Avery's Birthday

Today, we went to Avery's birthday party.  Avery is a girl in Bode's class, and she invited Bode...to her Princess Themed Party.  Bode was the only male non-relative in attendance.  However, he didn't seemed to mind.  Plus it's never too early to start working on the repertoire with the ladies.  The party was at the athletic club where we belong.  Thus, it wasn't new for Bode to play in the water.  What was nice was Ashley and I didn't have to entertain him in the pool (which usually defaults to me being in the water--even though it's a heated, indoor pool, Ashley rarely gets more than her feet wet :-)  Now for some photos.  First, here is a cute one of Bode.  He saw we had the camera, came over to us, and asked us to take his picture.  The dude is not camera shy.

Next is a picture of Bode splashing Ashlyn.  Little man needs to learn the way to a woman's heart is NOT by splashing her in the face...

Next are a couple pictures of Bode, me, and some of the girls waiting to get splashed.  There is this big bucket of water that spills over periodically and dumps water on people.  It's quite a hit with the kids (adults too!).

Next, it was time for cake and ice cream.  Avery is the little girl at the head of the table.  Ashley did a great job shopping for a gift, considering neither one of us has any idea what to buy a girl.

We had a lovely time at the party.  Afterwards, we came home and had pizza.  Toy Story 3 was on TV, and about an hour before it began, I told Bode he could watch it.  Kid must have asked me 100 times if it was time to start.  It's a good movie--but I did fall asleep for part of it.  I don't know what it is about the pool water, but every time we go swimming, I'm exhausted afterwards.  Very weird.

The mighty Auburn Tigers won today, beating up on Alabama.  Yes, Alabama!  Well, Alabama A&M, but at least it was a team from the same state.  Next weekend is versus the Crimson Tide.  We are hopeful, but realistic.  Slow week for the both of us, and then family comes to town.  Should be tons of fun!  Pleasant week to all.