Birthdays

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Art Sparks)

The Speed Art Museum has a kid section called Art Sparks. My friend Carrie and her daughter Jenna went with Avery and I. It had a ton of hands on stuff to do just like a real artist. First the girls went to the Preschool Zone where you could put on a puppet show, work with tiles that were magnetized, or draw a picture with rubbing chalk. The next room (in the first picture ) was their favorite, the paint room. They got to wear aprons and paint on easels. In this room they also had a huge light table where you could write with marker on the table. Avery thought that was really cool! They also had different play zones like a kitchen, a boat, and a construction zone. The girls had a blast! We spent two hours there! Plus they had fun while we were waiting to get in playing under the freeway! :) (last picture)


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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Louisville Science Center

On Monday I took Avery to the Louisville Science Center. While it does not have the amount of little kid friendly activities that COSI had, she found plenty to get into! The first picture was a dinosaur on display where we parked. She wanted to climb on top of it. The second picture is from Kidzone where they had this pretend ambulance. She would answer the phone and then get on the walkie talkie. She also loved pushing the buttons for the sirens and the lights. The next picture is in the pretend spaceship. The last
picture is in the water works part that she LOVED. Anytime she can get wet (and it is not called a bath) she is all for! Stay tuned for more girl day posts since Peyton is staying the week with Mama Betty and Papa Granville and visiting with his cousin Jackson!
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Goodbye Southwest

Now that the ducks are gone it was time to get rid of the southwest border in our bathroom. My Mom and Granville just painted their guest bedroom in this deep maroon color and I thought it would be perfect with the oak cabinets and accents in our bathroom.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Goodbye Ducks!!

We finally got rid of the ducks in the kids bathroom. We found this fun shower curtain and then painted the walls a kid friendly teal. Now it looks like a kid bathroom without being "too" kid! I took new pictures to put in the picture frames on the wall, that is the two last pictures. Ham bones!! We left a spot on the wall for the baby's first bath picture!!

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Monday, July 7, 2008

July Fourth Parade


For July 4th we took the kids to the Corydon July 4th Parade. John Belski (a local weatherman) was the MC. There were lots of colonial inspired floats since this was the 200th anniversary of the parade. The newspaper photographer took several pictures of Avery so we will be watching to see if they made the paper! The kids favorite part was of course the horse poop! The heros of the parade were the guys driving the truck and shoveling the poop. What is the facsination with poop with little kids?
In the first picture Peyton, Lucas, Taylor, Avery, and Lucas are patiently waiting for the parade to start. In the second picture Peyton is preparing for the loud noises that are to come. In the third picture was the kids second favorite thing of the parade: the candy! And in the last picture was my favorite float, the Corydon Democrat in the old time clothing and with an old time camera. Happy July 4th to everyone!
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Paul's Birthday


My best friend Jess has been fostering a little boy named Paul since March of this year. She recently threw him a third birthday. In the first picture Peyton and Avery are trying so hard to write their names in the card correctly! In the second picture they are taking a time out so Peyton could read a Rugrats book. The last two are of the birthday boy and Jess opening his presents. I am in awe of Jess' patience with Paul. She is giving so much of herself physically and mentally, which shows how strong of a person she is! Happy Birthday Paul!

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Swim Lessons


My friend Erin is giving the kids swim lessons. They are doing pretty good considering neither one of them like to go completely under the water!! The cutest thing is that Avery can not do two things at once like kicking and moving arms. Once one starts the other stops!! Erin is really patient!! It will only take a few more years before they are experts!! :)

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