Funk

Lately I've been in a social media/blogging funk. I think I have all of 2 posts on this blog. So much has been going on since the first of the year with birthday parties, our trip to Disney World, my sister moving back from Singapore, etc. that I didn't even know where to start. So, I'm just jumping back in and starting fresh.

For so long, my blogging has just been about the girls. The whole reason for starting this blog was to give me a place that wasn't just our families looking for new pictures of the girls. But, I'm having a hard time grasping the fact that I can write anything. On my old blog, I wrote one post about "old people" at the grocery store, and Kurt's grandparents called him within 20 min of me posting it telling him it was offensive. Sigh! I'm not striving for controversial on this blog, but I do want to post about what I want!

Since I do love pictures on people's blogs, I want to post some pictures of my girls on Easter. I'm just a couple of weeks late, right??

This is the girls before church (the only decent on of about 100)

The family after church

Amelia and I before egg hunting (I could have used some powder) :)

Ava hunting

Audrey found an egg!

Oh, sweet Amelia

Look who is walking!

I have a lot more pictures of the egg hunt at my house with my nephews, but I'll post them another time.

I'm going to try to make this blog a priority. Raising three small kids isn't easy, and I need a place for me. Even if no one ever reads it. :)

Tea Parties and Princess Dresses

Seriously, what is more fun than tea parties and princess dresses?? When you've turning 5, nothing! :) Ava had the best birthday party at her dance studio! She wanted all of her friends to dress in princess dresses and they had a tea party/dance party.

Our little princess decided to dress in Cinderella's wedding dress (in case you were confused by the veil and bouquet) :)

The table getting set up before the party

The chair for the "princess" to sit in as she opened her presents

Daddy and Ava

What is a tea party without petit fours?

And cupcakes...they are 5!

Ava and some of her friends

Oh, I love this girl

Not so great group shot

Serving the princesses

Sipping "tea"

Blowing out her candle

Time for presents!

I can't believe my sweet little Ava Grace is 5 years old! I have so many mixed emotions about this. Having a 5 year old makes me feel really old. Aren't I just a kid myself?? How in the world did I turn into a 30 year old with a 5 year old child?!?

How did Ava go from this...

to this...

Happy Birthday my precious Ava Grace. I can't wait to see what the next 5 years will bring.

Potty Training

Well, I've put off potty training Audrey as long as possible. She has shown interest since before she turned two (in July), but I had a new baby. We moved her into pull-ups and would take her to the potty occasionally. Let's face it...I was spending about 6 hours a day nursing, and I just didn't want one more thing on my plate. This is one of the difficult things about having your kids 19 months apart.

I bought her a new potty off of Amazon weeks ago. I never even took it out of the box. Late last week, Audrey pooped in her diaper while I was nursing Amelia in the living room. She walked into the room with a bare bottom and said, "I pooped my diaper. It was yucky, so I took it off!" I called Kurt and told him it was definitely time to start potty training!

We got the potty out of the box Friday night. Saturday morning, she woke up with a dry diaper but she didn't want to sit on the potty. A few minutes later she says, "I need to potty!" She ran to the bathroom, sat on her little princess potty, and went potty!! We were so excited that we woke Amelia up from her nap with our little "potty party". :)

She has gone several times on the potty since then. I'm trying to encourage her but not push her. Actually, I'm dreading having a newly potty trained child again. When they say they need to potty...they need to potty!! With Ava, I can just tell her to wait! :)

So we started...we're in the middle of potty training again...while I have a 9 month old. I'll let you know if I survive. :)

Halloween

We had the best time trick-or-treating last night. Audrey, the 2 year old, was so excited about her Ariel costume! She kept running to the closet to show me where it was hanging. So cute! I feel like we didn't get good pictures in their costumes because they were too ready to start trick-or treating.

Amelia was our little "Pumpkin Princess". :)

Love those dimples!

We tried to get a picture of all three of them in their Halloween outfits, but this is the best we could do. :)

Ariel and Belle

Amelia's Nickname is "Love Bug", so here is our little Love Bug

Out Trick-or-Treating (no, that was not our party bus) :)

We walked in the door and Ava dumped out her candy (Audrey soon followed)

Next year, we'll have three girls that can't wait to go trick-or-treating.