Living with kids

There are plenty of trials that come with raising children, but there's also plenty of joys and it's fun to bask in them:

Avery up in Aspen's grill all the time just being a super cute big sister.

That's just precious.

Avery usually dreads nap time so when she came to me yesterday after lunch and said, "Avery sleep." I thought awesome! I was busy at the moment so she went down the hall by herself. When I found her, she had crawled up in our bed with her baby doll and pretending to sleep! Unfortunately, she only wanted to pretend.. oh well!

I found a way to keep Avery super happy while I cook dinner- Give her a pan, measuring cup, spoon, and bottle of never-going-to-be-used spices. She's limited in being able to help me with the real dinner, so I give her a "dinner" to make of her own! She LOVES it! (And cleaning up her mess is well worth it.)