Puppies

We have 2 puppies now...

We're Going to Disney World

Apparently some kids in Ava's class have been to Disney World so she knows it's a fun place. She often tells me she wants to go to Disney World. I tell her she has to talk to her daddy about that since he has all the $$. The other day we were cleaning her room and she discovered that her piggy bank had some change in it. She was excited when she told me, "Look mama, I have money. Now I can take you to Disney World!"

Christmas and New Years

It's hard to believe that Christmas is over and the New Year is already here. This past year has gone by so fast!

Christmas with Ava was fun this year... she really got what was going on and understood the concept of Santa (she didn't want anything to do with sitting on his lap), and wanted to leave him some cookies- but only if she could eat a few so that Santa wouldn't get a stomach ache!

Even though she was sick (sinus infection and fever), she loved opening presents (unless they weren't wrapped!) and has enjoyed playing with all of her new things- especially the puzzles.

The Giraffe

Ava has a pet giraffe (imaginary, of course!). It has been tagging along with us for the past week or so. The giraffe goes for walks with us, rides in the car (one day he had taken his seat belt off and was jumping over the seats), comes home from school with Ava (we have to ask him about his day too!). Such a great imagination!

We've been taking Holly for a walk almost daily since the weather has been unseasonably warm. Ava is enjoying walking in the street. She takes her puppy with us too (a long Mardi Gras bead). Today she and her puppy enjoyed jumping in every puddle we passed and came home with wet feet and pants! Guess we'll have to get some rain boots for wet walks!

This afternoon Ava was in her room for a while playing. She kept coming out to ask me the names of several books. Then she'd go back into her room and "read" the books. I went in to check on her and found her friends all lined up with books in front of them.

She was reading to her "Friends", and told them to say cheese when I took the picture. Of course, she wouldn't get in the picture with them.

Big Steps

We've managed to transition to diaper free naps! Just need to work on dry nights too! One step at a time!

Ava had the sprinkler yesterday and was pretending that it was a gun, shooting the cars that went by the house. No matter how protected we think our kids are, they always seem to learn the things that we wish they didn't know! How in the world she knows about shooting guns, I don't know. I assume she learned it from her friends at school!

Took her to get new shoes today... she was so excited she wouldn't take them off.

Big step... she went into her room, put on her jammies, and told me she was ready to go to bed... without being asked. (I'm sure that won't happen again for a long time!)

Reading

Ava never ceases to amaze me! We read books before putting her into bed every night. She decided that she wanted to read to me tonight. So, she picked three Dora books that we read pretty frequently and read them to me. It is amazing to me that she gets some of the words absolutely perfectly correct when she is "reading". I know she recognizes the pictures and apparently remembers the words, it is just amazing to me that these books hadn't been read in a few weeks, but she still can recite the words with really good accuracy. Not sure if this is normal for a 3 year old, but I think she's a genious!