Anyone Need a Closet Organizer?

Ava is a little busy body always working on a project. Yesterday she decided the pantry needed to be reorganized. She was lining things up in the entryway while I glanced through the paper. When I asked her what she was doing go said "come here" and showed me the pantry. I said Okay lets put everything back and she did it. Of course she wanted to do it all by herself and screamed "stop" when I tried to help. Ummm Okay I guess I can just watch.

Singing in the Rain

We have a 3 tiered private deck that doesn’t have stairs to the ground. I’ve decided that this area is going to be my favorite place this spring/summer/fall. She totally entertains herself out there. I'm even thinking of putting a sandbox on the deck. Ava went out to talk to the birds and throw them bread and after she had been out there a little while it started to rain. She didn't care that she was getting all wet! I grabbed her umbrella and raincoat because she didn't want to come inside. I let her hang out until she decided she wanted to sit down on a wet step and also didn't want to hold her umbrella anymore. Needless to say her clothes were soaked.

Sing me a song your the piano man........

Ava and Derek took turns singing and playing the piano. It was so nice to watch them take turns. Also you might have noticed she doesn't have her pants on. Derek goes potty on the toilet which in turn makes Ava want to be on the potty. After taking off and putting her pants back on a few times, I just left them off for awhile.

No Fear

Ava has a couple of cousins that have the best toys. Her legs aren't long enough to reach the gas -thank goodness, so Daddy pushed the gas while she drove around. Her aunt found a tricycle the kids used when they were smaller, but she didn't want anything to do with that "baby" bike. She thinks she is so big. The kids just learned to ride their bikes w/o training wheels and she was sure she could do it too. So determined.

March Madness

So the UW Badgers were in the sweet sixteen so we decided to have a few friends over for the game. Would you believe they lost??? It was tied at halftime and thenDavidson was on a roll and couldn't miss. The kids had fun anyway. At first Ava didn't know what to think about all the kids, but by the end she was in seventh heaven. We tried to get everyone to look at the camera but that wasn't going to happen. Kid's were tired on a verge of melting down. Anyway we had a good time and we both agreed that we need to have people over more often!

Ava with her Easter Basket

I caught her in a daze.
Acting Excited!

The Easter bunny came to visit Ava this year and brought her all kinds of fun things. The bunny hid eggs all over the house. Ava acted surprised every time she found one. She also got some dinosaurs, markers w/special paper (good tip from Robert and Colleen), and some water toys she can take to the pool (can you tell we are patiently waiting for summer?)......and a few summer clothes. No candy this year because she would been obsessed with unwrapping and eating every single piece. She did open a few of the plastic eggs she found just in case there might be candy in them like there had been at playgroup earlier in the week.

A Snowman for Easter

So right before Easter we got a big storm that dropped 6". Matt made Ava a snowman that had jellybeans for a face. On Easter we went to church and then we went to Matt's parents for a big Easter Lunch/Dinner. There was a ton of great food (including a sweet potato casserole that I made that I must say was amazing!) It also snowed on Easter, big giant flakes..... I know Easter was early this year, but come on!

Dying Easter Eggs

I couldn't believe how much Ava enjoyed coloring eggs. She wanted to keep on going even after the eggs were all colored, so we let her dye one egg multiple colors (surprisingly it didn't turn out brown). It was fun to watch her little brain try and figure t out. I was glad I put newspaper down because she wasn't so careful about the dye and as you can see in the last picture it also got all over her hands.