Category Archives: General

Avery has a new passion. She’s way into Lego Friends. According to Wikipedia, Friends is a product range of the LEGO construction toy designed to appeal primarily to girls. Introduced in 2012, the theme includes unique “mini-doll” figures, which are … Continue reading →

Avery recently celebrated her “golden” birthday. All birthdays are special and important, but the golden birthday is super special. The morning of she came downstairs to her new “birthday doll.” I received these growing up, then my niece (who’s 14 … Continue reading →

I woke up in the middle night and heard Sawyer sobbing. I wasn’t sure if he was awake or having a “night terror” so I waited. He kept crying, so I went to check on him. As I opened his … Continue reading →

What to do this week? Since we aren’t home, we don’t have all our “stuff” so our resources are limited. Avery’s been asking to do a “real” science experiment ever since we went to a friends school Science Fair a … Continue reading →

This afternoon my mom mentioned the Peter Rabbit tea set…. yeah, where is that? My sister knew right where it was in the garage. She got it out, she and Avery unwrapped each piece. I hadn’t seen this tea set … Continue reading →

This is a picture Avery drew the other day. She was being very secretive about it, which peaked my curiosity. She showed it to me when she was all done. I needed her to explain to me. She told me, … Continue reading →

We’ve toyed with giving Avery an allowance. We both agreed that she needed to earn the money by doing chores or work. Also, we both agreed that she needs to stop whining and listen & react more (quickly)- stop ignoring … Continue reading →

I forgot that Avery has more half days this week. So after she finished her homework we settled down on the couch to watch the Johnny Depp version of “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” this afternoon. We had to have … Continue reading →

Avery finished Charlie & the Chocolate Factory- finally. It took her a lost 3 months! She did read a lot of book in-between. She took the AR (accelerated reader) test at school and passed. She was very excited to earn … Continue reading →

A common theme in Avery’s life recently is “natural consequence.” She hurts herself constantly and when I ask her why she was over there, not ever here where I asked her to be …. natural consequence. Before the softball game … Continue reading →