The Fam

We really struggle getting a good picture with a family of four. We waited until it was Gavin's nap time to take the picture so he was acting goofy and Ali was ready for a nap and decided to yawn. Lovely.

More Easter Fun

The easter bunny came to G-ma and G-pa Bratcher's house too. This time he brought chocolate! Gavin thought that was pretty awesome since he doesn't get chocolate at home. You can see he is thoroughly enjoying every bite. : )

Church

We had an easter egg hunt during church. Gavin had to find 12 eggs in chronological order and then they told the story of easter using what was inside each egg. It was a little over his head (I guess a lot over his head!), but he still had fun.

Easter Basket

This is what the easter bunny left for Gavin. Apparently with all of the chaos this morning I didn't actually get a picture of Gavin with his easter basket.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Gavin got to color easter eggs with Caleb and Brady. I asked him to hold up his eggs so I could take his picture with them and he took that literally!

Bumbo

I got the bumbo out for Ali and Gavin was not at all happy about sharing it with her. He remembered that it was his and he seriously sat and watched his tractor movie in it.

Early Easter

Gavin was excited to get an early easter gift in the mail from G-ma and G-pa Deverman. (An extra thanks for the easter grass!) He got some tractors and a tractor movie. For the boy who doesn't love TV he absolutely loves this movie. The whole time he points and asks what the tractor is doing and where the tractor is going. His two favorite questions right now!

One last day at the beach....

Gavin loved the beach so much that we went one last time the day before we left. Notice he has the rake in his hand ready to destroy the sand castle the second he gets the go ahead. He is not so much into building yet....he just likes to destroy. It was pretty windy that day so the waves were huge.

Imaginarium

We took Gavin to a museum called Imaginarium. He learned about Newton's Law of Motion and got to pet a sting ray. We took him to an animal show and he could have also petted a baby alligator, but he didn't want to. I don't blame him.....I didn't want to either. : )

Lakes Park

He was stepping on one of the sprinklers and then he would say, "where did the water go?". He loves to hide anything and ask you where it went.
I am not sure what Jason has been teaching him, but he quickly made friends with this topless little girl!

A day at the beach...

Gavin loved the beach! He told me today that he wanted to get back on the airplane and go to the beach. Lucky for him both sets of grandparents live on lakes with a beach right here in Illinois. Now if it would just stop snowing so we could go to the beach.

Tool Time Tim

When we had down time at the condo Gavin had fun playing with the toys g-ma & g-pa got for him. Between all of our outings, going to the pool and going for walks he didn't have much down time.

If you're good.....

Gavin has discovered the ride on toys that you put a quarter in when you are good at the store. The only problem is that now they take at least 3 quarters.

The Shell Factory

This was Gavin's first trip to the shell factory. He loved it! He got to 'drive' a race car, sit on a fire truck, see some dinosaurs and lots of other animals. And of course he got to pick out a shell. I am not sure what Gavin and Pa-Pa are looking at, but I thought this picture was pretty funny. It looks like a Forest Gump moment. : )

Vacation 2009 - Pool Time!

Going to the pool on our first full day in FL.... Gavin loved the pool, but I didn't take very many pictures. I took mostly video. He really got into jumping and kicking around. I think we might have a little fish on our hands this summer. : )

Helping Dad

Gavin was helping Dad get caught up on some work. He is just very helpful these days!

Tent Bed

Gavin wanted Ali to lay in his new tent bed for a picture, but she apparently didn't think that was a good idea. : )

Tractors and Trucks

Gavin had his class at the museum this morning. The theme was tractors and trucks, so he loved it. He made a tractor and painted some tractors. Of course, the highlight was playing in a bucket of dirt. After his class his cousin Caleb and their other buddy Brady met us at the museum. It was a little crazy because all 3 seemed to want to go different directions, but I was able to snap a picture of Gavin and Brady at the paint wall.

Close enough?

Gavin just became interested in small doses of TV. He wanted to get his chair as close to the TV as he could. Sometimes it is hard to see Clifford. : ) No worries....he doesn't watch nearly enough TV to hurt his eyes by being this close. ; )

Big Helper!

Gavin loves to 'help' me cook, so we made rice krispie treats and he got to measure the marshmallows and the rice krispies. I turned my head for half a second and he had dumped the remainder of the bag in the measuring cup which wasn't quite big enough to accommodate all that was left. He also learned that he loves marshmallows, but doesn't like rice krispie treats at all. I guess we will save ourselves the time next time and just eat the marshmallows. : )