Pre-School

Hi everyone!  Guess what?!?!  I'm a pre-schooler!  I started this fall, and am having such a great time!  My teacher's name is Ms. Melissa (I call her Ms. Lissa).  She was my teacher when I first started in the 2 year old room, so I was excited to have her again!  My classroom is called the Grasshoppers, and it is very cool.  My friends John David, Liam, and Ava are with me, and my best buddies Aydan and Kingston are right next door.  We do all our circle time, group activities, and outdoor play with each other.  The curriculum is pretty stringent, but I am thriving and learning a lot!  I have math class, science, art, reading skills, Spanish, and even recreation class (PE).  I'm learning to write my name,  recognize words (there's many I can read now), and I have been practicing a lot.  By the time kindergarten rolls around in 2 years, I will be prepared!!

I'm sorry for not updating the blog as often.  We have had so much going on that I haven't had much time to sit down and update you all.  I will try to be better!  My Mommy and Daddy put up lots of pictures on Facebook, so be sure to check them out, too!

Lots of love,
Avery

My First Race!

Hello everyone!  I ran my first race this weekend!  It was a 1k Fun Run for the Franklin Classic benefiting Mercy's Children's Clinic in Franklin.  I had a great time!  I was a little distracted by all the cool stuff around me (police cars are awesome!), but I finished the race, albeit without one of my shoes.  I'm not sure what my time was, but Daddy thought under 6 minutes.  Pretty good for a little guy.  Mommy also ran her first race, too.  She did the 5k and finished it in 33 minutes!  It was her best time so far, and she is very proud of her accomplishment.  I hope Mommy runs more races, so I can run, too.  You know me, I love to run!

So I will have some exciting blog posts in the next week or so.  I officially started pre-school (can you believe it?), and I start soccer this week!  Whoo hoo!  Pics to come :)

Hugs and kisses,

Avery

Avery & Berlin play chicken!

We had an interesting time in our neighborhood this weekend.  Three chickens were wandering around our front yard, and Daddy caught it on video!  He thought it would be fun to make a video out of it to share with all of you!  I hope you enjoy it! 

Love, Avery & Berlin

Lil Fishies

Hello there! As you can tell, we've become little fishies this summer! Aves has been afraid of the water until now. He put some water wings on his arms, and poof! He gained some confidence and swam across the pool about 100 times! The video of him jumping off the diving board is his very first time! What a brave big bro I have! I had a blast with Daddy. He threw me in the air as high as he could, and I LOVED it! I kept saying, "that's funny, Daddy! Do it again!" And so he did. Hee hee, the water is fun!

Talk to you soon. I'm exhausted from swimming.
Love,
Berlin

Home Sweet Home!

Hey ya'll! Don't know if you heard, but we moved! Mommy & Daddy bought a house in Nolensville, which is right outside Nashville not too far from our old home in Franklin. We are loving it! Although I keep asking when we're going back to Avery's house. My parents keep telling me this is my new house. I call it "the big house". We do have much more space than our cramped apartment, but we're very quickly getting used to it. I even have room to run when it's raining outside. You know I love to run! I'm taking some time getting used to my new room. I didn't have curtains up at first and the trees were freaking me out! Mama installed curtains, so I'm a much happier boy and not getting up all the time. Berlin adjusted very quickly. She just goes with the flow.

Here's a few pictures. Come visit us sometime!
Love,
Avery

Tee Ball!

Future All-Star

#2

My Team - the Oakland A's

Warming up

Berlin gets in on the action, too!

Awesome fielding

I have a stellar batting average

I make it to first!

High 5's when I run home

Hi everyone! I know it's been way too long since we've updated our blog. We have had a busy summer so far!! I am playing T-ball!! It is so much fun! My team, the Oakland A's practices on Thursday nights and we play games on Saturday mornings. It's very hot here in Nashville, so I have to stay hydrated. My team is awesome. A bunch of Mom's who knew each other from daycare and Mom's Group got together and all requested we be on the same team. I already knew all but 2 boys on my team, so I felt comfortable right away! Plus it gives my parents time to socialize during practice and games. Hmmm, I wonder if that was on purpose :) I bat really well! My fielding is improving. I can field grounders pretty darn good, and I'm getting more confident with pop ups, and you know I can run! My coach's name is Coach Brandon, and he's awesome. His son is on the team, too, but he's not so into it. He's cool to hang out with anyway. All the Dad's hang out on the field with us for moral support (and to help Coach Brandon out), and they are so helpful! They keep us in line.

I hope you enjoy these pictures of our last game. It was hot, but we had a blast!

Hugs,
Aves

The Egg Hunt

Tons of candy!

Andi helps...

Grandma catching the egg hunt

Look what I got!

Having fun

Enjoying her candy

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a happy easter! We had a grand old time! Grandma and Aunt Andi were here to help celebrate. We made an entire weekend of it. We checked out the sites around Franklin, played baseball, had an easter egg hunt, etc. We always have a great time when family comes, and can't wait to see them again!

We have officially lived in Nashville for a year! Can you believe it? We moved here in a state of unknown... Tennessee was still underwater from the floods when we pulled in, but we moved in and we are happy we did! The past year has been filled with lots of memories and growing up and excitement! We found in our adopted town of Franklin, what we were looking for when we moved to Chicago. A family community. We're so glad we're here! We know that takes us further away from family, but we still see you often, and miss you tons!

We hope you enjoy our Easter photos.

Love,

Avery and Berlin