We are gearing up for Valentine’s Day already and decided to decorate some cookies as one of our projects for today!
This may be Avett’s favorite “art” project ever!!! Everyone ate a lot of icing and sprinkles….not sure that anyone actually ate a cookie. : )
We’ve had a nice quiet weekend around the house this week…so we decided to make some pumpkin squares together! Cody helped with gathering ingredients and measuring…Avett, you were quality control on the ingredients. I forgot how much you two liked pumpkin straight from the can!
Then, Avett found his glasses again while playing with the play dough. I love these glasses.
Love you guys-
My sweet perfect little man. I love your daring sense of fashion. : )
Last week Dad brought home a large box from school for you guys to play in. It has needed several duct tape repairs, but you guys are still having a blast with it. Tonight it was a “boat”…you drank your milk while “looking at the stars”. Love you guys.
This week CeeCee has been trying to fit is as many Christmas projects as possible. Poor Avett…you are so NOT interested in the arts and crafts, but at least it keeps Justyce and Cody out of your hair while you play with your toys! : )
Everyone loved the little glittery sticky ornaments for the tree…
Avett actually seemed to enjoy painting his candy cane ornament! Maybe it’s because you love candy canes so much!
So, mommy has had a really packed schedule and dropped off on her weekly photo shoot. However, I recently cleaned off all of the pictures from my cell phone and had so much fun seeing all of the cute pictures that I had forgotten about on there! This post has a few of my oldie but goodie favorites from the cell phone!
Loving on Avett in the hospital.
Mama loving on her two sweet babies!
Holding hands while strolling through Ace Hardware.
Sous chefs in training!
Snuggles with Cody during feeding time.
Hanging out in mama’s chair at bedtime.
Tummy time!
On the sofa at Oak Grove Market!
Cody snuggles with monkey.
Avett’s new hair do!
Sweet little Avett in his green jean overalls!
First snowfall in Cashiers, NC!
Avett in the Tyre’s wagon during a Groovin’ On The Green in Cashiers, NC. It’s exhausting being this cute…
Cody painting at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta.
Dinnertime!
Cody’s hairdo!
Cody putting her pants on!
Laundry helpers!
Cody decorating her tree!
Merry Christmas! 2013
Avett taking a spin in the Radio Flyer…
Avett tickling the ivorys…
Snowstorm of 2013 in Cashiers, NC.
Morning singing with Rob Lawhon and Levi in Cashiers, NC.
Hop on Pop!
Avett making us bacon and eggs for breakfast…
Sorting beans!
Taking a growler of beer to Dada…
Cody had Gma giggling at dinner at 57th Fighter Group.
Running dinner off after 57th Fighter Group meal!
Painting coffee filters to make flowers!
Giggles on the dock at the Stratton’s lake house over Labor Day weekend 2013.
Checking out the slide our first time at Twin Lakes!
Enjoying chocolate avocado mousse!
Sending a “happy day” message to Papa on his birthday 2014.
Three generations of awesome.
Cody’s working!
Finn in the Barbie house!
Avett working on his Elton John “Happy John” look!
Cody out for a morning stroll with her doll, purse, and pumpkins!
Avett worn out after a boat ride in Cashiers, NC.
Cody swinging for the first time at Twin Lakes.
Cody cuddles in the quilt.
Captain of the ship…
Selfie with mom!
Snowstorm 2013 in Cashiers.
Snowstorm 2013 in Cashiers.
Going for a drive!
These boots were made for walking’…
Avett taking pictures with the toy camera.
We are so excited for fall! Today Renee “NayNay”, Andy, and Levi “Pea Pie” came over to spend the afternoon and carve pumpkins!
Dada and Andy started off the carving!
Cody, you woke up late from your nap and needed some extra snuggle time with Nana to get ready for the festivities…
Once the top of the pumpkins were removed you guys were ready to scoop out the insides!
Levi and Avett worked on scooping out their pumpkins together…
You guys were quite the pumpkin carving crew!
Cody, you thought fitting the lid back on was just like working with your puzzles!
Nay Nay drew the faces on our pumpkins as a guide for us to carve while all the kids played on the playground… 
And the carving began!!!
The pumpkins turned out great! We carved a kitty pumpkin for our house!
The finished product!
Looking forward to a fun fall with you kiddos! We had such a nice day with the Spinks family!
This post is dedicated to CeeCee our amazing nanny. This week is National Nanny Week and we couldn’t have hit the jackpot anymore than we have. We are so lucky to have you and you and Justyce will alway be a part of our family. Much love to both of you!
This week our most amazing super nanny CeeCee took you guys and Justyce on the deck to make some good old fashioned mud pies!
Avett, you weren’t quite sure how you felt about getting your hands dirty at first…
Cody, you immediately thought this mud pie thing was a great idea!
CeeCee found a worm in the mud!!!
After a while you warmed up to the idea of playing in the mud, Avett…
You even helped CeeCee pour the mud into the water table!
Justyce became quite the little mud pie chef!
The three of you worked so well together preparing a delicious mud pie meal!
Cody, Justyce had a few tips to give you on your mud pie techniques…here she is telling you all about it! : )
You were so proud of your creations you offered me a bite…
And then you actually took a real bite, Avett….and I don’t think it was what you expected.
After all the fun CeeCee got you all cleaned up and ready for nap time.
Love you guys!
Every day both of you do little things that crack Mama and Dada up! Mama is trying to catch all of those little moments so we always remember them. Cody, this week you helped mama while I worked! You told me, “I push this button…and now I’m pushing these buttons REALLY FAST!” I was so glad you you were there to help me in the office!
Avett, for a few weeks now you have been obsessed with Dada’s coffee cup…so obsessed that you decided to take it to bed with you. Here you are on the monitor asleep cuddled up with Dada’s coffee cup. There was no getting that cup away from you at bedtime! : )
Love you guys!
Cody wanted to work with Play Dough today, so we busted out the Play Dough kit that our friend Jaimee Diller got you for your birthday and started creating!
When I asked what animal you wanted to make you said a monkey (like Curious George, your favorite), so we worked together on making a play dough monkey…
Avett, you came over and made your best monkey noises when you saw our monkey! Oooh ooh oooh! Ah ah ah ah!!!!
Sweet Frei watched from the sidelines while lying on the Curious George quilt. : )
And Finn didn’t want to be left out of the Play Dough fun!
Avett, you spent a lot of time working on your cutting skills with the scissors…
While Cody, you worked on using the different shaped cookie cutters…
Avett, you then wanted to work on rolling the Play Dough to make snakes…
Another fun morning activity with both of you! I love these simple mornings with you. : )
In an attempt to beat the July heat we decided to popsicle paint. I decided to call it popsicle paint, because you two couldn’t decide if your paint was a popsicle, or part of an art project. : ) I basically froze some of your paint, inserted a “handle”, gave you a canvas and let you go to town!
As with any project involving paint, you were ready to paint handprints Cody!
Uh oh Cody…you have that wild look in your eyes!
Avett, everything became part of your canvas….your face…the table…the house. : )
The finished product. Perfection!
The Case Crew 