Spidy the Bug Catcher!

Lane has always had a "passion" for catching bugs since he was a very little boy. He has a habit of going into the pantry, getting my plastic containers, taking them outside and filling them with rollie pollies aka pill bugs. Then he brings them inside without the lid on them and I freak out when I see them crawling around everywhere. His latest trend is to go outside and catch butterflies put the lid on to keep them from flying out and bringing them inside. Then he forgets about them and the next day they are obviously no longer flying because they are dead.

So... I had a little talk with him and told him that it was okay to catch butterflies but he just needed to babysit them for a while and then turn them loose. So yesterday he caught one and put a flower in the container for it to land on and gave it a Ritz cracker in case it got hungry. Late yesterday evening he let it go outside. When he came back in he said "Mom do you know why I let the butterfly go?" I said "No. Why?" He responded "God told me in my heart that I had to let it go and that I could catch it again tomorrow." I said "Well that is so sweet. You are a good animal rescuer." (That is what he wants to be when he grows up.) Kids are amazing and Lane never ceases to amaze me!

"See my beautiful butterfly!"

Did you get that on Camera?

Avery Ella now has a habit of knocking over all of the movies in the movie rack and playing with them. It is so much fun for Mommy to pick them all up, let me tell ya! So I caught her on camera doing it.

"That was so fun, I better crawl away with a

big smile like nothing ever happened before Mommy sees me."

"Oops. Hi Mom. Look at this cute lil' innocent smile. I didn't do anything."

"What? You got that on camera? Let me see."

Pesty Lil' Sis

Lane is such a good big brother. The poor child cannot even eat his cereal on the floor anymore because lil' Miss Avery Ella is into everything! So he thought he would be smart by getting on the couch but now she has learned to pull up on the couch and try to reach his cereal that way. He asked me if he could give her some and I told him not yet because she might choke.

"Umm...excuse me. Can I help you Bellas?"

So I gave him her puffs so he could feed those to her while he was trying to eat.

"Here, I will feed you your puffs if your just

going to stand there and beg like a dog."

My First Oreo!

Look at what I got!

Let me inspect this to make sure this really is

an Oreo and Mom is not tricking me.

Oh it is an Oreo. I am so excited, I LUV IT!!

Hey Lane you should try one of these,

they are REALLY good.

So... watcha think?

See, he likes it too. Told ya Lane.

My Poppa and Me

My Poppa Nichols called last night and asked me if I wanted to go see the movie IronMan today. When I woke up this morning I told Mommy "do you know what today is? Today is tomorrow and that means my Poppa is taking me to see IronMan, just me and him." So... he came and picked me up this morning and off we went. I fell asleep in the beginning but when IronMan showed up Poppa woke me up so I could see it. It was so totally awesome!! Then he took me to McDonalds where I played video games and drank a chocolate shake. It was so good!! Then my parents came to get me and when Poppa drove off I got really sad and started to cry and I told my Mommy and Daddy that I was going to miss my Poppa.

Thank you Poppa -- Love, Lane

My Poppa Loves me too!!

Last week when I stayed with Poppa and GiGi he taught me how to clap! I had never clapped until Poppa got me so excited laughing at a frog and then he started clapping and I caught on. It was so fun. I love my Poppa's mustache too!

I love you Poppa -- Avery.

Princess Avery Ella!

I begged Mommy and GiGi to let me try on this awesome Hello Kitty Crown while we were shopping. Don't I look cute? I thought it went really well with my new dress Aunt Bamber bought me last weekend. Anyways, they didn't buy it because Mommy said I wouldn't keep it on.

So.....I went home and started looking for my own money to buy it with and look what I found!

It's actually money I found in Lane's piggy bank but I don't think he'll care. He likes to share and I bet he would like me to have the Hello Kitty Crown anyway. Maybe I should put on my pink sunglasses Bamber bought me to disguise myself in case someone sees me doing this.

Naah I'll just gather it up really fast and go!!

So... Here's the Buzzzzzz!!!!

Bees are NOT nice, only in Bee Movie, right? We got a call from the school today saying Lane had been stung not once but twice by a bee. Once on his nose and once on his leg. Therefore, we are not fans of bees anymore! After some Benadryl and Tylenol he is feeling better now.

"Hey Lane, sorry we stung ya dude.

I will tell the pollen jocks to leave ya alone."

His right eye, well a tad bit swollen.

but I still have a BIG smile!