We hope that all of you had a great father's day weekend, despite the grey & gloomy weather (if you're here in the Portland area). We had extra celebrations: Steak dinner with grandma Linda & grandpa Earl on Saturday night (before they left from their wonderful week with us on Sunday morning), and then baby back ribs with nana Noma on Sunday night. On Saturday Avery got to give Devon his shirt & tie she picked out herself (hello 70s!! -- I guess Devon planted the seed in her head that you're supposed to get dads a tie for Father's Day, because for 2 weeks before that's all she would talk about). Then on Sunday she gave him the long-awaited island paradise cake she & nana Noma made earlier in the day. She saw the cake on a magazine cover a couple of months ago, blue frosting, palm trees, sandy beach into a lagoon. Well, this is how her version turned out (below).
blue frosting (blue Jello mixed in), a shark, whale, and dolphin (from her bath collection, via the dishwasher), their balls to play with (malt balls), rock candy, M & Ms (?), fresh garden peas (?) goldfish crackers, teddy-graham bears with leis, a treasure chest (mini-chocolate bar), and coins that wouldn't fit inside the treasure chest, so they were scattered about the ocean.
And when the rain died down, Avery finally decided to give her bike a try in the real world (not through Walmart), and loved it. We were so surprised she was riding we didn't even think she needed the helmet. She's also becoming a water nut during swimming lessons -- ears wet & everything. 
And when the rain died down, Avery finally decided to give her bike a try in the real world (not through Walmart), and loved it. We were so surprised she was riding we didn't even think she needed the helmet. She's also becoming a water nut during swimming lessons -- ears wet & everything. 
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