Avery's Art Work

Friday we decided to paint and decorate a large cardboard box! Something different and fun! I got towels, paint, brushes, muffin tin to put all the paint and let the kids go wild! 

This is what Avery did...she must have missed my instructions as to paint the CARDBOARD and NOT HERSELF! At least she tried really hard and was proud of her work! 

Updated Bath Time Picture!

It's been a while since I posted a cute picture of the girls in the bath! Been a year and half to be exact...sad huh! 

A Year and Half Later...Still as cute as buttons! 

Presidents Day Fun

Last Monday was Presidents Day and Aidan, Scarlett and Felicity joined the crew of kiddos! It was a fun day of playing, crafts, yelling and laughing children! Thanks to Sami for bringing the adults some yummy Chipotle! 

Here is a picture of the girls all dressed up (minus Avery...she doesn't like to dress up in princess stuff)! 

We have Ariel, Lion, Cinderella and Fancy Nancy! 

Breakfast Date with Mommy!

While TJ worked last Saturday the girls and I went to have a breakfast date at Starbucks! The girls split a muffin and had a milk while mommy had coffee! It was fun time and hopefully we can do it more often...maybe next time we will invite daddy ;-)

"Are You Chidding Me", Aidan John is 5 today!

Happy Birthday 5th Birthday to Aidan John! We love you :-) 

Here are some cute pictures of Aidan from his Birthday Bash on Saturday! 

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Happy Valentines Day Everyone! I hope everyone got to have a special day! 

The girls have been busy all month getting ready for Valentines Day! I love that day...anything where we can do hearts and everything is pink/purple/red...the girls all love! 

As you can see below...Madison and Avery send you their love!!!!

Yesterday we were busy! Daddy surprised us and took the day off which was fantastic! The girls all opened their small gift. Madison got a new electronic toothbrush and princess sparkly shoes! Avery got a new little people tractor set (LOVES)! She is obsessed with Little People and we got Evelyn a small water bottle!
I decided everything the girls would eat would be all heart shaped! For breakfast I made all the girls heart shaped cinnamon rolls with apples! For lunch we made heart shaped grilled cheese and for dinner we got Papa Murphy's heart shaped pizza for dinner! For snack/treat I made mini heart shaped cherry pies! I wanted the girls to love heart day! I think it was a hit...plus they got to wear their Valentine shirts! The girls even had to change mid way because they had two! Needless to say...the day was a HIT!!!!

Here is a picture of the food the girls/adults got to have and enjoy!

Just a FYI FAMILY...I had all the envelopes ready and to send and completely forgot to send Valentines from the girls! Please let me know family if you are still interested, even though they are late and I can send one to you! We have been so busy it just slipped my mind! So very sorry but know we had all intentions to mail them!

Here is a cute video of Madison in one of her Valentine's Day shirts and saying Happy Valentines Day!  Enjoy!

Silly Faces

I think the pictures can explain for themselves! 

We have some goofy girls in the house! 

Skating Bug????!!!????

Growing up in Maple Grove, I probably skated a few times during my childhood! I played sports indoors so all outside sports during the winter (volleyball/basketball) were non existent for this chica! I never got in to high school hockey and never went to a game. In college, I went to one game...more so for socialization as I had NO idea what was happening.

Now for the opposite :-) If anyone knows the Kvilhaug family, they know that hockey is a huge part of that house hold! TJ spent his whole childhood and high school/college years playing hockey. The whole family is huge Gopher Hockey fans as well. Nephew Aidan (5 years old in Feb), has started playing and loving every second of it! Basically hockey runs through their blood.

When I met TJ, hockey came to be something I quickly figured out and enjoyed. Going to numerous hockey games (as TJ was the coach) and then watching our nephew start up hockey!  I still may be clueless about the tedious rules...it is still a fun and exciting sport! TJ has always wanted a boy to play hockey and follow in his footsteps and play hockey. As you can see....we DO NOT have any boys...haha! TJ has now moved to our girls and seeing if they like the idea of skating and possibly hockey. I am not a huge fan of it but if they love a sport then I feel they should be able to play it! We are seeing if the girls enjoy it and go from there. You never know!

This Saturday all the kids got up from the naps and we decided to bundle them up and take them to the local ice rinks! Travis had an extra set of skate for Aidan and we had Madison try them. She went skating and LOVED every second of it. She especially loved going really fast while holding on to TJ. Lets just say it was probably the most excited and proud I have seen TJ in a long time! I even strapped on a pair of skates for the first time in at least 15 years! I did NOT fall...took it easy but I was proud that I did not fall!

It was a fun time and looking forward to see what happens from this one time skating! Wondering if Madison or Avery will pick up the skating/hockey bug that runs through the Kvilhaugs'!

Here are a couple pictures of proud daddy and Madison! She may not be smiling but she was full of them while skating!

Look how proud he is! 

His back may have killed the rest of the night and next day but would do it all over again to help his little girl learn to skate like daddy! 

Pretty sure Avery will be on skates sooner than we think...she was SUCH a fun of the snow and wanting to skate like her daddy and sister!

Travis and his kiddos! Felicity, Aidan and Scarlett! 

Picture of us all out on the ice! I have a feeling this will be the first of many of family outings to the ice rink...if not skating then watching our awesome nephew skate! 

Avery Loves Daddy's Hats

She is such a goofball! 

Rooooaaaaarrrrrr

She was roaring and a lion right before the picture...but couldn't help but post it anyways! She was very proud of her lion costume!!!! 

Apron Time

Madison and Avery got aprons for Christmas from Aunt Pam and Great Grandma Dee Dee!

In the pictures below... Madison is wearing Avery's and Avery is wearing Madison's apron! They still are too stinking cute!

I can't believe how old Madison is looking lately! She is growing before my eyes! Miss Avery is getting so old too...can't believe she will be 2 years old in a tiny bit less than six months! Holy banana cakes!

I can't get Avery to take a cute smiley picture to save her life. She is obviously adorable but she is doing this head tilt with all her smiles!

Miss Avery and her quirks

Lately, Avery has being enjoying organizing and putting things in random places! It must be a phase because all of a sudden tuns of stuff will be randomly laying in a bin.  So if things go missing...she is the culprit! She isn't trying to steal them she just put them in a place where she felt it was better!

So on to yesterday...I was doing laundry and Avery was helping me. Instead of putting clothes in the dryer, she emptied her shoe bin (one shoe at a time) and put it in the dryer! She managed to get in to the dryer at one point to and pretended to hide. You can tell in the last picture she was yelling boo! She is so funny and has such a great and feisty personality! Gotta love that girl!

Painting Princess

Madison got a life size princess color statue thingy from Auntie Shelbie for Christmas! Lets just say Madison LOVES it! 

We tried to use color crayons but we got only a tiny corner colored...so off to painting we went! With help from Gramma they were having a blast! Madison did great and only managed to get a little paint on herself! 

Avery on the other hand did great for the first 5 minutes and then when I wasn't looking she painted her head! YIKES!!! It was a mess. All I could do was laugh! This girl loves to paint and if she can't do it she gets REALLY upset! She is getting better each time but it is a mess! She had fun and look at that smile...who can say no to her!!