Spring update

Travel
We were back in Mexico for a week earlier this month. It was our best trip yet.  Megan's friend and her 4yo son, Christie & Henry, joined us for the trip, as well. Avery and Henry got along so very well.  Unfortunately, Avery was sick for much of the trip. It turned out to be a double ear infection. She was such a trooper. Anyway, this resulted in less swimming than in past trips. Some pictures ...

We'll be back in Mexico at the end of May, so she'll get more swimming in on that trip, I'm sure. 

School
Avery is still loving preschool. She goes in the mornings five days a week. We're very happy with the school and plan to enroll her there for her pre-K year. At this point, we expect she'll then go to kindergarten at our local public elementary school (which will be in Sept 2013).

Activities
Avery took a theater class over the past few months. She absolutely loved the class. I could see her bring the story building skills into her play at home. Hopefully she'll take another one from the same organization this summer (it depends on whether the class still has spots available).

We took a break from dance these past few months, but continued with swimming lessons. Avery took lessons with Henry. Both Henry and Avery improved their swimming dramatically. She's not currently enrolled in swimming, but given her love of it in combination with our trips to Mexico, I'll continue to enroll her in swimming whenever possible.

Avery decided to stop with her soccer classes. Her best friend, Elise, opted not to do the class this time around. I failed to ask Avery if she wanted to do soccer and just enrolled her. That's a long way of saying if she'd requested to do soccer, I'd likely make her finish the course, but since I'm the one who made the mistake, I'm let her stop with the classes. Of all her various classes, I was least impressed with soccer and her regular coach for that class.

Avery's also started to request playdates with some of her classmates, so I've been venturing into the world of scheduling playdates with friends she's made all on her own (vs with kids I've introduced her to).