Thanks to the skills she’s picking up at preschool, Avery is quickly learning the letter sounds. Not only that, she’s also learning how to put the sounds together to create words. Maybe she’ll be reading sooner than we expected!
Hooked on phonics
Throwback Thursday: Our first picture
Teresa and Chris November 2001
Christmas in August
A few weeks ago, the three of us joined Chris’ parents for a trip to Holiday World, the country’s greatest amusement park and water park combined. (We aren’t the only ones who think this, according to this and this.) Chris
A great visit from a great uncle
Last week, Avery finally got to meet her Great Uncle Chris. My dad’s brother lives in California and recently retired, giving him more time to travel. We haven’t seen him for a few years, and this was Avery’s first introduction
One down…2,459 to go
Like us, you might find this hard to believe: today was Avery’s first day of preschool. One of my friends is the director of a local preschool. After we visited the school last spring, we knew it was the right place
Mowing like a pro
Several weeks ago, Chris decided it was time for Avery’s first ride on the lawn mower. He planned to have her help with the front yard only, but she loved it so much that she did the backyard, too! Don’t
Not quite up to par
Last weekend, we finally took Avery on her first miniature golf adventure at Orchard Golf Center. Lately she has enjoyed playing golf on Wii (even though she really has no idea what she’s doing). So we thought she would enjoy playing
The Hicks beat the Knicks!
Chris desperately wanted to go to a Pacers playoff game this year. So he managed to snag very reasonably priced tickets for last Saturday’s game 6 versus the Knicks. Not only did we each get to go to our
A new racing fan
Yesterday, Grandma and Grandpa took Avery for her first visit to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Grandpa was the person who introduced me to racing and who first took me to IMS, too!) They enjoyed a few hours of practice as
Some enchanted evening
Last Friday, Chris took Avery to their first father-daughter dance at church. I can’t believe our baby girl is old enough for this kind of milestone! Avery chose to wear this new spring dress she