The Stevenson Story

We had a great time at our ward christmas breakfast this year.   The kids were thrilled to be in pajamas (they didn't want to change out of them at noon after the party).  And Avey LOVED eating her donuts.  Actually both kids were in heaven to eat so many treats in the morning.  (Don't worry we had some hearty oatmeal and omelets before, so they didn't just have straight sugar for breakfast.)  The hot chocolate was yummy as well!   All of a sudden Jack looked up from eating his donut and I thought he was missing some teeth from the chocolate staining them.    Eating some HUGE candy canes  This one looks like Avey might wack daddy with it.  :)   Santa came and Avey ran right up and sat on his lap and started talking to him, whereas Jack wouldn't go up until the very end and I went and sat with him, and then ducked out on the second picture.  Those pictures will have to come later ...

Our cute Avey cakes turned three! She has been talking about having a princess party for her birthday ever since  Jack had his angry bird party last June.  So a princess party it was, and she LOVED it!  The girls started out by decorating their own crowns.  They all came dressed in princess attire.  Avey was planning to wear her Cinderella dress until the morning of the party, then she chose to wear her Tinkerbell one with a Snow White top, and then once her guests arrived she took off the Snow White top.  It was her birthday so I just let her do whatever she thought was fun.  Even be Tinkerbell at her princess party. Eric took the girls on a dragon hunt, and then they had princess snacks on a magic carpet.  Popcorn, apples and cheese.  (Some of Avey's favorite foods.) After their snacks we had free play princess time, then read the Princess and the Pea and put a "pea" (a tennis ball) under pillows and tried to gu...

Thanksgiving was so great this year!  Since I am one month away from having this baby we opted not to travel to family this holiday, but my awesome sister Becca came up for a wedding and stayed with us the rest of the week!  Here are a few of the things we did.  I told Jack on Thanksgiving day he could stay in his pajamas until right before we had to leave for Thanksgiving dinner, so here he is doing a puzzle midday in his pj's.  Taking a quick nap BEFORE eating the turkey.  I love sleeping kids, yes that's you too Becca!  Finishing the Thanksgiving food prep.  Eric's friend Matt grew up in Eric's ward and was a close family friend.  They recently moved to Vancouver, and we have done a few things together since then.  They are so great and it really feels like family when we get together!  The delicious food!  I love this bathroom shot of me, Becca and Avey  The kids table. ...

Our first Halloween event was at the children's museum for their Halloween day.  There were so many awesome halloween projects that I didn't have to clean up after and I pretty much got mom of the year for taking my kids.  Thanks Justine for telling me about it and then going with us! Jack giving his scary face in the "world's smallest haunted house" (A cardboard box with flashlights and paper bats and pillows inside it.) A projector set up with shadow halloween puppets you could play with.  Justine and her cute twin girls are to the left of Jack and Avey.                                      The halloween bubble lab was amazing with all the lights off except a black light and glow in the dark bubbles, a color changing potion station, magic goo drizzling out of a pot that also glowed, and lots of other cool art glow in the dark activities.    ...

We have had such a fun October so far!   Aunt Amy sent us this card that the kids love to put on as their kitty mask.    Because why not? Pumpkin painting at the beginning of the month.  And carving different ones later in the month. Pikachu and a doggie. Jack's picture of his pumpkin, I'm thinking here's a future in photography. :) Roloff Farms Pumpkin Patch  Climbing to the top of the hay bales.  And jumping down the hay bales. They loved the petting zoo.  Climbing on these tires was darling to watch Jack holding Avey's hand and helping her around them.  And why would you not need a huge wooden chair in your pumpkin patch?  And playing in the tepee they had set up. Eric's favorite picture from the afternoon. While apple picking another day Avey and Jack LOVED climbing up in the smaller trees that were close by.  My kids are getting so big and inde...