random pics

aven and i have been fighting a nasty cold, so our adventures have been short lived this week. not much to share other than a few random pics, a ton of hand sanitizer and a short update.
for me: i started a rock climbing class on wednesday and loved it. i was able to become certified on my first lesson, but i paid for it dearly the next day. my arms were jello for the rest of the day and i was so sore on thursday! i climbed four times (it's only a 30 minute lesson) and can't wait for this wednesday's class!
as for aven: everyone knows how much she LOVES shoes, so there's one of her wearing her new shoes to school. i had to do some alterations to a new cooking apron and she had a fun time playing dress up and running around the house chasing tonic with a spatula. (tonic hasn't been laying in the kitchen as much i've noticed, hee hee.)
enjoy and be well!

i heart ATL

we had a great time in atlanta this weekend! the weather was cruddy but we were still able to visit the aquarium, stone mountain, the children's museum and run around downtown exploring. we had a great hotel room and can't wait to go back again!

miss everyone~ i heart you all, too!!

running around the city

we had a blast running around the city and exploring. our hotel was connected to centennial park downtown so we could go outside and play very easily. although it rained the entire weekend, we still had fun. thank goodness aven's a tomboy, she didn't mind getting wet and dirty at all. check out the pic where she decided to sit down in the wet grass!

aven's first stay in a hotel

this was aven's first trip to stay in a hotel and she went straight for the bed! she had such a great time and she loved running around the room in her robe and slippers.

having fun while in ATL

friday night we went to the HARD ROCK CAFE and aven had a blast dancing to the music. saturday we ate a local pizzaria and you should have seen her chow down on pizza (one of her favorites). now back to reality where we only go out for a girls night once a week.

IMAGINE IT! children's museum

saturday morning we went to the children's museum and aven had a blast playing in the ball world. they've built this entire little world on pulleys and when you put a ball in the chute it travels around the different parts and eventually falls back into the ball pit. it was really neat, i'm not doing it justice, and that was the area she spent most of her time playing in. she's very mechanical so she wasn't really interested in the more creative stations they had set up. she tapped danced, played with moon sand (more was in her clothes than in her project), fished in the kiddie pool and played in the treehouse. she enjoyed the painting on the huge dry erase board and played for a while with the jumbo life sized leggos. wish we had something like that here, it rained our entire trip so it was perfect to spend a little time inside but still running off energy. if you go though, take some tylenol beforehand- crazy kids everywhere!!

fall weather is here!

the weather is finally starting to turn to fall and aven finally got to wear her fall boots to school. she absolutely loves these boots and has been wanting to wear them all summer. she's doing really well at school, still not sitting down the entire storytime but that's to be expected and we're working on it.