The Call Family

Last week my friend, Sharresa, and her kids came over to visit. We planned to go swimming at the pool across the street from my house, but by the time we got there it was closed. We decided to go to Roxberry and get smoothies and then to the Highland fountain behind the Library instead.

Avery had a blast playing in the water.

She loved playing with Layceelyn. I wish that they lived closer so that the tow of them could play together more, they have so much fun together.

Cute girl!

On Father’s Day we let Skyler sleep in a little bit while we prepared his present. We wrote a special message for him on the mirror in the bathroom (I didn’t get a picture of it, sorry) and we put together this present. My mom gave Skyler and Kaden matching ties, they looked so handsome in them! (picture below)

For this Father’s Day post I thought that since Skyler has been a father for 3 years now that I would write 3 things that make him a great father/interactions with our children that I think are cute!

1. I love to watch Skyler play with Kaden. After dinner he will take Kaden into our alcove and lay on the floor and they will just play together. I can tell that Kaden loves his daddy so much!

2. About a month ago we had a “Girl’s Night” in Park City for my mom’s birthday. It was just for the adult girls so I left Avery home with Skyler (Kaden came with me because I am still nursing him). Avery was so excited to have a daddy/daughter night.

Skyler asked her, “What do you want to do on our daddy/daughter night?”
Avery responded, “I want to go get a daddy/daughter ball.”
Skyler: “What is a daddy/daughter ball?”
Avery: “I don’t know”
Skyler: “Where do we go to find a daddy/daughter ball?”
Avery: “I don’t know.”
Skyler: “If we go to the store will you know what it is when you see it?”
Avery: “Yes.”

Skyler and Avery ended up spending some of their time that night at my dad’s house having dinner and then he brought her home and they watched a movie together, he even let her sleep in our bed with him. The next morning he got her dressed and did her hair and took her out and bought her a pair of Tinker Bell shoes because she didn’t have any cute shoes to go with her outfit.

I love that he took such good care of our daughter while I was gone, it is comforting to know that when I am not there that she is taken care of. I also love that he styled her hair!

3. Skyler is always trying to teach our children new things. He is teaching Kaden to be strong by helping him to sit up and hold his head up. He is teaching Avery how to speak properly by correcting her when she says something the wrong way and teaching her big words that are so cute to hear her say in the correct context! He also teaches me new things everyday. He teaches me by his example how to be positive.

Skyler is a great husband and father. I am so blessed to have him in my life. I love you honey!

On June 19, we went to The Gateway with Grandma Call and Uncle Blaze to see the sidewalk chalk pictures. They were really neat!

Avery loved the one of the Disney Princesses. (She was being shy because there were a few girls waiting to have their picture taken with this one and they were watching her.)

Avery and Uncle Blaze

There were several of “Alice and Wonderland”. Avery loves “Alice in Wonderland”.

Avery also love the ones of Mermaids.

This one is from one of Avery’s favorite books. She loves the girl with the stripes!

Avery being silly with Kaden for the camera.

These are a few of my favorites.

We had a lot of fun!

Last week the Relief Society in our ward organized a play group at one of the local parks. We took a lunch, and sat on blankets and visited while watching our children play. Not many people showed up but we still had lots of fun!

Kaden loves being outside!

There weren’t any girls there that were Avery’s age so she played by herself.

I had just finished telling some of the other moms that Avery does not like swings when she came up to me and said, “Mom, I want to swing on that swing!”. She loved it!

She is such a cutie!

We had a great time, I hope they continue to have a play group each month. It was fun to get together with the other moms and kids from our ward.

I decided with it being summertime and me not working that it would be the perfect time to potty train Avery. We have worked on it off and on since Christmas but have not had much success.

About two weeks ago I told her she was going to start wearing ‘big girl underwear’. She was very excited about that and is now doing really well. Eight days have passed with no accidents and she has filled up two of her potty-charts. Until we are more confident that she will recognize at night when in bed if she needs to go to the bathroom she will continue to wear diapers to bed. I am hoping to have her doing that soon. I am very proud of my little girl, who is not so little anymore. Good job Avery!

For Avery’s birthday her grandma Call gave her dance clothes and a summer of dance lessons. Avery has been so excited. Her first day was a couple weeks ago. This is her right before we left the house.

Cheese!

The dance class is called ‘Fairytale Ballet’. Every other week they focus on a different princess and learn to dance as she does. The first two weeks were spent on Belle from Beauty and the Beast. The teacher began class by gathering the girls in a circle around her Beauty and the Beast book, recounting the story. They worked on stretching and then began learning some basic ballet moves. Avery was very nervous and would not dance unless I was out there with her, and even then she did not participate well. Before leaving, her teacher suggested Avery bring a friend the next week if we thought it would help her feel more comfortable. Avery decided to invite her cousin, Sadie.

Last week Avery and Sadie danced so beautifully! Avery participated much more than the previous week but was still distracted by me and Kaden being there. We decided that for her next lesson I am going to drop her off and come back for her after the class is over. Hopefully she will participate even more that way.

The next princess they are focusing on is Ariel from The Little Mermaid. Ariel is Avery’s favorite so she is super excited!

Skyler was able to bless Kaden on Sunday, June 6th. It was a beautiful blessing. We had a lot of family attend and it was neat to see the size of the circle of people who love our little boy. After Sacrament Meeting we had a small luncheon at our house and then, of course, took pictures of Kaden.
This is my mom and dad with Kaden. We were not able to get a picture of Skyler’s mom with him because she had to leave early because she got called in to work.

We took Avery and Kaden outside to get some pictures of them together. Avery was so excited to be able to him all by herself! I though the pictures turned out so cute so you get to see all of my favorites!

After taking pictures of Avery and Kaden we went back inside to have one of Skyler’s siblings take our family picture. Well, when we got inside everyone was gone. Skyler called his brother, Blaze, and he cam back so he could help us out. Thanks Blaze! Again, here are some of my favorites, I had a hard time narrowing them down.

Avery really wanted to have a picture taken with us pulling silly faces!

It was a very special day! Thanks to everyone who brought food and who came and supported and showed your love for us!