Monday, November 28, 2011

From our Trip...

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Saturday, November 26, 2011

FAMILY ADVENTURE!!!! - TENNESSEE


Our first stop at The Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge, Virginia. We walked under the bridge, saw the butterfly exhibit and even hung out for a stretch in the employee lounge!

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Here's The Natural Bridge, Drew in the forefront and the rest of the family far off in the distance - really beautiful.

Jenna liked jumping off this rock wall which you really can't see - heights aren't an issue with Jenna.

This is a nasty Emu at our next stop. We drove through the Virginia Safari to feed the animals up close. The animals are quite pushy. The fun time we had planned for the kids turned out to be not so good. We had a very upset Jenna with the up close animals at her window, a very upset Dave who couldn't drive the car without fear of taking an animal with us, and a very upset Ava who didn't like how upset Jenna was. What a mess (our car and the experience...)

Jenna, Mary, Quincy and pink rabbit. Her traveling companions.

Here are the kids in Gatlinburg outside the aquarium.

Here's sick Drew - unhappy to be out of the pool, but a good brother supervising his sissies.

Dave and Amelia braved the haunted house in Gatlinburg. After it was all said and done, Amelia said it wasn't scary and "really it was annoying that the little guy kept coming up behind her with a different mask and saying her name." Ava (all talk that she is) stayed back with the rest of us. :)

Happy swimming toothless Amelia posing for me.

Ava believing she was still in Maryland, was really at the Tennessee, North Carolina border.

A little rock climbing for my adventurers.

Drew and Jenna looking equally unhappy at the Christmas tree at The Wilderness Lodge.

The girls got their fill of waterslides....or did they? This is them at their happiest point on the trip coming off the "tube twisters".

And another favorite, the Wave Pool.




We took a short trip over the Thanksgiving break to The Smoky Mountains. Drew was sick with a head cold, as he was ten years ago at our last visit. Jenna adapted very well to her car seat, her big girl bed and our excursions, and of course Amelia and Ava are world class travelers - very upset to be back at home today.
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Friday, November 18, 2011

What's New?

That's Jenna today in her cute t-shirt. In good spirits, but still fighting the mystery stomach bug..

That's Amelia and her ever changing smile. She lost her 6th tooth last night!
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

What's Cooking?

Amelia wanted to cook a recipe out of her class cookbook. Ava wanted to help...and in Ava fashion she helped by making silly faces, not helping with the actual cooking and eating the ingredients...

Looks good Amelia!

And...Voila! the finished product! Worms in Dirt!

Here's a Heart Secret Blog quiz. What's up with Jenna?
She's sick, but is rallying...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

A Member of Daisy Troop 81647


Ava started Daisy's today!
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Monday, November 7, 2011

3 girls minus 10 teeth


Amelia is the sister expecting a visit from the tooth fairy tonight. For those of you counting...that's 5 teeth lost for Amelia, 5 teeth lost for Ava, and 0 teeth for Jenna. Now that I look at it too, that's 3 girls wearing their brother's pj's.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

31


Here's Jenna today at 31 months...and surprise! she's wearing those same Dora pj's/"universal daily go-to outfit". She's quite the fashion plate in those pj's, her monkey coat, and her frog rain boots. Not only does Jenna wear Dora, but she speaks Spanish like Dora, makes and follows directions like Dora and so on. She loves Dora and her Bubble Guppies tv shows, having quite the monopoly over the family tv set. She enjoyed Halloween, trick or treating to every house and not being pushed out of the way by the bigger kids. She came home with two lollipops in her mouth. She will hopefully soon forget about her hidden candy bag which we had an all out war over yesterday. Jenna also loves to talk shapes. She'll still say "hearts" for goodbye and goodnight, but will also say, "squares", "diamonds", "ovals" and so on.
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