More Skating and Kemah!

Well, the day has finally come that Andrew let Avery use his skateboard! Here she is posing :)

Here is Wade with his new skateboard. Aunt Lori and Aunt Lea gave him a gift certificate to a skate shop for all the work he did for the school dance and he went out the next day to buy a board. He is so thrilled with it!

MOM - Put the camera AWAY!

Just Wade and Avery!

Andrew decided that maybe he could use the skateboard to do gymnastic type things on instead of skating - um yeah!

Tired after maybe 5 minutes of playing, Andrew took a break.

Sunday after church we went to the skate park. Here is Andy practicing!

Andy wouldn't let Avery use his board. Avery didn't want to use Daddy's old board, hence this face.

This is the bowl. It looks like a swimming pool, but it is specifically designed for skateboards. This was Wade's first time to really try it out!

And another shot! Once he gets better he will be able to "drop in." That means standing at the top and essentially dropping in and going straight down into the bowl. Never, never, never do I want to try that!

Sunday afternoon we went to Kemah with Rob, Jen and Sadie! Here are Avery and Andrew as we waited for the ferry boat to take us to the boardwalk from the parking lot.

Aren't they cute? Andy, Sadie and Avery posed for me :)

Watching the boats, Sadie and Andy hammed it up for the camera.

Another picture of the three cousins :)

And another in front of the shark!

Everyone rode the ferris wheel except Jen - it's not her favorite thing! Here is Wade and Avery.

And Andrew! I am so proud of him because I expected him to be terrified, but he wasn't.

Here is Rob and Sadie in their "car"! I have another picture, but Rob was showing me his favorite finger in that one so I can't post it :)

Jen and Sadie rode this airplane swing thing. It went round and round like the swing type rides and got higher and higher. Sadie LOVED it!

After rides, it was time for a trip to the candy store! Here are the girls with their lollipops.

And Andrew too!

Just a cute picture of Sadie!

Robbie REALLY enjoyed his fudge (insert jokes here...)!

Wade ate too much pucker powder (sour candy) and had a blue tongue and teeth!

Avery couldn't figure out how to eat her lollipop once the stick got in the way. So, being the wonderful mother that I am, I held it and twirled it around while she licked. It was quite a site I tell you!

The kids loved the cool mist area and danced around for a while.

Rob took this picture of our family for us!

And here is my picture of Rob, Jen, Sadie and soon-to-be Christopher!

We all ate at Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. That really is a story for another time! Suffice to say, service was NOT good :)

I should have known Rob couldn't take a serious picture with the girls!

Jen could though!

Just a cute pic of Avery and Wade.

And me with the girls :)

Before we headed out we took the kids to the aquarium restaurant to look at the fish. Here's Andy taking a gander!

Sadie was pretty amazed at the size of the fish!

We had a great time at Kemah and all crashed when we got home. Needless to say we were all pretty exhausted on Monday as well!

Skater Dudes & Mother's Day

As many of you know, Wade has recently started skateboarding. He did this as a kid and is apparently interested in either killing himself or reliving his youth. I say killing himself, but he would disagree. Anyway, Andrew is not to be left out. He got a little skateboard for Easter and LOVES to go outside with his daddy and "skate". He actually isn't bad for a 4 year old and can stand on it with one foot and push off with the other. The shot above is from a few days ago - he is wearing his Daddy's helmet and it fits him perfectly!

Another shot of Andy "skateboarding."

Avery is wearing her brother's bike helmet and I'm not sure why! Andrew never lets her use his skateboard and she didn't even have her bike out!

I submit to you proof that white men can jump! Wade is doing what is called an "ollie". Please ask him for further explanation as I look at this and see danger!

Avery got a kid's digital camera for her birthday and is taking a picture of me taking her picture! One day soon we will load her software and see just what kind of pictures she has been taking. The quality is low for a digital camera, but it was $20 and perfect for her first camera I think.

I have 5 bushes in my front yard that had me puzzled. I did not know what they were until the other day when they started blooming. They are gardenias and they smell lovely! I have picked them and put them in my bedroom and bathroom.

On Saturday we went swimming at mom's and ate dinner in celebration of Mother's Day. Here is Sadie (and Rob underwater) in the pool.

And my little scaredy cat Andrew! He is so much like me at that age. I was terrified of the water and would dare anyone to come near me or splash me.

And my little daredevil! Avery is pretty fearless in the water and can't get enough of it :)

Just a picture of Mom opening a few gifts!

Andrew's Preschool Graduation!

Today was Andrew's preschool graduation! The 3 year old group just gets to walk across the stage. Next year he will get to wear a cap and gown just like Avery did! Andrew was the first child to be called - that's what happens when your last name starts with "A"!!! He was so proud to be up there :)

Here is Andy with his little graduation puppy that I got him. He says he likes it because it looks like Chloe.

Andrew and Katelyn (our goddaughter) posed for a picture! Katelyn graduated with Andrew and her older brother Brandon graduated with the 4 year old class, so he got to wear the cap and gown :)

This is Andrew with his favorite teacher, Miss Gabi. She loves him and it makes him so embarrassed!

And finally, this is Andrew with his good friend Cameron - aren't they cuties?

Avery has her Kindergarten graduation on May 30th, so there will be plenty of pictures then!