Evey-ism...

Many times when I get Evelyn up from her nap, or out of bed in the morning, or just when I enter the room she's in, I say, "Hi, baby!" Lately, whenever it's clear she's talking to me, like when I'm wiping her hands off in her high chair, or she just comes to give me a hug, she says to ME, "Hi, baby!"

I remember when Avery was about this age, she used to say, "Hi, Avey!" to me.

An Avery-ism...

Ever since Avery's new cousin, Claire was born a few weeks ago, Avery has been begging to go to her cousins' house so she can meet Claire, and play with Hannah and Sadie. I told her yesterday that we might be able to go this summer...maybe. This morning in the car, on the way to church:

Avery: Daddy, I'm going to Hannah and Sadie's house tomorrow, but you can't come because you probably have to work.
Daddy: Really? You don't want me to come?
Avery: Well...you just have to work.
Daddy: Avery, you can start praying to Jesus and tell Him that you really want to go to Maryland and ask Him to provide a way for you to go. He might say "no," and He might say "yes." But, it's something that you can ask Jesus for.

Later tonight at dinner...
Avery: Daddy, I asked Jesus if I can go to Maryland to Hannah and Sadie's house and He said, "Yes!"

It's a Lose-Lose...

Our house is a disaster area. The Bruce bomb has gone off again, making our house more cluttered and dirty than usual. Last night, I told Stephen that today would be a cleaning day. My children will play nicely in their playroom, sharing, singing, loving each other, and not screaming. I will get so much done!

I told Avery this morning that Mommy has a lot to do today - I need to clean the house.

Her response: Why? Who's coming over?

Markets Closed = Zoo

Earlier this week, Stephen told me the markets would be closed today, due to Good Friday, so he suggested that we go to the zoo. I just renewed our membership, so it sounded like a good idea. I sent my good friend Mandy, a text, asking if her family would like to join us. It wasn't until I was getting us ready to leave this morning that I remembered that it's Spring Break for most of the city. Hmmmm, could be busy!

However, we decided to still stick it out and I'm glad we did. Yes, it was insanely busy when we got to the zoo at 10:00, but we got one of the last parking spaces, I'm sure. Mandy and her family were just a few minutes behind us, but had to park a long ways away, not even technically in zoo parking.

Although the zoo was filled with people, the weather was a perfect 62 degrees and sunny. I've found over the last 3 years while going to the zoo regularly that 60 degrees is the perfect temperature for the animals. They're all out and active. During the summer time, it's too hot for many of them, so most of the time, they are sleeping. Which is boring. And I've also found that the girls don't see the animal we're looking at, unless it's moving.  Although, I was proud of Avery, as she found these tiny brightly colored frogs in a habitat behind glass today, and they were not moving.

Both girls had a great time with their little friends, until Avery fell apart when she fell down and scraped her knee. It was clear that it was time to go home and take a nap. However, both girls fell asleep in the car on the way home and did not transfer to their beds to continue their naps. Sigh. You can't have it all.

It was a good day.

Oh, and I forgot my camera, so I didn't take any pictures. Oops.

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