Ava Funnies

My sweet little 2 1/2 year old! This was one evening when I needed to run to pick up a few things after Kindermusik - I was tired and in a hurry - and HUNGRY! I think I was picking up something for dinner. Ava wanted to wear this headband so she put it on and this was how it turned out, LOL!

I have to document a few of the funnies from Ava lately! I just don't want to forget and she is just so darn cute right now!!!!!!! =)

Today we got a thank you card from a baby shower we recently went to, so I told her we had gotten some mail. I asked her if she wanted me to read it to her and she said yeah. Then she says, "It's from the ZOO!!!!!! It's from the 'aminals!' They eat paper!! And bones. They eat bones." Pretty sure they learned something about bones at Miss Lisa's but I have no idea where that came from!!!!!!!

She is obsessed with being a kitty right now. She will crawl around meowing and say she wants a treat. Then will tell you to meow and ask you if you want a treat.

She is also obsessed with telling on one of the little girls from daycare. LOL!! Little Allison is about 18 months old (so quite a bit younger than Ava) but has 2 older brothers and is apparently used to wrestling and can be a little rough! She also hits (which I am not worried about in the least bit!! And I work with Allison's dad at school, LOL!). Anyway, in the car, at dinner or just playing, we will hear Ava saying, "Allison, NO HITTING, NO HITTING, NO HITTING! That is naughty! Miss Lisa says "NO HITTING." Oh it's too funny! I always tell Ava "It's ok, Miss Lisa took care of it" or "see, it's not nice to hit."

Speaking of...about a week ago, Ava was jumping on the couch and I told her to sit down and kind of forced her to sit down to which she HIT me!!!!! (ha!). I told her to go to time-out and that "We do NOT hit." She screamed and cried all the way to time-out and then said, um, screamed, "I AM MAT AT YOU!!!!" I literally had to run into the kitchen so she wouldn't see me laughing! Then I of course went back and we had a little talk.

Oh my word, she is also obsessed with saying "right." She will say any sentence and then go "Right??" and now she has started saying (particularly in the van or car when we have her music CD on), "We don't say right! Not until the CD is over." We have no idea what it's all about! Then tonight at dinner, she said something like "We don't say right, right?" Then Travis and I kept saying "right. right." Then she goes "We don't say right. We TALKED about this!" bahahahaha!!!

Little Miss Ava has always been a talker and pretty much can say just about anything so Travis and I LOVE her little words that she mispronounces!!! Here are a few:
Ro-get (for Yo-gurt!)
Mus-gik (for music)
Lel-low (for Yellow!) Why do all kids say lellow??? So cute!
El-pha-lant (for El-e-phant)

September 2011

This will probably be quite a post! Feel free to browse the photos (and skim the commentary, LOL!). I have once again said I am going to keep up with my blog but I haven't blogged in over like 2 months, so in an effort to get caught up, I am going to do monthly posts until I get caught up. I do really want to try to do a blog book so I am going to have to try to stay on top of things! The past 15 weeks (minus about 2 or 3), I have been EXHAUSTED due to being preggo (more to come on that)...and literally had to go to bed as soon as we put Ava to bed. It was ridiculous! I am thankful now that I can stay up until at least 10pm and actually still function in the afternoons...well, somewhat...we might want to ask my students! =) So, anyway, here goes!

In early September, we went to an ISU volleyball game with Uncle Rob and Aunt Abby. Ava had a lot of fun running around before the game outside and inside the auditorium.





Labor Day Parade:
This was the first year we have been able to go to the Labor Day parade because typically we are in Grafton with my side of the family, but since Ava had the flu and we couldn't go, we were able to enjoy the parade at least. It is right in our neighborhood so we just packed the wagon and walked a few blocks and met up with the Hobsons.





Ava enjoyed it and looked so cute in her shades and Hello Kitty backpack peeking around to see what was coming next.



Ava and daddy and Hunter and his daddy, Jay!




Cheese!!

Chicago:
Travis and I were able to go to Chicago for a Bears game on September 11 and enjoy a mommy/daddy weekend while Ava stayed at home with Gma Holtman. We took the train up on Saturday so we had time to shop, go to a nice dinner and then relax (I think I was asleep by like 11pm) and be ready for the game on Sunday. We ate dinner at Hugo's Frog Bar and Fish House. It.was.AMAZING!!! I had the crab legs and was not disappointed (they even cut them open for you!!)! We also had the crab cakes appetizer which was delicious!



Us waiting for dinner in front of a cute little fountain on Rush St.


Bears Game





It was pretty neat to go to the game on Sept. 11. I LOVED the huge flag they put on the field!



Rawwwrrrrr!!! (and they won!!)


My 15 Year High School Reunion

Les, Anne, Kristy, Me



Me and my sis...no not twins, since it is "Alumni Weekend," she was out with some friends, as well.


Anne and me...BFF's! Anne is one of my dearest friends. We went to high school together (obviously) and then were roomies in college and still keep in touch and are best friends even though 2 hours separates us.

Whew! Busy September...October coming up soon!