Silly Little Girl

As a parent I notice that some days my kid is just so cute and perfect and other days she makes me want to never have anymore kids (it's harsh...but honest). This was one of those perfect days...there was no screaming and no tantrums.....and I thought maybe she had grown out of them and was going to be my easy going kid again, just like when she was a baby...But the next day she reminded me that she was a toddler and that the screaming just comes with the package. Having a toddler is so interesting. She has so much personality and a mind of her own....and discipling is a hard task.....especially when I am trying to show Avery that I am mad and what she did was a "Big No No." She responds to me by looking up at me and puckering her lips and trying to give me a kiss and then to top it off she says...."luv you mamma." So I guess I have learned that parenting is much harder then I expected it to be...but it is the little moments like this that make it all worth it.

More Halloween

Avery and Grandma. Avery was still a little upset with me because I took her candy away from her. She kept choking on Dots and I had to fish them out of her throat twice...so I decided to confiscate the hazardous candy...which did not make her happy.

This Halloween Avery found her new love....candy! I usually don't feed her candy because....it is messy and because if I buy it...I don't have the self control to not eat it myself....so we usually avoid it...also I fear that a candy addiction runs in her blood...I think it may be passed down from her Grandpa Berry.

Avery got to go trick or treating with her cousin Samantha this Halloween and they had a great time. They went as little china girls and Samantha was so helpful. She took good care of Avery. I got a good laugh watching Avery trick or treating. She would grab the candy out of the bowl and say thank you...and then she would grab some more...."thank you"....and then she would try for some more when I would have to intervene and drag her back to the car.

Candy and Pumpkins

Avery didn't understand that the candy was supposed to go in the pumpkin bag. As people put candy in her bag she would pull it right out and want to eat it. Or she would just dump her bag on the ground and I would have to put the candy back in...which made her mad....
Little china doll!

Helping daddy light the pumpkins. After he would light them she wanted to blow them out....

Trick or Treat

This was Avery's first Halloween that she was able to go trick or treating. I was so excited for her and she really didn't even know what was going on. I had to hold her down to get her makeup on and she did not like that at all.

Pumpkins

Avery's Pumpkin...of course she didn't actually carve it but...she did eat a handful of pumpkin guts...ya know the fleshy stuff that you scrape out....I thought she was going to puke after she put it in her mouth. We had a good time.
Matt's pumpkin! This was the first Halloween that we have carved pumpkins together and to be honest I was a little surprised at Matt's carving skills and I am not sure who had the most fun.
My tree it was supposed to say happy Halloween at the top in the branches but it was hard to read and didn't turn out as planned. But it was still really fun to do.

State Cross Country

We went down to Idaho Falls to watch my sister Lara run at state cross country. This was a pretty new experience for Matt and Avery. Watching a cross country meet it not like watching any other sporting event. In order to watch the race you have to run around to different sports to cheer on the runners. If you stay in one spot you miss the whole race. Avery loved the running around...but I think it tuckered out Matt a little bit.