Where's Audrey?

Where's Audrey Claire????

There she is!!!
Audrey Claire's new thing to do is hide somewhere in the house (mostly in this cabinet or under the table) and "scare" you. She wants you to say "Audrey Claire, where are you?" and if you don't, she starts yelling "Ah-jee" which is how she says her name. When she decides it's time to come out, she says "Boo" in the sweetest, least scary tone I've ever heard. Seth loves to scare people too so I guess she gets it from him.

Lydia

Earlier this week Audrey Claire and I had some girl time with Lydia. Audrey Claire enjoyed showing off all her new tricks as well as learning a new one. Lydia had some beads that Athey were playing with. She (Lydia) would count them as she put them in a box. Audrey Claire started mumbling along with her but got stuck on 5 and 6. Except it sounded a little like "fie, si". She wouldn't say 1,2,3 or 4 but it was cute anyway. It's never too early to start learning numbers right?

Audrey Claire also had to show Lydia how to "cuh-cuh". Thankfully, she kept it on the paper this time.
It's so nice to be blessed with people like Lydia who love Audrey Claire and want to spend time with her (and me!). Our summer has been so crazy that we really haven't had much time with friends. Hopefully things will start to calm down soon.

Wordless Wednesday

Little Michaelangelo

I knew the day would come- the day when Audrey Claire drew on the walls. It has officially happened! For the past week, all she wants to do is "cuh-cuh" (color). All day long that's what I hear. If I get out a pen to write something down, she thinks it's for her to color with. I've been meaning to take pictures of her coloring to blog about so I guess this was her way of making sure I did just that. I heard Seth say, "Uh-oh. Mommy, come here." I immediately knew what had happened. I walked into the hall and found this~

and this~
I couldn't get too mad at her because one, I gave her the crayon and two, I let her roam freely around the house with it. So, we stood by the artwork and I firmly but calmly explained to her that we do not draw on the wall. She just kept saying "Uh-oh" and pointing at it. She knew exactly what she did was wrong. I told her if she did it again she would get a spanking. Right after the talk, Seth took her to change her diaper. In the process of that, she asked for a wipe-a real common thing for her to ask for. She loves to play with them. It wasn't one minute after he put her down that I hear "Mommy, come here" again. Immediately I thought she was coloring the wall again. I was pleasantly surprised to find this~

She took her wipe was trying to clean up her mess. Even though the crayon didn't come off, I must say I was very proud of my big girl! I just wish disciplining her was this easy all the time.

Supper Club

Last night our Sunday School class got together for Supper Club. Since the couple that hosted it have a baby, Audrey Claire got to go with us. She had fun playing with him but mostly enjoyed playing with his toys. She found his exersaucer and just had to get in it. She jumped and played in this thing for at least 30 minutes!

Where's Audrey Claire?
There she is!
Our friend Pavel really likes kids and wanted Audrey Claire to like him too. Toward the end of the night, she finally started to like him.
Here she is "cheesing" for the camera.

We let her stay up way past her bedtime but it was well worth it. She had tons of fun and we all took a wonderful Sunday afternoon nap!

Water Day

Yesterday we had Water Day at church. Audrey Claire had a blast playing in the baby pools and the splash mat! I took quite a few pictures but here are my favorites~

Going in for a drink...

It was a blast getting to watch her play with her friends. She is growing up entirely too fast!

Our Little Visitor

Let me just warn you, this is kinda long and there are no pictures of Audrey Claire but it's definitely worth reading!

Monday night as we were unpacking the car, I heard Seth yelling. I immediately knew what was going on without even looking. You see, earlier last week, there was a rather large spider in one of the corners on our front porch. I wanted to kill it but surprisingly, Seth said "No, it's eating all the little bugs. Leave it alone." And being the good wife that I am, I submitted and we left it ;) For several days it stayed in it's little corner not bothering us.

You can probably guess where this is going...

When I heard Seth yell, without looking up I said "I hope that spider got you so good." Boy was I right! You see, Mr. Spider had moved himself and his nice little web right in front of the FRONT DOOR. Seth went to open the door and saw him right before he stepped in the house. If he had taken one more step this little monster would have been sitting on his nose. If you know Seth very well, he is terrified of spiders, which is why I was really confused when he wouldn't let me kill it in the first place. Anyway, he had to go across the road to get a big stick to close the door with because he was afraid to get close again. Again, being the good wife I am, I immediately got the camera to document this "I-told-you-so" situation. Here's what the situation looked like from a distance.

Doesn't look too big does it? That picture just doesn't do the spider justice. That thing was massive. Here's a closeup~

An even closer shot~

Let me just say that if I had walked up on this thing first, Seth might be a single man right now. I do not like critters of ANY kind.

After I got all the pictures I wanted, I finally made him kill it. Notice how far away he is!

I love having a man around in situations like these.

I can't tell you how hard I was laughing during all this. Hopefully he learned his lesson and from now on, he won't let any spiders live on the front porch!