Back seat driver...

Avery is always giving me advice on how to drive.

For example:

"Mom, be careful." (As a car was going by.)

"Mom go slower." (When I was in a hurry and driving a little...ok a lot faster than I should have been.)

"Mom be careful of that car." (When I was parking at Madi's school.)

"Watch out Mom!" (When a car pulls up by us.)

"Don't crash Mom!" ( Whenever she feels scared.)

I don't know where she got this worry from....?

Oh, yeah. Me.

Have a good day!

As we are waiting for Madi's school bus to get here, I watch as Avery goes over to Madi and softly strokes Madi's cheek and says, "You have a good day, ok?"

So cute!

Exposed

Last night Avery came into the bathroom as I was using it. I was in the middle of putting on a pad for the night because my monthly "friend" came and Avery yelled out, "Mommy wears a diaper! Hahaha!"

Thanks Avery.

Grandpa is a good friend

Last week Avery was in the hallway looking at family pictures and laughing with her "fake" laugh.

Me: What's so funny?

Avery: Madi is sitting by Grandpa.

Me:Oh! What are they doing?

Avery: Grandpa is funny.

Me: Yeah, he is huh?

Avery: Grandpa is my friend. (pause) I love him.

Me: AWWWW! That is so nice Avery!

Poo and Pee

This morning I went in to help Avery go potty, even thought she wanted to do it herself. As she was sitting there, she shouted, I DID A POO-POO!

Me: You did?

Avery: Yeah.

Me: Let me see?

She stands up.

Me: No you didn't, silly!

Avery: Yeah. I did a poo-poo again, and again,and again, and again, and again!

Me: Oh really??

Avery: No.... I just did a pee-pee.

CTR

Last night at the dinner table we were talking to Madi about things that she loves that she got from her grandpa Hodges. She loves this pajama shirt that says Colorado on it. She also loves her Zebra that she got from him. Then she mentioned how she loved "Minnie" but that it wasn't from grandpa it was from Colton's house. Minnie is a stuffed giraffe that she got from her cousin Colton. Colton liked her cow and she liked his giraffe, so they traded. However, last night Madi said, "This is Colton's giraffe. I need to give it back to him, because that would be the right thing and I want to choose the right."

Ryan and I just looked at each other and smiled and told her that is a good choice.
What a good kid.

Irreverent behavior

It was my turn (Ryan) to take the girls to church recently and we were in sacrament meeting, trying to be reverent, when Avery ripped a huge one right after a prayer. She then shouted with pride, "I tooted, Daddy!"

I was a little embarrassed (maybe a lot!) and tried to hush her up, but then she did it again. Other pews full of people started to glance over in our direction, some of them suppressing giggles. I again tried to hush Avery. She responded to me with a look of fervent concentration. Her face began to grow red and her eyes squinted together. Just then, another one ripped through the air!

"I tooted again, Daddy!"

Wonder one?

On our way home from Rexburg last night, Avery was the only one awake, which is pretty normal as she likes to watch out the window and sing songs. So the whole way home, she is singing Twinkle Twinkle, Bob the builder, ABC's and making up her own songs. Madi and her both do this a lot. It's really cute.

As we turn into our neighborhood, Avery sees all the Christmas lights and says, "Wow, these are beautiful. That's so pettie (pretty)" Each house that we pass with Christmas lights on it she calls out, "There's a WONDER one!... There's a WONDER one!" (another one)

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Last night we were reading scriptures with the girls, and right before hand, Avery had been pretending to be a dog. When we read scriptures with them, we'll read a small bit and then they repeat it. It was Avery's turn first to read, so I read, "And it came to pass..." and waited for Avery to repeat it. Instead, she said "Ruff Ruff ruff ruff ruff" with the same intonation I had given the actual words. After cracking up, Christy and I told Avery that she had to pretend to be a human again when we read the scriptures.