January Update

A month after Christmas and the girls are still loving all their new toys. And while most of the rest of the country has suffered through a cold January, we’ve been lucky to have above average temps…which is perfect for spending time outside.

For New Year’s we got 3 families together – 5 girls and a token boy. Ava and Ali and crew enjoyed playing together…here there are with a brief bit of downtime watching a movie.

Ali was festive with her party hat.

Which she traded in for the cowboy hat.

Ava had her princess crown on for the evening.

The families all had fun as we welcomed in the new year!

The next adventure was the Butterfly Wonderland. Somehow Ava was afraid of the butterflies. Meanwhile Ali was fascinated by them.

Ali getting up close and personal…

And just chilling among the butterflies.

There was also a great coi pond – Ali wanted to grab the fish, so Dad had to hold her back.

Now that Christmas was over, it was time to take down the Christmas decorations. The girls were a lot of help…especially with the Santa Bears.

After all that work, Ali took a little rest (notice the theme here with Ali and hats)?

With the warm weather, the girls have been outside a lot. Sometimes we play tennis (or ride in the ball pickup mower).

Click the image above for a video of Ava and Ali with the tennis ball mower.

Other times, “Captain Ava” takes her toy dog and doll for a stroll.

The girls share the see saw.

and on the slides.

And Ava likes to wear her new hat.

While Ali loves to stroll on by.

The girls did some hiking – Ali did amazingly well for almost 3/4 of a mile.

Click the image above for a video of the girls hiking

And occasionally the girls will hold hands together.

And we now have the official “bike train” consisting of Dad’s bike, Ava’s CoPilot, and Ali’s trailer.

Click the image above for a video of the girls walking and riding to the park

Click the image above for a video of Ali playing catch with Pepper

Of course sometimes you just need a dance party.

Click on the image above for a video of Ali dancing

We’ll leave you with some typical shots of Ali (at 5AM). Here she is with a little bedhead.

And catching up on a little Baby Einstein.