Our little elf, Homer, made his final appearance and we are already counting down the days until next Christmas.
Avery is a Messy Mo. She can create a mess out of just about anything. A full Kleenex box or a new roll of toilet paper are her favorites. I don't even know how many times I have had to pull an entire roll of toilet paper out of the toilet. Sometimes it's deceiving how much toilet paper is actually in there so I flush thinking it's just a little wad and to my surprise, it does not go down, but it comes back up at me along with the other 2,534 squares of toilet paper on a brand new roll. I know it comes with being 2 so most of the time I can have a sense of humor about it. Sometimes I will catch her in the middle of a mess and I will say "Avery!" and before I can say anything else she will say, "What? I'm a mess!" I guess she's used to hearing it by now. The last week of Mother's Day Out, the kids got little Christmas bags full of goodies and I let them hold their bags on the way home. Twice in one week, this is what I found when looking in my rear view mirror: 
Thank goodness for stain stick and bleach pens.
They love to play outside and the other day the temperature was in the teens but they begged me so I told them they could go out for 20 minutes. Avery's cheeks are dry and chapped so I put some Eucerin on them before she went out and it froze to her face!
Drew: Why do I have to?
Me: Because you made the mess so you have to clean it up.
Drew: Did you see me make the mess?
Me: No.
Drew: Then how do you know it was me? It must have been Avery.
He's a lawyer in the making. If I didn't see it, it didn't happen.
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Life lessons:
The other day we were driving in the car around dinnertime and Avery fell asleep. I asked Drew if she was awake and he said no. A few seconds pass and this is what he says: "Life rule number 42: If a baby is asleep and it's time for dinner you have to wake her up so she can eat."
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Avery to Drew: "Be quiet! I'm on the phone!!"
Have I mentioned lately how much I love Brent? Today is his birthday and I just wanted to say how great I think he is--I am so blessed to have him as my hubby.
Happy Birthday, BLD. I love you more and more every day.
Today the kids found some rocks outside that I told them we could take home and color. Things were going swimmingly until Drew wouldn't give up the red marker that Avery wanted. She climbed across the table in a fit of rage so I had to put her in her crib to calm down. Well, this just made her more mad. The video at the bottom is the tail end of her temper tantrum. Sorry it gets shaky halfway through but I was laughing. To me, the belly flop was comical. All that drama for one little marker. I can't wait until she's a teenager.
