Aven...

This weekend Andy had a fun opportunity to go hang with some good friends from high school and have a guys weekend in DC. So after Declan's learn to skate on Saturday he headed out. The kids and I have been doing the usual and then had a friend (Mr. Justin) come up for a visit today. The girls were their usual self and very shy with their stranger danger radar up, but sure enough Aven perked right up and let her guard down first (hence the title of the blog). She was a smitten kitten with Mr. Justin. Further confirmation that we are going to have our hands full with her!

The girls have been cracking me up lately... Between Aven and Stevie having both nap and bedtime gigglefests (of course Bria is always out cold), to Bria waking up in either just her diaper or like the other morning, with her unzipped pj's on but no diaper (seriously probably the funniest thing I've ever seen). They are just hilarious. Declan has been cracking me up too. With Andy being gone, we've been having some deep conversations - like last night he told me that he was never going to get married because "he doesn't want to kiss strangers." He also informed me that we should start making necklaces and selling them for extra money. All very good ideas from our brilliant 5 year old.

Here are some pictures from the weekend... Declan skating - he is now officially better then i am, which doesn't take much, but he is only 5...

The skating place was great because on each side of the rinks there was a dead end. I love anything that keeps these crazy girls confined to one area...

The girls "watching" Declan and having a snack...

The girlies waiting for their big brother to get off the bus...

Bri Bri...

And my all time favorite picture of the girls to date... I'm pretty sure that in the almost 2 years, this is the only picture that I have of all the girls smiling. Melts my heart and makes the other 1,347 pictures so worth it!