Last night:
Jonah: Hey Mom, after we eat dinner can we go to Starbucks?
(A boy after my own heart!)


Then this morning:
Elisabeth: How come you're so smart, Joe?
Jonah: Because I'm a robot.

All done! 

Ava doing the map "pudgo" (puzzle) all by herself! 

Yup, that's Ava 

Crazy kids running around with shirts on their heads 

Story Time! (otherwise known as Stack the Children) 

Elisabeth: "Wow, Jonah! Good job on the puzzle! I didn't know you could do that by yourself."
Jonah: "Yeah, I'm growing up so fast. "

Ava sure loved those pancakes this morning! 

In the car today...
Elisabeth: You look tired, Joe.
Jonah: I'm not tired, I'm just relaxing.

Out to dinner for Brooke's 30th birthday!  

Elisabeth, Jenny, Brooke, and Dorina went shopping down on NW 23rd while the guys watched all the kids! 

Last weekend we had some friends (the Schlanges and the Colburns) come for a visit. The guys went for a ride in Jon's Impala. 

Jonah this morning working on a project for his Gamma & Nana. 

How old are you, Ava? (oops--there's 3 fingers there!) 

Eating her castle tower and cake. 

Blowing out the candles...sort of. 

Happy 2nd Birthday Ava! 

Ava's Rellie Castle Cake for her birthday (made by yours truly)... 

Jonah's turn! He was so excited to have the bird land on his arm. 

Jenny with one Lorikeet (at one time she had three on her arm)... 

Ava feeding the Lorikeets a cup of juice from her hand. 

It's Ava's 2nd Birthday and we went to the zoo! (L to R: Micah, Jonah, Madison, Jack, & Janessa--Ava didn't want to be in the picture!) 

One more of lunch by the lake today. 

Another warm day in Portland and the kids and I had a picnic by the lake!  

Today after preschool, Jonah, Ava, and had a picnic on our back deck--it was about 72 degrees! So when we sat down I said, "Jonah, isn't it a beautiful day?"
Jonah took a deep breath and said, "Yeah. I like the fresh air!"

Rellie this morning playing with her babies in her new Cinderella dress Gamma bought her.