We Are the Crooks

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Jewelry Party

Mommy and Avery had a jewelry party a while back.

Painting

Megan got Avery these magic paintbrushes that won't destroy the house. Avery enjoys them.

Office Work

Avery had some computer work to do a while back.

Megan was putting groceries away when Avery came running into the kitchen saying that she was cleaning her room. She put the rest of the groceries away and Avery came back in and said "I cleaned my room, come see."

What she had done was taken the toys in her toy bin and put them in her tent. She was so happy she kept throwing her hands up in the air and saying "hooray"!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Christmas

We woke up Christmas morning, and brought Avery downstairs to open her presents.

Her new cowgirl hat.

And her new horse.

She was interested enough in her new guitar that she didn't really notice the bow I put on her head.

Say cheese!

Playing with her new castle. She threw the little price figure out, and wouldn't let him back in.

Stocking first.

Hat and horse.

We had an interesting predicament after nap. Mommy wanted Avery to wear a dress and stockings, and Avery wanted no part of it. "No pants! No pants!" she yelled. She wasn't real keen on the dress either. We struck a deal; she would wear red because daddy would change into a red shirt (from a blue one) and she could wear pants under her dress. And thusly we were able to continue Christmas. She has definite ideas what she wants to wear every morning, and it is getting hard and hard to get her dressed.

The third round of presents when Grandma and Grandpa McGee came over.

Grandma and Grandpa Crook

Grandma and Grandpa Crook came to visit for Christmas and Avery had lots of fun playing with them. She especially liked playing hide and seek with them throughout the house. Here are a few picture of some of the things they did together, including making a five sided Gingerbread house (I couldn't get one of the roof panels to stay up).