Avi - 4/20/2018

Avilene ate a large serving of brown rice and ate her raisins.  For lunch she ate a large serving of hamburger stew with meat, carrots, green beans, and tomatoes.  She had bites of whole wheat dinner roll and ate a large serving of apricots.  At breakfast I always ask the kids "What'd you do last night?" It's one of our rituals and over the years there are some hilarious stories associated with these "disclosures."  Haha!  "What'd you do last night?"  "I play soccer."  "Did you chase squirrels?"  "No, I chased soccer ball."  (She gets extra credit for that answer!)  "What did Momma do last night?" "Watch me play soccer."  "What did Daddy do last night?"  "Watch me ride bikes."  :)

The kids had so much fun outside yesterday afternoon and today is another beautiful day.  We played with bubbles for the first time this spring and the kids had a blast.  In this first picture below you can see the bubble wand in Riley's hand and she's racing back to reload some more bubbles.  :)  I let Kenzie and Riley run the bubble show!

I've mentioned several times how I enjoy watching Avi experiment with different body movements while jumping and running on the mattress.  The latest one - she was on the balance beam, knees bent, leaning forward with head down, arms straight behind her, and blast off!  She looked like a swimmer preparing to dive in for the race.

In this first picture from this morning she's lining up and organizing all these animals.  (About 40 of them.)  She had several of the same species together, starting with the elephants at the far end.  Then you can see several of the white polar bears, etc.  The last picture:  So why jump on the soft mattress when you can land on the hard floor!?!  Made my knees hurt to watch!  :)  Doesn't that hurt?!  Avi said, "No."