The Amazing Adventures of Tiny T: Loving Leland 2014

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Loving Leland 2014 - Part 1

We are lucky enough to be able to spend 3 weeks in Leland this summer. Avery and I started the trip with my mom for the first week. We arrived on the day of the St. Mary's Festival and Avery got to ride ponies, play lots of games and get her face painted. We were joined the first couple days by Kathleen and the McDaniel girls and headed to Smocks, Paper, Scissors in Glen Arbor since it was a little cool. It warmed up later in the week and we got lots of good beach time, walks around town, trips to the Farmer's Market, time at the park and yummy meals! Avery has been loving the local park - She pretends to be Sheriff Callie and the alligator bouncy toy is her horse named "Sparky" and we have to go "Vanilla Plains" and save Toby (where she then turns into Doc McStuffins and gives Toby a check up).

Hung and Du joined us at the end of the week and the Lawrences also arrived so we have been busy! Luckily, it's been pretty warm so we have had some great beach days and also went Cherry Picking in Traverse City which was really fun. Cullen, KJ, John and Jamie are joining us tomorrow and we are looking forward to a full house for the weekend.

Some memorable Avery things so far:

Whenever she falls she tells us "Don't worry - It was a soft landing"
She is really into her "cousins" Knuckles and Tandori - Talks about them a lot and tells us where they are and when they are doing. A lot of times they are at meetings.
One night my mom was trying to put her to bed and she heard Chuck, Hung and Du talking downstairs and asked what they were talking about. My mom said maybe Golf or casinos. And Avery goes "Or maybe Chipmunks and Squirrels?". Possibly.....
She is making lots of "deals" - Always starts with "OK, here's my deal......". The deals are usually terrible like "Here's my deal, how about I not rinse off, put on a dress, eat a snack and watch my show and no bath. How that deal?". She was COVERED in sand - No Deal!
She has a new pretend friend named "Texty" - She likes to call Texty a lot.
Avery has been really into fans and pretend cell phones. She told us she doesn't need to charge her phone because it's only pretend and whenever she calls Knuckles, he never answers.
Avery took a bad fall when she was at the park with my mom and they went to dinner afterwards and my mom was so nervous and kept asking Avery if she was OK. At one point she said "Avery does your chest still hurt?" And Avery said "Uh G, I am eating my chicken now, My chest hurt when I fell and now I am OK and just eating Chicken."
Avery has named one of her pool noodles "Melinda" - It's a dog and she feeds it treats by sticking them down it's "mouth". Melinda needs lots of naps, too!
She responds a lot with "That's COOL!".