(see previous post with the fun fact)
Keeping Your Flowers Fresh
9 years ago
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Sisterly Love
I'm convinced that Ava might just be the best big sister ever. She loves her "Linc-y Boy." She also likes to take pictures of him...
On a completely unrelated side note... This was the FUN FACT on Ava's Quaker Oatmeal package this morning. We like to read those...that is...until I read this one... It just ain't right.
3 going on 30
This morning I asked Ava to throw something away in the trash, which is located in our pantry. She pleasantly obliged.
Me: “Hey, while you’re in there go ahead and pick out your oatmeal flavor.”
Ava: “Mama! I only have two hands!”
Me: “Hey, while you’re in there go ahead and pick out your oatmeal flavor.”
Ava: “Mama! I only have two hands!”
Monday, February 23, 2009
Weekend Update
Another fun-filled weekend behind us! They go by so quickly…
We managed to peel Chris away from his studies long enough on Saturday for a quick trip to the park. I thought it was much warmer outside than it turned out to be. Oops. Thankfully, we were all bundled up. Ava had a good time. My current favorite park activity is watching Ava go down the slide. It’s a love-hate experience for her and that makes it wildly entertaining for me. I don’t know why she tortures herself. Well, maybe it’s because I literally beg her to do it! I know, bad Mom alert…but it’s just so darn funny. The experience just terrifies her and her face tells the story. Once it’s all said and done she laughs and plays with the idea of doing it again. However, when she’s sitting at the top of the slide it takes a lot of energy from myself, and the other parents whose children are not so patiently waiting in line, to convince her to go down the slide. She reminds me to catch her and she demands that I open my hands in anticipation. We must look like quite the circus. The look on her face going down the slide is absolutely priceless. Unfortunately, I have not brought my camera to the park again so I have yet to capture it. I’ll remember the camera next time.
The other highlight from our weekend was going to visit Uncle Ryan on Sunday with Honey and Papa Bear. Ava always enjoys a trip to Uncle Ryan’s house. He’ll be doing a lot of travel for work so it was good to see him before the demands of his job kick in.
She's talking to Great Granny...
We managed to peel Chris away from his studies long enough on Saturday for a quick trip to the park. I thought it was much warmer outside than it turned out to be. Oops. Thankfully, we were all bundled up. Ava had a good time. My current favorite park activity is watching Ava go down the slide. It’s a love-hate experience for her and that makes it wildly entertaining for me. I don’t know why she tortures herself. Well, maybe it’s because I literally beg her to do it! I know, bad Mom alert…but it’s just so darn funny. The experience just terrifies her and her face tells the story. Once it’s all said and done she laughs and plays with the idea of doing it again. However, when she’s sitting at the top of the slide it takes a lot of energy from myself, and the other parents whose children are not so patiently waiting in line, to convince her to go down the slide. She reminds me to catch her and she demands that I open my hands in anticipation. We must look like quite the circus. The look on her face going down the slide is absolutely priceless. Unfortunately, I have not brought my camera to the park again so I have yet to capture it. I’ll remember the camera next time.
The other highlight from our weekend was going to visit Uncle Ryan on Sunday with Honey and Papa Bear. Ava always enjoys a trip to Uncle Ryan’s house. He’ll be doing a lot of travel for work so it was good to see him before the demands of his job kick in.
She's talking to Great Granny...
Uncle Ryan made her some gourmet hot chocolate...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Conversations
Ava does not stop talking. Chris took her for a walk last night to get the mail and when they returned home he had an unusual look on his face. I gave him the “What’s up?” furrowed brow and head tilt look. He said, “She just doesn’t stop talking!” Tell me about it!
I made an appointment for this morning to have my car serviced at the dealer. I decided to challenge myself so I scheduled the appointment for 8:30 a.m. You see, that’s what time we’re usually making breakfast – me still in my pajamas – so this was truly a challenge. Thankfully, Lincoln slept for SEVEN consecutive hours last night! When I woke up and started calculating how much time had passed since kissing him goodnight and laying him in his crib I started to panic. This happens the first time your baby sleeps through the night…you’re terrified that something must be wrong. As soon as I started to panic he began making little grunts over the baby monitor. I let out a huge sigh of relief. Needless to say, he picked a good night to practice sleeping seeing as how I needed to wake up early. I digress. On our way to the dealer this morning it was dreary and raining and Ava didn’t stop conversing. Her conversations are truly entertaining. It makes me wonder what she’s thinking about when she’s not talking.
Ava: “The rain is singing!”
Me: “It does sound like that, doesn’t it?”
Ava: “Let’s be quiet. Let’s listen to the rain sing.”
Quiet lasted for about 45 seconds…
Ava: “Is it stormy outside?”
Me: “Well, it’s just raining. No thunder or lightening.”
Ava: “I do not like thunder and lightening.”
Me (my attempt at reverse psychology): “But thunderstorms are beautiful!”
Ava: “No. I do not think it is beautiful. I think it is scary…like a monster!”
My Mom was successful with reverse psychology working on my brothers and me. Apparently Ava is too smart for that monkey business. Regardless, I’ll keep trying to convince her that thunderstorms are beautiful and getting shots is fun.
Ava: “When I get married with my dress and flowers I can go on a train with Mommy, Daddy & Lincoln.”
Me: “…”
Ever since she watched the episode of Caillou, “Caillou’s First Wedding” she’s been obsessed with weddings. She’s watched our wedding video a few times already. She keeps talking about how she’s going to get married and her dress will be pink and she’ll have pink and purple flowers. For the record, I am not encouraging this talk. For a short while she said she was going to marry Chris…
Anyhow, this week she is learning about the letter “B.” Today she made a Mardi-Gras-esque mask with the letter “B.”
I made an appointment for this morning to have my car serviced at the dealer. I decided to challenge myself so I scheduled the appointment for 8:30 a.m. You see, that’s what time we’re usually making breakfast – me still in my pajamas – so this was truly a challenge. Thankfully, Lincoln slept for SEVEN consecutive hours last night! When I woke up and started calculating how much time had passed since kissing him goodnight and laying him in his crib I started to panic. This happens the first time your baby sleeps through the night…you’re terrified that something must be wrong. As soon as I started to panic he began making little grunts over the baby monitor. I let out a huge sigh of relief. Needless to say, he picked a good night to practice sleeping seeing as how I needed to wake up early. I digress. On our way to the dealer this morning it was dreary and raining and Ava didn’t stop conversing. Her conversations are truly entertaining. It makes me wonder what she’s thinking about when she’s not talking.
Ava: “The rain is singing!”
Me: “It does sound like that, doesn’t it?”
Ava: “Let’s be quiet. Let’s listen to the rain sing.”
Quiet lasted for about 45 seconds…
Ava: “Is it stormy outside?”
Me: “Well, it’s just raining. No thunder or lightening.”
Ava: “I do not like thunder and lightening.”
Me (my attempt at reverse psychology): “But thunderstorms are beautiful!”
Ava: “No. I do not think it is beautiful. I think it is scary…like a monster!”
My Mom was successful with reverse psychology working on my brothers and me. Apparently Ava is too smart for that monkey business. Regardless, I’ll keep trying to convince her that thunderstorms are beautiful and getting shots is fun.
Ava: “When I get married with my dress and flowers I can go on a train with Mommy, Daddy & Lincoln.”
Me: “…”
Ever since she watched the episode of Caillou, “Caillou’s First Wedding” she’s been obsessed with weddings. She’s watched our wedding video a few times already. She keeps talking about how she’s going to get married and her dress will be pink and she’ll have pink and purple flowers. For the record, I am not encouraging this talk. For a short while she said she was going to marry Chris…
Anyhow, this week she is learning about the letter “B.” Today she made a Mardi-Gras-esque mask with the letter “B.”
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