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wishing “oh” for 2013

We got our first dusting of snow around new years and decided to take the girls sledding on new years day. the new park near our house has the biggest hill around so we gave it a wurl.

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as you can see, there is not a whole lot of snow! lucky for us, our sled is super awesome. it didn’t care about the amount of snow.. it cruised down the hill like the champ that it was!

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we finished sledding and walked over to the play area. annalise can never pass up an opportunity to swing!

she’s pretending to be asleep (and turning blue!)
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when nighttime came, scott lit two floating lanterns.

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the lanters come from china. the translated directions say to “release the lantern and wish oh”. gotta follow those directions so that’s just what we did!

happy 2013!

wonderful words

Ava’s friend: Ava, why do you like God music so much?
Ava: I like it cuz i like the songs and they’re easy to sing.
friend: ya, and i bet you don’t like wearing shoes because Jesus didn’t wear shoes.

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Annalise: (burps)
Me: do you know what to say after you burp?
Annalise: trick or treat

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Ava eating a gumball: I don’t like green..i’d prefer reshreshing pink.

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Ava: I’ll fix it.
Annalise: I’m so proud of you!

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Annalise: Ho! Ho!
Me: are you santa claus?
Lisey: No, I’m Mary Christmas.

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Annalise: I’ll help with the laundry mommy.

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Ava: God probably put Lisey here for sleep. He put me here for school.

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Ava: Mommy, the best thing I ever had is Lisey.

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Annalise: I’m afraid of santa.
Me: why?
Lisey: cuz he says “ho-ho”

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Ava showing her friend her pet rats:

friend: they’re both girls?
Ava: if we had a boy and a girl rat they would mate. then they would have 7 babies each time they mate so that means they would have 100 babies a year!

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Annalise: Mommy, i spilled water on my leg.
me: is it a big deal or a small deal?
Lisey: it’s no deal

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Ava: M-o-o-o-m, Lisey’s trying to control my mind.

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Ava found the shopping list…

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apparently it was missing a few things

puking pumpkins, ratties birthday, & kid burritos

we obviously have a lot to catch up on!

Halloween:

Ava chose to paint her pumpkins face this year.

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scott carved his. i love this guy. he carves his pumpkin with a jigsaw and always thinks of something original.

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we had a few events to attend. ava decided to be a prairie girl for one of them.

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and a mermaid for the others:

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who can resist that adorable pink poodle?!
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Skitters and Ratsie’s 1st Birthday!

Ava made some fabulous birthday crowns for each of us to wear during the rats birthday party.

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She also knew exactly how she wanted to prepare their cakes: a chunk of cheese with a dab of ice cream and a drizzle of coffee.

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then off to the bathroom where the celebration would begin.

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And I just couldn’t resist sneaking in this cute video. Scott and the girls were playing, and after 20 minutes of constant giggling, i dug out the camera to capture some of the fun!