Little Ballerina Princess

After her friend Olivia's dance birthday party on Saturday, Ava wanted to play dress-up as a princess / ballerina.  She said she wanted to look like Snow White.  I dressed her in some of my old costumes from my ballet recitals.  I showed her how to curtsy, and she was twirling around in her skirt.  She also had to have a tiara, of course!  I think some dance classes are definitely in order for Ava!

Super Saturday!

Talk about a busy day, including two birthday parties and a movie night!  We celebrated Mateo's 1st Birthday in the morning, and Olivia's 3rd Birthday in the afternoon!  Olivia's party was a dance party at a dance studio.. Ava came prepared in her strawberry tutu.  She had a blast, and here are some videos of the action!!  We then went to see the Winnie The Pooh Movie after the party with Maggie, Courtney & Eloise.  Ava had such a fun day, and was more than ready for bedtime!!

and some photos from our big movie night with the four girls...

projects & playtime

The painting in the playroom is complete!

Now I can move onto getting their bedroom complete!

Here are some photos:

Halfway there!

 Today is the 20 week mark for my pregnancy!  Things have been very busy in the Petri Household.  After finding out we are having another girl, we wen't on a shopping mission last week for bedding.  We found the perfect matching set on sale at Pottery Barn Kids.  It is purple and green.. and since Ava loves purple, it was a great find.  We just need to wait for the full size matress and crib to arrive before assembly begins.  Ava also wants the wall behind their beds to be purple, so I will have more painting to do in their room too! Here's a photo of the bedding for each of the girls:

Ava's full size bed

Zoe's crib bedding

Ava breaking in her sister's quilt

The playroom is almost complete!

Yay!!  Halfway there!!

Big sister kisses  :)

Petri sisters!

Yes, after all the little boy hype and predictions.. it is another little girl!  We are thrilled that Ava is going to have a little sister, Zoe.  The 19 week appointment went really well, and our OB said everything is looking really good.  She was moving around so much while he was trying to do the ultrasound that we weren't sure if we were going to leave knowing the gender.  Luckily he got a pretty clear shot towards the end!  We couldn't be happier to welcome another little girl into our family.

Her middle name, Vernetta is after Papa Petri's (Shawn's dad) mother.. who we will always love & cherish!

Ava & Daddy's crazy game of chase

This is the game Ava always wants to play with daddy. 
She taps him on the shoulder and says "come get me!". 
It's extremely wild and out-of-control, but very entertaining!

Hello Holiday weekend!

It was a pretty normal week of routine, but it certainly kept me busy.  I am continuing to paint the playroom, and I am finally organizing our Arizona Room.  Hopefully I will have a home office that is picture worthy soon!

We did our weekly Wednesday morning at The Children's Museum.  This week it was Ava, Hadley, Maggie & Miles (plus Miles' two twin sisters Madeleine & Marisa!).. they had lots of fun like always.

 

This morning we headed to the Tempe Beach Park for some time at the splash pad.  We got there a little early, so Ava waited patiently for the water to turn on.  There was a new circular froggie splash sculpture that Ava was having fun running through and cooling off.  The slide is always a big hit (she landed on her belly towards the end and that pretty much ended playtime, she was a tough cookie though)!  :(