A Fun Day with the Herrmann Family...

These 4 make for a funny bunch!

Thanks Herrmanns for the very fun day...we always love our special time with your sweet family!

Our Sweet Ava Jean...

I don't know if Heidi (aka...Mrs. Stephens) could have captured her any better in this moment in time...this is truly our sweet Ava Jean...especially with her love of those headbands!

LOVE!  LOVE!  LOVE that fabulous smile!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Adam was inspired by a book his Kindergarten teacher read to his class...'The Night Before St. Patrick's Day"...to make a Leprechaun trap, so we, of course, could catch a Leprechaun!  We spent a whole afternoon working on it, but unfortunately we didn't catch any Leprechauns this time...there is always next year!

The view from the top...look at all that gold!

Ava, of course, had to make a pot of gold too! (& I, of course, had to take a picture of her pot too!)

"Mom!  Mom!...We need to make a trail of gold to lure the leprechaun in!"...Yes, Adam used the word 'lure'...smart kid!  (Not sure exactly why we had to use the flattened amazon boxes...oh right, because my kids like boxes...ha!)

A Fun Day at the Aquarium...

Today we were off to the Seattle Aquarium with Laoise & Ainsley.  And I can't believe it, but this was Ava's first trip there!...Looking back through the blog (aka...my memory source!), the last & only other time we went was with my college girls & their families...way back when I was pregnant with Ava!  Wow!...I thought for sure we had been there since...but for as many pictures as I take, I know there would be proof!  Anyway...we had a fun time!

The kiddos in front of the ever large fish tank...

Well, I am glad we finally brought Ava...she LOVED the touch tanks!  And spent a LONG time there!

Adam & the octopus...

All 3 of the kiddos got to feed the Sea Anemones...they sure liked that!

Ava does a great 'eel' impression...especially one caught by a diver!

Watching the diver in the 'big' tank...

Adam & Ainsley LOVED putting on all the gear...I think we were probably there for an hour!

The diving duo...

Just hanging with the otters...

After we got our fill...up to the Pike Place Market we went...first a stop at the ever famous 'Gum Wall'...yum!

And this is how our trip ended...lucky Ainsley!

Thanks Laoise & Ainsley for the fun day!

Oh, how Adam makes us laugh...

When I walked into Adam's room today, this is how I found him...