I know what I want to be when I grow up ...

... I want to be an airplane pilot!!!

While my out-of-town Grandparents were visiting me, we all went to the airplane museum to see hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of airplanes. It was so great!!! I even got to climb into one that was just my size and with Mommy's help we flew off into a great bunch of blossoming clouds in the midst of the vast blue sky ...

Avery and Mommy about ready to take off

There was even a plane that would have been a perfect match with my Halloween costume this year ( http://averyclaire.blogspot.com/2009/11/avery-plays-dress-up-with-great.html ) ... and another one resembled my favorite animal of the sea ... a shark!!!

Avery showing Daddy her favorite planes ...

Avery 'hearts' the Bumble-Bee plane ...

... and really really likes the JAWS plane too

It was so much fun I can't wait to go see all the planes again soon.

Avery on Daddy's shoulders so she
could touch the airplanes

Avery, Daddy, Mommy, Grandpa, and Grandma

A fun new game???

Daddy taught me this new game the other day that he called "fun and exciting" and even said "all the cool kids are doing it", but I'm not so sure. It doesn't really seem that fun to me and I'm not sure why he seems so pleased to have me play it all throughout the house ... what do you think???

Turkey, Turkey, Turkey ...

Thanksgiving Day was totally awesome this year!!! There were even more people than last year that came over just to play games and have fun with me!!! I love the holiday season!!!

So to start the day off as soon as can be (right at 6am), I jumped onto my bike and rode it all around the house while ringing my bell as loud and fast as I could ... I guess some people have trouble waking up before sunrise, unlike me.

Avery waking up the house

Since Mommy and Daddy were too busy cooking up the feast, my out-of-town Grandparents were glad to entertain and play all sorts of games with me ...

Avery playing with her Grandpa ...

... and Mommy hustling up the bird in the kitchen

But only after a brief bit of morning playtime, it was already time to eat the big feast?!!??

It seems that we ended up having a brunch-like Thanksgiving Day feast (at around 11am) since the timing countdown for a completely cooked bird was way ahead of schedule. Good thing all my grandparents had already arrived and were ready to eat!!!

Everyone eating Thanksgiving Day brunch
(Auntie Em even joined us via the phone) ...

... Avery gnawing on a whole turkey leg and double
helpings of mashed potatoes with dressing!!!

So since my original playtime was cut so short, I decided it was very important to continue playing throughout our meal ... someone has to provide the entertainment and who better than me!!!

Avery playing 'peak-a-boo' ...

... Mommy and Avery dancing ...

... Avery and Scout-No wrestling
under the table

And there even seemed to be some common themes from last year's Thanksgiving Day ... http://averyclaire.blogspot.com/2008/11/gobble-gobble-gobble.html

I guess my in-town Grandpa just gets really sleepy after eating a whole lot of turkey ...

Nap time for Grandpa

My good play-friend Nikki even came over to play when everyone else was too tired/full to move. She even brought over some new toys where I get to do my favorite things in the whole world ... throw stuff around and knock over other stuff!!!

Avery bowling with her play-friend Nikki ...

... too much fun all captured in one single day!!!

Where's Avery?!?!!?!!??

Watch me fake out Mommy and Daddy ...

What's wrong with this picture??!?!!

Avery's problem is just below her knees

I have this love/hate relationship with my favorite feetie-pjs ... after a while of constant non-stop usage (say of just normal kiddie stuff like running, jumping, crawling, rolling, playing, etc), they totally become "detached" and are more of a hassle than a toasty warm reward.

So, please advise what I should do since I'm now hopelessly addicted to having warm toes during these cold chilly mornings.

Avery stumbling around the room
with her detached feeties

Crazy Family Cali Fun ...

Avery, Mommy, Grandma, and Great Grandma

Last week was crazy busy and lots of fun!!! We all flew out to California to visit Great Grandma and everyone else. Here's just a sampling of all the fun stuff I did out there ...

Avery is lucky enough to have her own
personal stylist that travels with her

Playing Scrabble with Mommy, Auntie Em, and Great Grandma

Great Grandma showing Avery how to cheat
at Scrabble (by using big words out of the newspaper)

And there were so many toys at Great Grandma's house ... even toys I had never even seen or heard of before!!!

Avery playing with her spinning balls ...

... and playing in her huge toybox ...

... and playing on her really old computer ...

... and playing 'hide and seek' ...

... and playing with her wind-up toys ...

... and having tons of fun in the wild backyard!!!

Grandpa was even tons of fun to play around with out there

And all of the young pictures of Mommy were just so informative

Avery and Daddy having loads of fun too

Avery learning how to feed the fishes with
her Great Uncles and Great Auntie

All the friendly dogs that wanted to play as much as I did!!!

Avery and the whole extended family

Avery taking a well deserved break

Storytime with Daddy ...

Avery's favorite thing to do early in the morning

Most of the time, I'm just about ready to jump out of my crib as soon as the sunlight hits my windows just so I can remind Daddy to come and read one of my favorite stories with me. It's oh so peaceful so early in the mornings ... Mommy is still sleeping ... the dogs are all still sleeping ... so, it's just me and my Daddy and all my stories jumping right out of the pages all around me.

Daddy pretends he would rather be sleeping,
but I know the truth

Drawers are so much fun ...

... you never really know just what you'll find!!!

For instance, Mommy always goes into this one drawer for things to wear under her clothes, but I don't think she ever knew that there were things to wear as clothes in that same exact drawer!!! Luckily she has me to show her where fashion is at today ...

Avery just loves playing dress-up ...

... but, what she's exactly dressed up as,
only she knows ...

Compute-off ...

On your mark ... get ready ... get set ... go!

Grandpa had heard how amazingly good I was on the computer, so he jokingly mentioned a challenged, to which I just had to take him up on. I even agreed to let him use TWO computers!!!

The overall objective was to see who would be the quickest to create a better and quicker version of that thing that does that one thing on the computer. Mommy had the stopwatch and Daddy took pictures to document our "photo finish" result.

And guess what!!!! To everyone's surprise (even mine), I beat Grandpa by a hundredth of a second!!!! Some people might say that's too close to call a winner, but I'll take a win that close any day!!!

Photo finish of Avery completing
the challenge before Grandpa

Avery plays dress-up with The Great Pumpkins ...

The Great Pumpkin about to eat the
Not-So-Great Pumpkin

I think I love Halloween!!! Last year was sooo much fun and then this year was even better ... I got to play with knives, pick out my own costume, visit the old neighborhood, and get lots of great candy!!!

The day started out with dressing up the Great Pumpkins into their Halloween outfits ...

Avery and Mommy dressing up the Avery sized pumpkin

Avery and Daddy "cleaning up"
the bigger sized pumpkin

And then it was my turn to get all dressed up ... try and guess what I was this year ...

Well, around the face Avery sort of looks like a bug, right???

And from the back, there are wings and a tail ...
what type of costume could it "be"???

Ha ha ... why Avery's a bumble bee, of course!!!!

And then we went over to a friend's house in our old neighborhood to go "Trick or Treating" ... this was sort of confusing at first, since I thought you're not suppose to take candy from strangers?!!?? But I guess it was alright this time since Mommy and Daddy were around.

'Buzzing Bee' Avery flying around 'Honey Pot' Shannon

We started out the adventure by "Tricking" Daddy into
"Treating" us for a ride ...

... we passed many unusual characters roaming around
the old neighborhood ...

... I'll remember these witches for the rest of my life ...
I think they "Tricked" us rather than "Treating" us!!!

... What a score!!!! ... I love chocolate!!!! ...

Avery showing off her costume to the masses

Avery and Daddy walking back ...
and eating lots and lots of candy!!!