/11 Ava and Kai were pretending to be babies while I was organizing pictures on the computer. Apparently not getting enough attention from me, she said in frustration, "I can't believe you're playing on the computer when we were JUST born!" Bad mom indeed.
4/11 Ava's favorite new thing to say is, "Don't give me that Attitude, I've got my own!" I laughed really hard the first time she said it and then sat her down and explained that she really shouldn't say that to anybody else. Especially teachers or something. That girl kills me.
12/10 "Mom, those look fabulous! Fabulous means beautiful in Spanish."
12/10 "Mom! That's the easier way!" When referring to whatever it is that is "her" way at the moment.
6/10 Ava told me that she wanted us to pretend we were in the "Book of Normans", but she got to be the Hairy Godmother. Alrighty then.
6/10 Ava said to me, "Hey Mom? Why does Grandma Annie have toys at her house? There are no kids there. Kai was wondering."
6/10 At 3:30 in the morning I heard Ava yell to me. I stumbled out of bed, half asleep, went in her room and asked her what she needed. I heard her little voice say to me, "Hey Mom! Whatcha doing?"
6/10 I've figured out that the best way to get Ava in bed at night is to go in my room across the hall from her until she's asleep. She'll say little comments to me like, "Mommy! I hope you sleep good!" Or, "Mommy, I love you so much!" Or, "Mommy! Are you going to bed? Are you tired?" After a few minutes of this, she decides she's sleepy and will say to me matter of factly, "I'm tired now Mom. I'm going to go to bed like a big girl!" Well, the other night she said, "Mommy! I hope I see you in the morning!" Um, ya, me too. Then she said to me, "You know Mom, at night it's kindof like we all go bye-bye and then come back in the morning." Funny girl.
4/10 I said to Ava, "Is your name 'the cutest girl in the whole world'?" She replies with, "No, my name is Ava, but I am a very cute girl."
4/10 - 3:30 AM. I hear Ava yelling "Mom! Come Here!" I go in and she says, "I have a secret." I lean down and she says, "I love you." Then she says, "Now lay by me for a few minutes."
2/10 We were driving down the street and saw a girl walking. Ava said, "Mom is that a lady? You're not a lady because you have kids. I bet she doesn't have kids so she is a lady."
2/10 Ava's new favorite thing to say is "In the stead." As in, "Mom, in the stead of watching Dora, I want to watch Wonder Pets." Or, "In the stead of doing puzzles, I want to play with Barbies."
11/09 Just recently Ava has started calling me Little Fox. As in, "Hello Little Fox!" or "What are you doing Little Fox?" I have no idea why!
6/11/09 During a hailstorm she said, "Mom, it's not snowing, but it's not raining." Then she said, "It's raining snowballs!"
6/10/09 We were watching Bambi and Ava said, "Look Mommy, now he has sticks!" I was confused until I realized she was talking about his antlers!
5/28/09 Ava had an "accident" and I was SOOOO mad! She said to me, "Mom, can I say sorry and give you a hug and a kiss?" She did and then a few minutes later she said, "Mom, be nice, not mad." Then a bit after that she said, "Are you happy or sad?" She's always testing the waters to see exactly where she stands.
4/17/09 This morning Ava told me, "You're really getting to be a big girl mommy!" Ummm . . . . thanks?
I told Ava if she went to bed REALLY good we could go see the fishies tomorrow. She said, "Mom, is the fee twenty dollars?" I don't even know how she knows the word "fee."
She walked up to me, tapped on my belly, and said, "Come out baby Kai! I want to play with you!"
She said, "You're a big girl Mommy and Ava's a big girl too! Daddy is a big boy just like Kalel!" (Kalel is her baby doll that she named after our cute little neighbor boy)
I was singing a funny song to Ava and she said to me, "Relax Mom!"
To me - "What's Crackin' Cracker Jack! That's what daddy says!"
I told Ava to quit being whiny and she said, "I not whiny Mom, I just very sad."

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