Ashlyn Avery- 23 Months

Ashlyn is getting so close to being two.  She hasn’t changed too much over the last two months except talks even more (basically talks our ears off) and has started showing episodes of beginning the “Terrible Twos”, oh my…

Ramon and I said, "Oh no! Who drew on the wall?!"  Ashlyn said very quickly and matter of factually, "Maesto did it."  Maestro is the cat. We said, "Maestro did it? I don't think Maestro did it. Did Ashlyn do it?" She said, "Ashlyn did it."  We made her clean it.

Ashlyn refused to eat her peaches and was demanding more waffles. I told her to eat her peach. I turned (for maybe 5 seconds) and I heard a big plop in my milk...

This look says it all:

Showing off for some random mom at the mall.

She still loves being a big sister though (and maybe being a little bossy), but she can be very sweet too.

"See the airplane?!!!"  One of the MANY things I'm asked to look at throughout a day.

This was her idea...Daddy got some on his face too. 

This morning I asked her if she wanted to go for a walk. She said "Yes."  I found her by the front door waiting to go wearing daddy's had and carrying her purse.  Daddy always takes his hat and Mommy always takes her purse.

She's a very good eater, not only in the quality of food but in quantity.  She definitely burns it all off!

She's proud, but doesn't want to show it. We hardly ever have an accident anymore.

  Our sweet girl!

Fun with Friends and Family

Here's a bunch of pictures of activities we've done with friends and family over the last two months.

We had some picnics in the front yard and back yard:

We went to Kylie's birthday party:

We had fun at a Bouncin' Bears of Texas. (This place is awesome! We all got in for $5!)

We spend an entire day with Dennis and Micai (my friend Ivy's children). Mommy was very tired at the end of that day!

We went on a trip to see my mom's side of the family. (I need to get more pictures from this):

And we've had several fun times at Grandma's house: 

Pinterest Projects

I’m a little obsessed with Pinterest. I love finding new projects to do and not spending much, if any, money.  I’ve also found ways to save money. Inspired by the many recipes on Pinterest, I started making our own laundry detergent and dish detergent and sometimes baby wipes. These all save a lot of money.  Pinterest also has hundreds of ideas to entertain your toddler. Here are two easy things we did that I stole off Pinterest:

Ashlyn coloring with a marker on foil. I also gave her a wipe so she could erase and color some more. She was busy with this for about 45 minutes. 

Ashlyn taking colored (with food coloring) vinegar and dropping it into a Tupperware container with baking soda to watch it fizz. This also left her busy for at least 45 minutes. 

Other things that were inspired by Pinterest were to change an old nightstand into storage for the coloring books and diapers in our den.  Using old paint we had in the garage, I just spray painted it black and stamped the top.  We also had an old coffee table that had stains on it and was very out of style now. I turned that into a toddler craft table for Ashlyn and spattered paint on top. The containers on top of the table were old Lysol containers that I wrapped in scrapbook paper and they are being held by an old CD rack that was in our garage. Lastly, Ashlyn’s seating was a cushion off of an old couch that I wrapped with a table cloth that I no longer used.  Ashlyn absolutely loves this space. She has spend countless hours there since she’s had it.